Ex-Wimbledon champion Kvitova returns to tennis after giving birth
Ex-Wimbledon champion Kvitova returns to tennis after giving birth
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova said Monday she was returning to the sport seven months after giving birth to a son.
“After fifteen months being away from tennis and having my baby boy Petr, I’m coming back to the tennis circuit,” Kvitova said in a video message on Instagram.
She added she would return at Austin at the end of February and then continue at Miami in March.
“I really miss tennis and I miss competing,” added the 34-year-old Czech, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014.
The former World No. 2 married her coach Jiri Vanek in July 2023. She announced the break due to her pregnancy on New Year’s Day 2024 and gave birth to her son on July 7 last year. Kvitova has won 31 WTA singles titles.
