Kto zakończy karierę w 2018?

[DUN I LOVE]

Szymon, mu chyba zdrowie nie pozwala grać.

[Żilu]

Tegoroczny bilans rzeczywiście fatalny, ale myślałem, że jest jednak zdolny do gry, skoro ciągle tuła się po wszystkich ważniejszych turniejach. Akurat jeśli chodzi o urazy i kontuzje zawsze jestem niedoinformowany, więc może faktycznie coś jest na rzeczy.

[DUN I LOVE]

No to mamy już 3 potwierdzonych:

Florian Mayer
Julien Benneteau
Gilles Muller

[Damian]

Daniel Nestor i Michaił Jużny.

[Lleyton]

[Żilu]

US Open 2018 turniejem pożegnań. Oni w Nowym Jorku po raz ostatni zagrają w Wielkim Szlemie

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US Open 2018 dla kilku tenisistów będzie ostatnim dużym turniejem w karierze. Julien Benneteau, Giller Muller, Michał Jużny, Florian Mayer i David Ferrer w Nowym Jorku po raz ostatni zaprezentują się na poziomie Wielkiego Szlema.

US Open: "Wielka Czwórka" znowu razem. Po raz pierwszy od 13 miesięcy
Niektórzy sympatycy tenisa nazywają go "najlepszym tenisistą w historii bez zdobytego tytułu ATP". Mimo że Francuz był 25. graczem świata, doszedł do ćwierćfinału wielkoszlemowego Rolanda Garrosa, a w deblu zdobył 12 trofeów, w tym jeden Wielkiego Szlema (Roland Garros 2014), nigdy nie wygrał singlowego turnieju rangi ATP World Tour. W finałach wystąpił aż dziesięciokrotnie. Pierwszy raz w 2008 roku, ostatni - w 2014. Ani razu jednak nie mógł się cieszyć z triumfu.

36-letni obecnie Benneteau w ostatnim czasie zmagał się z problemami z łokciem. O zakończeniu kariery myślał już w ubiegłym sezonie, ale postanowił przedłużyć swoje tenisowe życie o jeden rok. Jak zapowiedział, US Open będzie jego ostatnim singlowym występem, choć jeśli Francja awansuje do finału Pucharu Davisa, będzie do dyspozycji w listopadowym pojedynku. Plany po zakończeniu kariery już ma. Zostanie kapitanem reprezentacji Francji w Pucharze Federacji.

W I rundzie US Open 2018, we wtorek, Benneteau zagra z Włochem Marco Cecchinato. US Open 2018 dla kilku tenisistów będzie ostatnim dużym turniejem w karierze. Julien Benneteau, Giller Muller, Michał Jużny, Florian Mayer i David Ferrer w Nowym Jorku po raz ostatni zaprezentują się na poziomie
Julien Benneteau

US Open: "Wielka Czwórka" znowu razem. Po raz pierwszy od 13 miesięcy
Niektórzy sympatycy tenisa nazywają go "najlepszym tenisistą w historii bez zdobytego tytułu ATP". Mimo że Francuz był 25. graczem świata, doszedł do ćwierćfinału wielkoszlemowego Rolanda Garrosa, a w deblu zdobył 12 trofeów, w tym jeden Wielkiego Szlema (Roland Garros 2014), nigdy nie wygrał singlowego turnieju rangi ATP World Tour. W finałach wystąpił aż dziesięciokrotnie. Pierwszy raz w 2008 roku, ostatni - w 2014. Ani razu jednak nie mógł się cieszyć z triumfu.

36-letni obecnie Benneteau w ostatnim czasie zmagał się z problemami z łokciem. O zakończeniu kariery myślał już w ubiegłym sezonie, ale postanowił przedłużyć swoje tenisowe życie o jeden rok. Jak zapowiedział, US Open będzie jego ostatnim singlowym występem, choć jeśli Francja awansuje do finału Pucharu Davisa, będzie do dyspozycji w listopadowym pojedynku. Plany po zakończeniu kariery już ma. Zostanie kapitanem reprezentacji Francji w Pucharze Federacji.

W I rundzie US Open 2018, we wtorek, Benneteau zagra z Włochem Marco Cecchinato.

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[Damian]

Alexander Ward.

[robpal]

Adrian Ungur.

