“It’s time to say goodbye” – Caroline Garcia announces imminent retirement
The Frenchwoman announced her last participation at Roland Garros.
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Caroline Garcia has announced that the 2025 French Open will be her last appearance at the Parisian Grand Slam, with her professional career coming to an end soon after.
The former world No 4 has been struggling in recent years, admitting to having bulimia in 2023 – following a lingering foot issue – before ending her season prematurely in 2024, due to a shoulder injury.
“It’s time to say goodbye,” Garcia wrote on her Instagram account.
“After 15 years competing at the highest level, and more than 25 years putting pretty much every second of my life into it, I feel ready to start a new chapter.
“My tennis journey hasn’t always been easy. Since my early days, tennis has been much more than just winning or losing. It’s been love or hate. Happiness or anger.
“Still, I’m deeply grateful for this journey — for everything tennis has given me, and for how much it’s helped me become a strong, passionate, hard-working woman. But now, it’s time for something else. My body and my personal goals need it.”
‘m deeply grateful for this journey — for everything tennis has given me
“Still, this is not over — not just yet,” she continued.
“I have a few tournaments left. The first one is at home, at Roland Garros.”
My 14th consecutive time being part of it. And my last. So to all my tennis family who’ll be around: let’s meet one more time, to dream, and fight together. In the coming days, there will be more time to share what’s next for me.
“But for now, I just want to focus on living these last weeks as a tennis pro to the fullest.”
Her career was marked by 11 titles, including the WTA Finals in 2022 – reaching a career-high ranking of world No 4 in singles and world No 2 in singles.
