Andreas Seppi announces sudden retirement from professional tennis

| by Evita Mueller

Andreas Seppi enjoyed a lengthy tennis career and after 20 years on the ATP Tour, he has decided to announce retirement which appears to be very sudden.

In 2013, the Italian reached his career-high 18th place in the ATP Rankings and despite never getting past fourth round at Grand Slam tournaments, he managed to win 3 ATP titles and defeated likes of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt.

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Now, after twenty years of a fruitful career, Andreas Seppi announced that tournament in Ortisei will be his last. After finishing in Top 100 every year since 2005, the Italian ended 2020 ranked 106th and last year as world no. 102.

This year, his rankings dropped to 257th position as he lost 18 matches out of 33 played. After playing a few unsuccessful ATP qualifying draws, Seppi announced that Challenger tournament in his home country in Ortisei will be his last. On social media, he wrote:

"It’s been a difficult season, especially in terms of my physical condition. Many ailments and little continuity. I realized that my body can no longer bear certain efforts and I have decided that the tournament in Ortisei will be my last one as a professional."

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