Former world No 4 Caroline Garcia has announced that she will soon retire from professional tennis, with 2025 marking her final French Open appearance – stating that it is ‘time to say goodbye.’

The Frenchwoman collected 11 WTA titles over her career, including the 2022 WTA Finals, reaching the fourth spot in the ranking in September 2018.

Garcia’s best result at Grand Slam-level was a semi-final run at the US Open in 2022, also reaching a quarter-final at the French Open in 2017.

She was also a proficient doubles player, ranked as high as the world No 2 in women’s doubles.

“It’s time to say goodbye,” Garcia wrote on her Instagram account.

“After 15 years competing at the highest level, and more than 25 years putting pretty much every second of my life into it, I feel ready to start a

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