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Rohan Bopanna announces retirement

Rohan Bopanna, the former No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Doubles Rankings, announced his retirement on Saturday.

The Indian star amassed 26 tour-level doubles titles during his career, including the Australian Open in 2024 with Mattew Ebden. With that triumph, Bopanna rose to World No. 1 for the first time and became the oldest man to do so at 43 years.

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“How do you bid farewell to something that gave your life its meaning? After 20 unforgettable years on tour, however, it’s my time… I’m officially hanging up my racquet,” the 45-year-old Bopanna wrote on Instagram.

“Tennis hasn’t been just a game for me - It has given me purpose when I was lost, strength when I was broken and belief when the world doubted me.”

Bopanna won doubles titles with 15 different players across his career, which began in 2003. He won his first crown with Eric Butorac in 2008 in Los Angeles and went on to accumulate 539 tour-level wins, according to the Infosys ATP Win/Loss Index.

In 2010, he reached his first major final at the US Open with Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and then fell short at the same stage in New York in 2023 with Ebden. However, at the following Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne, Bopanna and Ebden turned heartbreak into glory by winning their first major title.

Bopanna was also a runner-up at the Nitto ATP Finals in 2012 and 2015 with Mahesh Bhupathi and Florin Mergea, respectively. The Indian won his lone mixed doubles Grand Slam title at Roland Garros in 2017 with Gabriela Dabrowski.

He most recently competed at the Rolex Paris Masters, where he partnered Alexander Bublik in a 5-7, 6-2, 8-10 first-round defeat to John Peers and JJ Tracy.