Double Wimbledon Champion Petra Quitova has announced that she will retire from tennis at the end of this summer.

Czech player won Ladies Singles title 2011 And 2014 And also reached the final of the Australian Open in 2019.

Quitova was stabbed In 2016, by an intruder at his home, who threatened his career, damaged tendon and nerves in his left hand.

She has fallen into the ranking in recent years and has last built in the quarter -finals of a Grand Slam in 2020.

She missed her first child Petri in the entire 2024 and returned to action only in February.

To register his first win, he had five tournaments, which came against Irina-Camelia Begu on Clay in Rome, but has so far remained his only win.

Quitova said on X that she had crossed her dreams during her career and would retire after the September US Open.

He Said, external: “I never imagined becoming a professional tennis player, being able to travel to the world and be able to play in the most beautiful stadiums around the world.

“I have had the privilege of reaching incredible heights in the last 19 years and completed more than I had never imagined.

“With all stages in life, one day comes that it is time for a new chapter, and that time for me has come now.

“I’m excited and very eager to absorb the beauty of playing championships, Wimbledon once and a place, a place that has the most funded memories for me in my career.

“And until I am completely sure, what my hardcourt swing will look like in the US, I intend to complete my active game career at the US Open in New York.”

Former world number two Wimbledon was the only non-British player named in the initial batch of Wildcard Announced on Wednesday.