John Isner has announced on social media that he will be retiring from Tennis after this year’s US Open.
The American made this known on social media on Wednesday evening. This year’s US Open will also be his 17th successive appearance in his home major.
“After 17+ years on the @atptour, it’s time to say goodbye to professional tennis,” Isner posted on X.
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“This transition won’t be easy but I’m looking forward to every second of it with my amazing family. The @usopen will be my final event. Time to lace ‘em up one last time.”
The 38-year-old won 488 tour-level matches and competed in the Nitto ATP Finals (in 2018).
Isner became the oldest first-time ATP Masters 1000 singles champion when at 32, he won in Miami in 2018.
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest servers in the history of the sport. According to Infosys ATP Stats, he holds the record for most career aces with 14,411. No other player has hit the 14,000-ace mark and only five have reached 10,000 aces.
John Isner finished inside the Top 20 of the year-end Pepperstone ATP Rankings for 10 consecutive years (2010-2019). He was also the year-end No. 1 American eight times (between 2012 & 2016 and 2018 – 2020).
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The American reached a career-high World No. 8 in July 2018 after making his first major semi-final at Wimbledon.
With five Masters 1000 doubles titles to his name, Isner has earned at least one win against Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka.
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