The 2025 US Open marks the end of Petra Kvitova’s career. Now 35 years old, Kvitova is also a wife, mother, and eager for life beyond the lines. “As [with] all phases in life, there comes a day that it is time for a new chapter, and that time for me has come now,” Kvitova wrote in a statement. “I therefore wanted to share with you that 2025 is my last season on tour as a professional. . . . I am intending to finish my active playing career at the US Open in New York later this summer.” And so it came to pass on Monday, when Kvitova lost her first-round US Open match to Diane Parry, 6-1, 6-0.
"I'm very proud of how I handled the pressure, how many times I have been in the Top 10," Kvitova said in her final post-match press conference. "It was very, very special for me. Even I never been World No. 1, but I think still those two Grand Slam wins is above the World No. 1. So that's how I gonna take it, especially the Wimbledon ones. Yeah, I'm proud of many, many things."
There are many ways Kvitova will be remembered. Start with one that took place off the court. The date was July 6, 2014. On this Sunday, as Kvitova walked through the home she’d just spent two weeks in, Kvitova set out on a serious task: cleaning house. Never mind that she’d just won her second Wimbledon singles title the day before, taking a brisk 55 minutes to defeat Eugenie Bouchard, 6-3, 6-0. There was work to be done.