Ash Barty

Barty pulled the plug on her stunning career 'to chase other dreams' just weeks after winning the Australian Open, six months after claiming the Wimbledon ...

Ash Barty of Australia waves after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S. in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia on Jan. 29, 2022. Ash Barty, the world No. 1 women's tennis player, has surprised the ...

"I have given everything I can to this beautiful of sport and I'm really happy with that. She became the first Australian player in 44 years to win at her home event in January, beating four U. S. tennis stars on the way. I am spent," she explained in a short interview with her friend and former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua.

Women's world no 1 says she will always be connected to tennis but regrets nothing and is looking forward to time with family.

“That’s something that we’ll work on down the track.” “You have to wait and see,” she said. I can’t wait to get out there with young boys and young girls and contribute in different ways. “I’m not giving you everything right now. I’m a sport nut, like a lot of Australians are. “I love sport.

Barty also hinted at a role with junior tennis in her home country, saying that “seeing the smiles” of the faces of younger players taking up the sport had ...

“I think she thoroughly deserves it. “I loved testing myself against her. “I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person. I loved playing her. She’s an incredible person, a great tennis player. “You guys love to whisper, don’t you?

Such a surprising decision came just two months after Barty sealed her third major triumph and became the first home player to win a singles title at the ...

She laughed: “You guys love to whisper, don’t you? I am spent,” said Barty, who had sat top of the WTA rankings for 121 weeks, 114 of those consecutively. No, we’ll wait and see.

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I have given absolutely everything I can to this beautiful sport of tennis.” She became the second Australian female to win the girl’s singles event after Debbie Freeman in 1980, and was awarded a wildcard into the US Open by Tennis Australia. Later that same year in Mount Gambier she reached the semi-finals at only her second professional tournament, defeating Ayu Fani Damayanti in her maiden professional victory.

Before winning her three grand slams, Barty had a stint as a professional cricketer – and she was a compete natural.

I’ve had a phenomenal career for the short time that I did play.” She has had little cause to regret that return. For someone to be able to step back in and play at the level she has after years out is pretty amazing.” She knew she was a bit jaded, a bit burnt out by the tennis and she needed freshening up.” She was the final wicket to fall – bowled by Sciver aiming for another maximum – as the Heat got to within 20 runs of their target. “She had told me she had played a little bit of backyard cricket growing up and the odd game for her school, so I wasn’t expecting too much. She had also become the youngest Australian to be selected for the country’s Fed Cup team since Jelena Dokic and she had won her first grand slam matches at Flushing Meadow and Roland Garros. Switching codes was a big call and not one that benefited her financially. A big reason for that was her insatiable appetite for hard work. Within a few weeks she was scoring a hundred for us.” “She’s very team-orientated and when she came in it was really like she was crying out for this team environment,” says Scott Prestwidge, assistant coach at the Heat. “She loved it. She did not know it at the time but Barty was embarking on a journey that would change her life. In 2013, Barty had reached doubles finals at the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon. The latter was a venue the Aussie teenager knew well, having won the tournament’s junior title as a 15-year-old in 2011. “She was watching a golf tournament on TV,” says Dave Richards, Barty’s former coach at Queensland Cricket. “She turned around and said: ‘I reckon I could have a go at that.’ She went out the following day and shot a round of 81.

The three-time grand slam winner could turn to another professional sport, having spent time with the Brisbane Heat after retiring from tennis the first ...

“He decided to stay home and ended up giving the game away. “I think she’s got a few things up her sleeve that she wants to achieve. “Don’t be surprised if we see her walk down the fairway of an LPGA [golf] event.

World number one tennis player Ash Barty has rocked the sporting world as she announced her shock retirement from the game at the age of 25.

Only 18 at that time, she said she wanted to experience life “as a normal teenaged girl”. I’m so grateful to everything that tennis has given me.” “I do want to say thank you for inspiring a country, inspiring a nation at a time when this country really needed a good shot in the arm. I admire you as a player and a person.. One of the best human beings I’ve ever met. That for me is success, I’ve given absolutely everything I can to this beautiful sport of tennis,” she added.

The Australian won 15 titles in her career and was the sport's top player for 121 weeks.

“We will miss you so much, Ash.” I am spent.” The Australian won 15 titles, including the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the French Open and was the sport’s top player for 121 weeks.

