{"id":90645,"date":"2025-09-30T07:50:46","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=90645"},"modified":"2025-09-30T07:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:50:46","slug":"seven-tennis-players-retire-in-september-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/30\/seven-tennis-players-retire-in-september-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Tennis Players Retire in September 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Less than two months remain for the end of the regular tennis season. And some players are already winding up their tennis careers. In our <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2025\/09\/03\/kyle-edmund-six-more-players-retire-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">monthly retirement series<\/a>, we list seven players who officially retired in September 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>Seven Tennis Players Retire in September 2025<\/h2>\n<h2>1. Alize Cornet<\/h2>\n<p>Cornet explicitly confirmed that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2024\/04\/28\/cornet-to-retire-after-roland-garros\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">her retirement<\/a> from professional tennis is &#8220;for real&#8221; this time after losing in the first round of the WTA 125K tournament in San Sebastian in early September. The Frenchwoman made a retirement U-turn back in April when she came back to the tour, but she only won four matches at all levels this season.<\/p>\n<h2>2. Mirjam Bjorklund<\/h2>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s Mirjam Bjorklund confirmed her retirement in an interview with <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.expressen.se\/sport\/tennis\/mirjam-bjorklunds-avslutar-karriaren-byter-namn-efter-drombrollopet-\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Expressen<\/a>, citing the surgery to remove a cyst in her neck last year as the catalyst for that decision. Bjorklund, 27, reached a career-high ranking of World No. 123 and played her last match at the 2025 Madrid Open qualifying tournament. She recently wed ATP star Denis Shapovalov and will work in tandem with her husband&#8217;s coaching team before venturing into another career.<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"lIOHyqluTXtNc7z2KNRlcw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1621042444\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'lIOHyqluTXtNc7z2KNRlcw',sig:'6ub5DtYf2wMXTbRcOTEospX-N7K-D7sfj-SfbhHuEDk=',w:'594px',h:'391px',items:'1621042444',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>3. Steven Diez<\/h2>\n<p>Canada&#8217;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&#8217;s Top 150 in singles and was part of the Canadian team that won the now-defunct ATP Cup in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>4. Ivan Dodig<\/h2>\n<p>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&#8217;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&#8217;s doubles. He was recently named as Croatia&#8217;s new Davis Cup team captain.<\/p>\n<p><a  id=\"Ept7Z7-sQV9H5-13T0iAaA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1501780003\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Ept7Z7-sQV9H5-13T0iAaA',sig:'Xo7CGJvGGkxnF40lkDF93zgtQBGWUVb9VAuO9il6g40=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1501780003',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>5. Ashley Kratzer<\/h2>\n<p>Ashley Kratzer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itia.tennis\/anti-doping\/retired-players-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">filed for retirement<\/a> with the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) in mid-September. She had played her last professional match at the W100 Tyler ITF tournament last October. Kratzer was destined for major success at the top level of women&#8217;s tennis when she broke the Top 200 at 19 without a prolific record at the juniors. However, she did not reach her full potential after an unfortunate doping incident in 2020 resulted in a four-year suspension.<\/p>\n<h2>6. Julieta Estable<\/h2>\n<p>Argentina&#8217;s Julieta Estable retires from professional tennis at 28. She is a former Top 300 player on the WTA Tour and played her final tournament on the ITF in her homeland at the start of August. Estable won eight titles at that level. In her retirement post on Instagram, Estable wants to venture into a new career.<\/p>\n<h2>7. Makenna Jones<\/h2>\n<p>American WTA player Makenna Jones shared her imminent retirement on Instagram. Jones, 27, touched the world&#8217;s Top 250 during her career, but after a 16-20 record in 2025 and her waning passion for the sport, chose to hang up her racket.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than two months remain for the end of the regular tennis season. And some players are already winding up their tennis careers. In our monthly retirement series, we list seven players who officially retired in September 2025. Seven Tennis Players Retire in September 2025 1. 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