The tennis year 2022: Not only Federer and del Potro said goodbye
The 2022 season on the ATP Tour will also be remembered as one in the course of which many deserving and great players took tennis retirement.
by tennisnet.com
last edit: Dec 24, 2022, 10:00 am
At some point it's time to move on to something new. Or as Serena Williams put it before the US Open 2022: to develop further. Which in the case of some stars on the ATP tour in the past twelve months has meant: Servus, ciao, baba, I'll be gone then.
The tearful farewell to Roger Federer at the Laver Cup in London and that of Juan Martin del Potro in Buenos Aires in the spring are certainly memorable. But we don't want to forget the following, now former, top stars:
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga : The Frenchman said goodbye in Roland Garros, at his best, Tsonga worked his way up to fifth place in the ATP world rankings. In addition to his playful class, Jo was always a man who captivated the audience with his charisma.
Kevin Anderson : Secretly, quietly and quietly, a two-time Grand Slam finalist also said goodbye. Anderson, who came to professional tennis through the college circus in the USA, was in the final of the US Open 2017 (loss to Rafael Nadal) and Wimbledon 2018 (loss to Novak Djokovic). The native South African will be remembered by Austrian tennis fans primarily as Dominic Thiem's early opponent.
Philipp Kohlschreiber : Kohli didn't announce his resignation at length either, but simply created facts after his elimination at the qualifying tournament in Wimbledon. With the record winner in Munich (three titles), one of the great aesthetes of tennis is retiring.
Gilles Simon : Simon never played fast, but successfully: 504 match wins are in the Frenchman's final balance sheet, and 14 individual titles ultimately came about. The farewell at the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Paris-Bercy was accordingly warm.
In addition, fans will have to get used to an ATP tour without Sam Querrey, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Andreas Seppi, Tommy Robredo, Marc Lopez, Bruno Soares and, above all, Oliver Marach.