The world No 1 announced the news on social media on Wednesday only two months after winning the Australian Open.

I have given absolutely everything I can to this beautiful sport of tennis.” “I know how much work it takes to bring the best out of yourself and I’ve said it to my team multiple times, it’s just I don’t have that in me any more,” she said. I am so thankful for everything this sport has given me and leave feeling proud and fulfilled.

The Australian, who has won three Grand Slam titles and is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, said she was retiring from the sport for a ...

I've given everything I can to this beautiful sport of tennis and I'm really happy with that - and, for me, that is my success. I want to chase after some other dreams I've always wanted to do and always had that really healthy balance, but I'm really excited. It's the first time I've actually said it out loud and it's hard to say, but I'm so happy and so ready, and I just know at the moment in my heart that for me, as a person, this is right. "But to win Wimbledon was my dream, the one, true dream that I wanted in tennis. "It's something I've been thinking about for a long time and I've had a lot of incredible moments in my career that have been pivotal moments. "I've had a lot of incredible moments in my career that have been pivotal moments," Barty said.

Ashleigh Barty poses for a photo with The Venus Rosewater Dish on the balcony of The Park Plaza, the day after winning the Ladies' Singles Final during day ...

JUNE 2019: At the age of 23, Barty becomes the first Australian woman in 46 years to win the French Open after defeating Marketa Vongdrousova 6-1 6-3. Tennis Australia awards her a wildcard into the US Open. She is unable to qualify for the main draw after losing to Julia Glushko in her opening match. FEB 2016: Barty announces she is returning to professional tennis at the end of the WBBL season. After reuniting with Dellacqua, she also finishes the year inside the top 20 for doubles. After failing in singles qualification, she teamed up with Casey Dellacqua to reach the doubles semi-finals while still just 15 years old. JULY 2011: Barty defeats Irina Khromacheva at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships final 7–5 7–6 to win the girls’ singles tennis title at the age of 15.

Less than two months after winning the Australian Open, top-ranked Ash Barty has announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25, saying she leaves ...

Her victory at the Australian Open satisfied another gap, and Barty said she was completely aware that "my happiness wasn't dependent on the results.'' "I know I've done this before,'' Barty said with a laugh in the retirement video, "but in a very different feeling. "When you work so hard your whole life for one goal -- to be able to win Wimbledon, which was my dream, the one true dream that I wanted in tennis, that really changed my perspective." I just know at the moment, in my heart, for me as a person, this is right," Barty said, her voice shaky at times, during a six-minute video posted on her Instagram account Wednesday in Australia. Only one other woman has walked away from the sport while atop the WTA rankings: Justine Henin was No. 1 when she retired in May 2008, after spending 61 consecutive weeks ranked at the top. Barty won 15 tour-level titles in singles and another 12 in doubles since first turning pro in 2010.

The three-time grand slam victor said triumphing at SW19 'changed a lot for me as a person and for me as an athlete'.

Ash Barty has paid special tribute to her 2021 Wimbledon victory, calling it her “one true dream” as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25. Ash Barty has paid special tribute to her 2021 Wimbledon victory, calling it her “one true dream” as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25.

The Australian, who has won three grand slams and is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, said she was retiring from the sport for a second time ...

Very proud of you mate.” A champion in every sense of the word. “Ash, what can I say, you know I have tears right?

The three-time grand slam victor said triumphing at SW19 'changed a lot for me as a person and for me as an athlete'.

Ash Barty has paid special tribute to her 2021 Wimbledon victory, calling it her “one true dream” as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25. Ash Barty has paid special tribute to her 2021 Wimbledon victory, calling it her “one true dream” as she announced her retirement from tennis at the age of 25.

Tributes have been paid to Ashleigh Barty from the world of tennis and beyond following the world No 1's shock decision to retire from the sport.

We will miss her." Enjoy the next chapter." "You were different, and special, and we shared some amazing moments. "So much respect for you Ash!" Saville wrote. "Ash, what can I say, you know I have tears right?" I admire you as a player and a person..

Ash Barty, the women's world No.1 and reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, has shocked the world of tennis by announcing her retirement from the ...

