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September 30, 2025 By  news, ATP, Featured, WTA

Seven Tennis Players Retire in September 2025

3. Steven Diez

Canada’s Steven Diez ended a 23-year playing career in September after a challenging two-year period dealing with injury setbacks. Diez announced his decision on Instagram, where he also acknowledged fatherhood as a driving factor following the birth of his son. The 34-year-old touched the world’s Top 150 in singles and was part of the Canadian team that won the now-defunct ATP Cup in 2022.

4. Ivan Dodig

Ivan Dodig announced his decision to retire from professional tennis in September. He intends to play the remainder of the season. Dodig is a seven-time Grand Slam doubles champion (three titles in men’s doubles and four in mixed doubles). The 40-year-old was part of the Croatian team that won the 2018 Davis Cup and clinched a Silver Medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in men’s doubles. He was recently named as Croatia’s new Davis Cup team captain.

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About Nurein Ahmed

Nurein is CPA by profession, but he is an ardent fan of tennis. When he is not crunching numbers, he loves nothing more than dissecting tennis matches. The first tennis match he watched was the Dubai final in 2006 between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, and he has since been hooked into the sport.