Throughout her nearly two-decade professional tennis career, Kvitová has won two Wimbledon Championships, in 2011 and 2014, and six Billie Jean King Cup trophies, which is the world’s largest annual international women’s tennis team competition. Achieving this feat ranked Kvitová as No. 2 in the world.

Professional tennis player Petra Kvitova will retire after the upcoming U.S. Open. The former world No. 2 tennis champ, 35, announced her impending retirement after 19 years via a lengthy Instagram statement on Thursday,

Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova plans to retire in a few months, the Czech player said. The announcement on social media came a day after Kvitova was granted a wild card for Wimbledon. “I am excited and very much looking forward to soak in the beauty of playing The Championships,