Seven Tennis Players Who Officially Retired In 2025

With just three months of the 2025 season gone, at least seven prominent tennis players have officially retired. For some, it was the end of the road as they felt they had nothing left to give, but for others, injuries took a toll, and they had to step away for good from a sport they once dominated. Five of the seven names in this list were ATP players, and the other two played on the WTA Tour.

Seven Tennis Players Who Officially Retired In 2025

7. Denis Kudla

Kudla, 32, was the first to officially retire in 2025, making the announcement public on his Instagram account on January 4th. He signed off as a United Cup champion as the USA won its second title in the mixed-gender competition. Kudla was ranked as high as World No. 53 and won nine ATP Challenger titles in his career.

6. Luke Saville

Luke Saville hung up his tennis racket after the 2025 Australian Open. The 31-year-old played in mixed doubles of the competition on home soil with his wife Daria Saville (formerly Gavrilova) and men’s doubles with childhood friend Li Tu. Saville was a former junior No. 1 and won two junior Grand Slams. He was mostly a doubles specialist in his professional career (he reached the 2020 Australian Open men’s doubles final with Max Purcell).

5. Diego Schwartzman

Schwartzman brought the curtain down on his career at this year’s Argentina Open in front of his family and home fans. He is one of the unlikeliest players to reach the Top 10. The 32-year-old is a former World No. 8 who won four titles on the ATP Tour. At 5’7”, Schwartzman remains the only player to reach the Top 8 of the men’s rankings in the last 40 years.

4. Ysaline Bonaventure

Bonaventure officially retired from professional tennis in March 2025. She broke into the Top 100 in October 2022 and peaked at a career-high ranking of No. 84. The Belgian, who is a lefty, played four times in 2024. She retired due to a knee injury from the second round of qualifying for the 2024 Australian Open. Bonaventure underwent knee surgery but struggled upon her return, notching just one win from eight matches.

3. Fernando Verdasco

Verdasco was inactive for nearly two years in his final phase as a pro but let out the worst-kept secret in February. Just days before the 2025 Qatar Open commenced, Verdasco, 41, confirmed his retirement in a video he shared on Instagram algongisde Novak Djokovic, where he also announced his intention to play with the Serbian in doubles in his final match.

2. Lukas Rosol

Lukas Rosol’s retirement was a low-key one. The 39-year-old announced his decision to retire in April 2024 in an Instagram post and did not feature in any professional events thereafter. But it wasn’t until March 2025 that his retirement was formally documented by the ITIA. Rosol’s most memorable moment on the court will forever be his second-round upset over 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.

1. Simona Halep

The most prominent name on this list is Simona Halep. She is a former World No. 1 and a two-time Grand Slam champion. Halep’s spot as one of the best Romanian tennis players of all time is all but secured despite the final phase of her career being clouded with a four-year doping ban (later reduced to nine months after a successful appeal). Halep retired immediately after losing her only match of 2025 in her home tournament in Cluj-Napoca in February, citing persistent injuries.