Steve Simon, chief executive of the WTA, praised Barty for being the “ultimate competitor” who always led by example through the “unwavering professionalism and sportsmanship” she brought to every match. Across all-levels of play, Barty had a 305-102 record in singles and a 200-64 record in doubles, earning total career prize money of $23,829,071, Greg Garber said on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) website. “I’ll never ever ever stop loving tennis, it’ll always be a massive part of my life, but now I think it’s important that I get to enjoy the next phase of my life as Ash Barty the person, not Ash Barty the athlete.” “I felt like I got twisted and maybe a little bit lost along the way in the first part of my career, just within myself mentally and what I wanted to do.” However, after going overseas to play international competitions when she was 14, the schedule “became too much and the teenager found herself overwhelmed”. In 2014 she “walked away from a promising tennis career”, Fox Sports said.

Barty says it is the right moment to quit tennis after her recent grand slam wins at Wimbledon and the Australian Open.

It wasn’t until February 2016 that she finally returned, winning her first WTA title at the Malaysian Open a year later. You were different, and special, and we shared some amazing moments. Former world No 1 Simona Halep added: “Ash, what can I say, you know I have tears right?

Ashleigh Barty poses for a photo with The Venus Rosewater Dish on the balcony of The Park Plaza, the day after winning the Ladies' Singles Final during day ...

JUNE 2019: At the age of 23, Barty becomes the first Australian woman in 46 years to win the French Open after defeating Marketa Vongdrousova 6-1 6-3. Tennis Australia awards her a wildcard into the US Open. She is unable to qualify for the main draw after losing to Julia Glushko in her opening match. FEB 2016: Barty announces she is returning to professional tennis at the end of the WBBL season. After reuniting with Dellacqua, she also finishes the year inside the top 20 for doubles. After failing in singles qualification, she teamed up with Casey Dellacqua to reach the doubles semi-finals while still just 15 years old. JULY 2011: Barty defeats Irina Khromacheva at the 2011 Wimbledon Championships final 7–5 7–6 to win the girls’ singles tennis title at the age of 15.

The tennis world continues to pay glowing tribute to Ash Barty following her shock retirement from the sport.

I admire you as a player and a person.. Plenty of past and present players also paid tribute to Barty, with two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep adding: “Ash, what can I say, you know I have tears right? tennis will never be the same without you! My friend, I will miss you on tour. We will miss her.” I am spent.”

Barty is retiring only two months after winning the Australian Open, saying she wants to pursue other dreams.

"I have given everything I can to this beautiful of sport and I'm really happy with that. She became the first Australian player in 44 years to win at her home event in January, beating four U. S. tennis stars on the way. I am spent," she explained in a short interview with her friend and former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua.

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My friend, I will miss you on tour. The right-hander said winning at Wimbledon - the first time an Australian had claimed a singles title at the Championships in nearly 20 years - had been her "one true dream". The Australian, who has won three grand slams and is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, said she was retiring from the sport for a second time to "chase other dreams".

Ash Barty shocked the sports world Wednesday by announcing her retirement from professional tennis, despite being the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open ...

Tennis is obviously the focus and cricket was a bit of fun, but golf for me is a hobby. With her illustrious tennis career now in the rearview, maybe Barty reconsiders that statement? I guess if there was one sport that’s truly in the Barty genes, it’s probably golf, more so than tennis." For more than 20 years he didn’t pick up a club and I always used to muck around in the backyard with whatever old clubs I could find. She slashed her handicap from 10 to 4 and then won the Brookwater Golf & Country Club’s annual women’s club championship. He decided to stay home and ended up giving the game away.

The 25-year-old also hinted at a role with junior tennis in her home country.

“I think she thoroughly deserves it. “I loved testing myself against her. I loved playing her. “I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person. She’s an incredible person, a great tennis player. “You guys love to whisper, don’t you?

Osaka is just one of the reasons why the decision of French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open champion and world number one Barty to walk away from tennis ...

