The World number one Ashleigh Barty shocked the world when she announced her retirement at the age of only 25

Ashleigh Barty said she had fulfilled her dreams already on the tennis court. In a heartfelt social media video message with her close friend and former tennis doubles partner Casey Dellacqua, Barty dropped the bomb.

“Success for me is knowing that I’ve given absolutely everything, everything I can. I’m fulfilled, I’m happy and I know how much work it takes to bring the best out of yourself,” said the three-time Grand Slam winner.

Barty had previously given tennis a break in 2014. She said she was overwhelmed by the pressure and the travel required.

The first emotion is to think Ash Barty is retiring too soon given she is only 25 and has the world at her feet. But to be honest we should be glad she came back at all and gave the tennis world those three slams and inspired so many Australian kids with her greatness #ashbarty

— Jon Ralph (@RalphyHeraldSun) March 23, 2022

The Australian admitted that it was difficult for her to say that she is retiring.

“It’s the first time I’ve actually said it out loud and, yeah, it’s hard to say,” Barty said in the video.

The former Australian professional cricketer spent 121 weeks at No. 1 in the rankings, including the past 114 in a row. She won 15 tour-level titles in singles. Barty won another 12 in doubles since first turning pro in 2010.

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Ash Bartey announced back in 2019 that she would only play for 3 or 4 years

An amazing video has come out which was during Roland Garros 2019 when talking to Simo, Barty had revealed that she would be playing for “3 or 4” more years.

Across all levels of play, Barty produced an incredible 305-102 (74.93% win percentage) record in singles and a 200-64 (75.76% win percentage) record in doubles, earning total career prize money of $23,829,071.

OMG, she knew way back in 2019! In this video from during RG 2019 when talking to Simo, #AshBarty says she will only be playing for "3 or 4" more years. 19, 20, 21 is 3 years 😳 pic.twitter.com/f0990pCdE5

— Philip T Boosey (@PhilipTBoosey) March 23, 2022

Barty won the Australian Open earlier this year and the Wimbledon last year. She hails winning Wimbledon as her biggest achievement and a dream come true moment.

She has also won the French Open in 2019. Barty won the doubles competition in the US Open in 2018 teaming with CoCo Vandeweghe.

Ashleigh Barty had recently withdrawn from the upcoming WTA 1000 hard court events at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, and the Miami Open, where she is the two-time defending champion.

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