[Damian]

Puchar Davisa: mecz z Polską ostatnim dla Adriana Ungura. Rumun ogłosił zakończenie kariery

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Adrian Ungur poinformował po meczu z Polską, że kończy zawodową karierę. Rumun nie pomógł drużynie w spotkaniu Pucharu Davisa rozgrywanym na korcie ziemnym w Kluż-Napoce.
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Puchar Davisa: Kamil Majchrzak zachował zimną krew. Polska pokonała Rumunię

Puchar Davisa: Polska zagra na wyjeździe z Rumunią. Zaczną Kamil Majchrzak i Marius Copil

Puchar Davisa: mecz z Polską ostatnim dla Adriana Ungura. Rumun ogłosił zakończenie kariery
Biało-Czerwoni zwyciężyli gospodarzy 3:2 i dzięki temu powinni awansować do Grupy I Strefy Euroafrykańskiej. Adrian Ungur wystąpił w dwóch pojedynkach. W sobotę przegrał z Hubertem Hurkaczem 6:7(3), 5:7, natomiast w niedzielę uległ w decydującej grze Kamilowi Majchrzakowi 3:6, 2:6.
- Nie udało mi się wygrać tego meczu, który był moim ostatnim w Pucharze Davisa. Z tego powodu bardzo żałuję, że nie odniosłem zwycięstwa. Miałem dużo szans na przełamanie, zwłaszcza w pierwszym secie, ale ich nie wykorzystałem - powiedział 33-latek po pojedynku z Majchrzakiem.

Notowany obecnie na 678. miejscu w rankingu ATP Ungur ogłosił w niedzielę, że kończy z zawodowym tenisem. W ostatnich latach zmagał się licznymi problemami zdrowotnymi. - Od mojego debiutu w reprezentacji minęło osiem lat i pamiętam, że zawsze czekałem na Puchar Davisa. Przepraszam, że to już koniec, ale w pewnym wieku trzeba zrezygnować. Dziękuję kolegom i kapitanowi Gabrielowi Trifu. Moim ostatnim turniejem będzie challenger w Sybinie. Lekarz bardzo mi pomógł, ale nawet gdybym wygrał z Majchrzakiem, to nie zmieniłbym decyzji, którą podjąłem już dawno temu - wyznał.


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Pochodzący z Pitesti Ungur zagrał w narodowych barwach 15 razy, do tego wziął udział w igrzyskach olimpijskich w Londynie. Jego bilans w Pucharze Davisa wynosi 12-14. Jeśli chodzi o starty na zawodowych kortach, to Rumun wygrał dziewięć challengerów i wspiął się na 79. miejsce w rankingu ATP. W głównym cyklu nie odnosił sukcesów. W Wielkim Szlemie błysnął w 2012 roku, gdy w I rundzie Rolanda Garrosa pokonał Davida Nalbandiana, a następnie zabrał seta Rogerowi Federerowi. Jedyny tytuł w ATP World Tour wygrał w sezonie 2015 w deblu, gdy wspólnie z Mariusem Copilem triumfował w Bukareszcie.

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[Damian]

Jurgen Melzer.

[Damian]

Scott Lipsky także pożegnał się z profesjonalnymi rozgrywkami.

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[Damian]

Dla Andre Sa, również ten sezon okazał się ostatnim w karierze.

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[DUN I LOVE]

Sporo nazwisk, ale przy tak starym tourze musiało przyjść przewietrzenie.

[Damian]

Marinko Matosevic.

[Barty]

Szkoda, szalony gracz. Ciekawe, co będzie teraz robić w życiu.

[DUN I LOVE]

Max Mirnyj.

[Damian]

ATP Tour Season In Review: Player Retirements

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Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPWorldTour.com pays tribute to six players who retired in 2018. In part two of our two-part series, we will look back at the careers of five other players, including Mikhail Youzhny.

Tommy Haas (Retired: 16 March), career-high No. 2
There were many highs and injury lows — nine surgeries in total — during the German’s career, which took him to as high as No. 2 in the ATP Rankings on 13 May 2002 and eight Top 20 season finishes. The 39-year-old Haas lifted 15 ATP Tour trophies from 28 finals, he won 569 matches—second-most among Germans in the Open Era to Boris Becker (713) and earned the silver medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He was twice named as the ATP Comeback Player of the Year in 2004 and 2012, with his final tour-level match win coming against his good friend, Roger Federer, in June 2017 at the MercedesCup in Stuttgart. In June 2016, Haas was named Tournament Director of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, a role he will continue in his playing retirement. Read & Watch Tribute

Alejandro Falla (Retired: 25 January), career-high No. 48
The first Colombian to break into the Top 100 since Mauricio Hadad in 1996, Falla’s career-high arguably came in defeat in the 2010 Wimbledon first round. At 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 5-4, Falla came within three points of beating Roger Federer, but he blinked. Tour-level victories over Nikolay Davydenko, Juan Martin del Potro, Ivan Ljubicic and Tommy Haas were also huge confidence boosters for Falla, who rose to a career-high No. 48 on 16 July 2012.

