Former world number five and Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga retires

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (220°) he will leave professionalism once his participation in Roland Garros is over . The 36-year-old French tennis player will leave the activity after several seasons plagued by injuries, leaving him little chance of showing a good level. He was five in the world and reached the Australian Open final in 2008.

It was through a video posted on his social networks that the Frenchman announced his retirement. He will do so at Roland Garros, the Grand Slam which takes place in Paris and where he reached the semi-finals in 2013 and 2015. Other highlights of his career are winning two 1000 masters, the silver medal in doubles at London 2012 and having been part of the French team which won the Davis Cup in 2017 .

Currently Tsonga is world number 220 and hasn’t won a title since 2019 . In fact, during this year, he was only able to play four tournaments, always being eliminated in the first or second round. The injuries had weakened him and that was the reason for his farewell. “My head told me that I could play all my life, but my body did not have the same springs to continue at the highest level” account.

In any case, the European can boast of having been active in the rise of the Big Three, managing to beat them 16 times. In your folder will be the six wins against Federer, four against Nadal and six against Djokovic . With the latter, he played in the Australian Open final in 2008, a case where Nole would get his first big.