She was ranked seventh in the world. Henin, like Barty, was 25 years old and also the world number one when she stopped. She was the Wimbledon junior champion at age 15 in 2011, then left the tour for nearly two years in 2014 because of burnout, overwhelmed by the pressure and travel. I made my dream a reality and it will stay with me forever,” she said. Clijsters was a dominant player by age 20 in 2003. “And because I love to play tennis so much, I went back too quickly after the injuries. All of the other teen Major winners – Graf, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, Arantxa Vicario, Tracey Austin, Seles and Hingis – have been in their 17th or 18th years. Hingis broke Monica Seles’s record from seven years earlier at the 1990 French Open, which she won at 16 years 189 days. Now after the second departure her words, which seem to echo those of players who had left before, ring with certainty and finality. The following month, Osaka’s agent announced that she would not participate in the upcoming Wimbledon Championships. It was Osaka who announced at last year’s French Open that she would not conduct her mandatory media assignments. It was Ashleigh Barty and not Naomi Osaka.

Barty goes out on her terms, at the very top, after a dream Australian Open triumph and having topped the rankings for 114 successive weeks since 2019, with ...

"And I mean, I hit as recently as 10 days ago. "And I knew that it wouldn't be fair to my team and the people that have invested so much time and energy into my life, to not be 100 per cent committed for them. "To do that as a team meant too much to me, it was incredible. "I think she thoroughly deserves it. "But that wasn't meant to be, it wasn't the case. "And timing is everything.

Ash Barty called her decision to retire "scary but exciting" and said she no longer had the drive to challenge herself in tennis' top level.

A former junior prodigy, a teenage Barty took a break from the sport following the US Open in 2014 and pursued a professional cricket career. But Swiatek was far from the only one of Barty's peers to comment on the announcement. I sort of felt it was coming and we had sort of discussed things." I get to contribute more on the tennis side with the younger girls, younger boys and throughout the communities, which is exciting for me." She had previously won the French Open in 2019 and Wimbledon, achieving her childhood dream, in 2021. Barty, 25, stunned the tennis world on Wednesday with a six-minute Instagram video in which she said she would be stepping away from the game, effective immediately, to "chase other dreams."

Since taking an extended break from tennis at the age of 18, the retiring champion has put her happiness and wellbeing first.

Her final match was on Rod Laver Arena in the Australian Open final, the most watched women’s sporting event in the history of her country, and one of the great Australian sporting moments full stop. The most obvious comparison to Barty’s retirement is Justine Henin’s shock departure in 2008, a player to whom Barty is frequently compared, and who was also world No 1 when she decided to retire. The possibility of chasing more greatness in tennis is far less important than the off-court contentment she seeks. Once she left Australia and resumed competition around the world, she could not return until the end of the year. Off the court she keeps a healthy distance from it, her hobbies are elsewhere, and tennis is never on the TV when she is nearby. Since 2014, when as an 18-year-old she took an indefinite break from the sport because of burnout and depression, her message has been consistent.

The 25-year-old also hinted at a role with junior tennis in her home country.

She told reporters she was leaving the circuit because the “timing is right”. She said she was looking forward to working with younger players “throughout the communities, seeing the smiles on the kids’ faces, bringing them the opportunities to play tennis”, adding: “It reminds me of why I started playing.” Ash Barty has said she would “never say never” about returning to professional tennis following her shock retirement.

Barty revealed her plans in an Instagram video where she spoke to her friend and former doubles partner Casey Dellacqua.

"With her accomplishments at the Grand Slams, WTA Finals, and reaching the pinnacle ranking of No1 in the world, she has clearly established herself as one the great champions of the WTA." She added: "I know people may not understand it and I'm ok with that because for me, Ash Barty the person has so many dreams that she wants to chase after that don't necessarily involve travelling the world, being away from my family, being away from my home, which is where I've always wanted to be, it's where I've grown up. It marks Barty's second "retirement" from the sport -she walked away from the game as a teenager in late-2014, before returning two years later and rising rapidly up the rankings.

Barty also hinted at a role with junior tennis in her home country, saying that “seeing the smiles” of the faces of younger players taking up the sport had ...

“I think she thoroughly deserves it. “I loved testing myself against her. I loved playing her. “I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person. She’s an incredible person, a great tennis player. “You guys love to whisper, don’t you?

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"I think she thoroughly deserves it. "I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person. "You guys love to whisper, don't you?

The Australian, who has won three grand slams and is the reigning Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, also said "you guys love to whisper" when asked ...

"I know that if it is Iga, there is no better person. "No, we'll wait and see. "So it was just - there is no perfect way, there is no perfect timing but this was our perfect way, and it was a great finish."