On home soil in 2013, Falla advanced to the inaugural Bogota tournament final (l. to Karlovic) and the following year at the 2014 Gerry Weber Open, he became the first Colombian to reach a grass-court final (l. to Federer). His best Grand Slam championship result came in 2011, when, as a qualifier, he advanced to the fourth round (l. to Chela). The 34-year-old left-hander also had an 11-8 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Read More

Sam Groth (Retired: 24 January), career-high No. 53
The Australian was one of the biggest serves on the ATP Tour, but at the end of 2017 lacked desire. “I just don't think my heart was in it to keep going,” said 30-year-old Groth. “I wanted to be able to go out at home as well.”

So, in partnership with his great mate, Lleyton Hewitt, Groth bid farewell to the sport at this year's Australian Open. He rose to a career-high No. 53 in the ATP Rankings in 2015, the year he reached the third round at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. Groth, who won two doubles titles with Chris Guccione at 2014 Bogota and 2016 Newport, played Aussie Rules football in 2011, before returning to tennis in 2012.

Daniel Nestor (Retired: 15 September), career-high doubles No. 1
Father Time waits for no one. Not even 45-year-old Nestor, the tactician with a killer left-handed serve and great variety, who was the first doubles player to pass the 1,000 match wins milestone on 11 January 2016. The Canadian’s resume speaks for itself: 91 tour-level doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including eight Grand Slam championship men’s doubles crowns, doubles World No. 1 on 19 August 2002, 10 stints at the top of the ATP Doubles Rankings, more than 15 years in the Top 10 and plenty more accolades to celebrate.

As a singles competitor, he recorded four Top 10 wins and rose to a career-high No. 58 in the ATP Rankings. Fittingly, his final ATP Tour event came at his 30th Rogers Cup. Read & Watch Tribute

Andre Sa (Retired: 1 March), career-high doubles No. 17
Hailing from the talent hotbed of Minas Tênis Clube, the Brazilian moved to the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Florida aged 13 and for much of his 23-season pro career was a talented player, a diplomat and ambassador, comfortable in dealing with complex matters. As a speaker of five languages, Sa was a knowledgeable advocate for the development of tennis on the ATP Player Council from 2012 to 2016.

The Brazilian captured 11 ATP Tour doubles crowns (11-19 finals record) and advanced to the 2007 Wimbledon semi-finals with Marcelo Melo. As a singles competitor he reached the 2002 Wimbledon quarter-finals (l. to Henman) and rose to a career-high No. 55 on 12 August 2002. Read & Watch Tribute

Scott Lipsky (Retired: 25 June), career-high doubles No. 21
A standout junior and a three-time All-American Stanford graduate, Lipsky carved out a successful doubles career that included 16 ATP Tour titles, five of which came on Portuguese soil. The 36-year-old, who tore his meniscus in in 2017, contested his final tournament at Roland Garros, the scene of his 2011 mixed doubles title with Australia’s Casey Dellacqua.

"You watch these matches on television, and you wish that someday you can be there,” said Lipsky. “To be on this stage playing a Grand Slam final, and to come out with a win, and to say now for the rest of my life that I’m a Grand Slam champion, it's amazing."

With Rajeev Ram, the duo lost to fellow Stanford graduates Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in the 2014 US Open semi-finals. He rose to a career-high No. 21 in the ATP Doubles Rankings on 17 June 2013.

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[Damian]

Best of 2018: Player Retirements (Part Two)

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ATP Tour Season In Review: Player Retirements
Continuing our Season In Review series, ATPTour.com pays tribute to six players who retired in 2018. In part one, we looked back at the careers of five other players, including Tommy Haas.
Mikhail Youzhny (Retired: 21 September), career-high No. 8
The Russian finished his career one victory shy of 500 match wins, but it didn’t matter to Youzhny, who spent 13 straights seasons in the Top 50 of the ATP Rankings. As the son of a Soviet Army Colonel, his salute celebration at the end of his 499 match wins became his trademark. Arguably, the match that made him came in November 2002, when he rallied from two sets down to beat fellow 20-year-old Paul-Henri Mathieu in the fifth rubber to give Russia its first Davis Cup trophy.
Having won his first ATP Tour title earlier that year on Stuttgart clay, Youzhny grew in confidence winning a further nine trophies from 20 finals. He reached his first Grand Slam championship semi-final at the 2006 US Open (also 2010) and 18 months later rose to No. 8 in the ATP Rankings (on 28 January 2008). Youzhny also advanced to the quarter-finals of the three other major championships. Read & Watch Tribute

