Barty’s Retirement Bombshell

03/23/2022

By: Jeff Yoder

World No. 1 Ash Barty Announces Retirement From Tennis at Age 25

Just two months after winning the Australian Open, Ash Barty shocked the sports world on Tuesday by retiring from tennis. She held the World No. 1 ranking for more than two years, but she walks away at the young age of 25. Barty previously left tennis to pursue a cricket career, but she returned two years later to win three grand slam titles. The Australian won the last of those three slams in her home country this January. Barty made the announcement in a video on instagram.

 

“I’m so happy and I’m so ready… I don’t have the physical drive, the emotional want and everything it takes to challenge yourself at the very top of the level any more. I am spent… I know that the time is right now for me to step away and chase other dreams, and to put the rackets down.” — Ash Barty

 

She ends her career with 15 titles.

 

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