Maybe she’ll play another tournament in Europe, says the 34-year-old at the US Open, “but in general this is my last tournament here.”
Tennis professional Andrea Petkovic announced the end of her career on the sidelines of the US Open on Sunday. “I’m still leaving the option open to add a tournament in Europe that’s a bit closer to my family and friends – but in general this is my last tournament,” said the 34-year-old ARD “Sports Show”. “Maybe it’s already over here in New York.”
According to Petkovic, the decision has been made. Talking about it is still difficult for her. Petkovic said she wanted to talk in more detail about her decision this Monday. A few days ago she posted a training video on Instagram with the caption “The last dance”.
The world number 104 meets in Flushing Meadows. in the first round on Tuesday as an outsider to Olympic champion Belinda Bencic from Switzerland (No. 13).
Petkovic has won a total of nine WTA Tour titles since her debut pro season in 2006. In 2011, after two quarterfinals at the Australian Open and the US Open, she reached her best place in the world rankings with ninth place. The Darmstadt native celebrated her greatest success in Paris in 2014 when she was only eliminated in the semi-finals of the French Open. With the German Fed Cup team she was in the final in the same year, which was lost to the Czech Republic. Overall, Petkovic played 18 matches for Germany and won 13 singles.
In addition to her sporting career, Petkovic has also been in front of the camera as a ZDF presenter at irregular intervals since the end of 2019, writes columns for newspapers and magazines and published a book in 2020.
At the French Open in May, Petkovic, who had planned to end her career in 2020, emphasized how much fun the matches on the big stage are for her. “If it were up to my will, I would play for ten more years,” she said at the time. But she had to listen to her body at the end of the season, she added at the time. Now her decision has been made.