Florian Mayer (Retired: 27 August), career-high No. 18
With long backswings, the German’s style of play was unorthodox but effective. The 2004 ATP Newcomer of the Year and a two-time Wimbledon quarter-finalist rose to a career-high No. 18 in the ATP Rankings on 6 June 2011. Last month, Mayer told ATPWorldTour.com, “Having gone 0-4 in my first four finals, I began to question whether I was good enough to win a coveted ATP title. I needed to wait until 2011 in Bucharest to lift a trophy, but my final victory over Alexander Zverev in 2016 [at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle] will be the one I always remember as it was on my comeback from injuries, after almost two years on the sidelines.”
In 2009, Mayer fell as low as No. 450 in the ATP Rankings, but finished the year at No. 61. He recorded 12 Top 10 wins during his career and went 2-5 in ATP Tour finals. The German also won 14 titles from 25 finals on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Gilles Muller (Retired: 27 August), career-high No. 21
In order to succeed as a tennis player, Muller had to leave his native Luxembourg. He did so of his own violation (his parents did not push him) and he would later finish 2001 as the year-end junior World No. 1. Thereafter the serve-volleyer forged a career that was centred on a strong work ethic, which included quarter-final runs at the 2008 US Open (as a qualifier) and 2017 Wimbledon (including a 15-13 fifth set win over Rafael Nadal in the fourth round).
Having reached his first ATP Tour final in July 2004 at the Citi Open (l. to Hewitt), Muller needed to wait 13 seasons until he snapped a five-final losing streak. In an emotional 2017 Sydney International final, with his family courtside, 34-year-old Muller beat Daniel Evans to lift the trophy and later, in June, he captured his second crown at the Libema Open (d. Karlovic). Read & Watch Tribute

Julien Benneteau (Retired: 26 October), career-high No. 25
The softly spoken Frenchman was a throwback to a bygone era, who played as he dressed – with great style and flair – to rise to a career-high No. 25 in the ATP Rankings (17 November 2014). His 0-10 record in ATP Tour finals is an unwanted Open Era record, with his closest shot coming at Kuala Lumpur in 2013 when he failed to convert a match point against Joao Sousa. But Benneteau troubled all-time greats, with victories over Roger Federer, Nadal and Novak Djokovic among 18 Top 10 wins on all surfaces.
His 12 doubles crowns from 21 finals included ended France’s 30-year title wait at 2014 Roland Garros (w/Roger-Vasselin) and two crowns at ATP Masters 1000s, at the 2009 Rolex Shanghai Masters (w/Tsonga) and the 2013 Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (w/Zimonjic). The former doubles World No. 5 also secured the bronze medal for France with Richard Gasquet at the 2012 London Olympics at Wimbledon and helped his nation win the 2017 Davis Cup crown. Benneteau will now focus on his role as France’s Fed Cup captain. Read & Watch Tribute

Max Mirnyi (Retired: 29 November), career-high doubles No. 1
Nicknamed “The Beast”, Mirnyi had everything to succeed as an athlete: a strong work ethic and great physical attributes. Mirnyi climbed to the top of the ATP Doubles Rankings for the first time on 9 June 2003, and he would spend 57 weeks atop the doubles mountain, good enough for 15th all-time. The Belarusian won 52 tour-level doubles titles (52-46), and Mirnyi recently finished his 20th consecutive doubles campaign inside the Top 100.
As a singles player, he ascended as high as No. 18 in the ATP Rankings, and won 244 tour-level matches, including 16 victories against Top 10 opponents. He also captured the 2003 ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament crown. The six-time men’s doubles Grand Slam winner and 2012 mixed doubles Olympic gold medallist (w/Victoria Azarenka) qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals 10 times, lifting the trophy in 2006 with Jonas Bjorkman and in 2011 with Daniel Nestor. ‘The Beast’ also captured 16 Masters 1000 doubles titles, including the 2003 Miami crown with Roger Federer. Read & Watch Tribute

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