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Career Retrospective July 16, 2021

Photos: The best of Timea Bacsinszky

Former Top 10 player Timea Bacsinszky announced her retirement from professional tennis on Friday. Take a look back at her stellar career in review.

01 /07
Best wishes to former Top 10 player Timea Bacsinszky, who announced her retirement from professional tennis on Friday, July 16 at the age of 32.

Photo by Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem / Mehdi Benzaïd

02 /07
An accomplished junior player, Bacsinszky turned pro in 2003, made her Top 100 debut in 2007 (just after her 18th birthday), and cracked the Top 50 in 2008. She won her first WTA singles title at Luxembourg in 2009.

Photo by Getty Images

03 /07
After a handful of seasons marred by injuries, which included left foot surgery, Bacsinszky took an extended break from tennis, but returned in 2013 with her biggest successes yet to come.

Photo by Getty Images

04 /07
Bacsinszky won three more WTA singles titles between 2015 and 2016, bringing her total to four. She also won five WTA doubles titles throughout her career.

Photo by Getty Images

05 /07
The Swiss star became a regular presence in the latter stages of Roland Garros, making the semifinals in 2015 and 2017, and the quarterfinals in 2016. She also reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2015.

Photo by Getty Images

06 /07
She finished 2015 and 2016 in the Top 20 of the WTA singles rankings, peaking at a career-high singles ranking of World No.9 on May 16, 2016. She was named the WTA Most Improved Player for 2015.

Photo by Monika Majer/RvS.Media

07 /07
Bacsinszky won a silver medal in women’s doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, partnering Martina Hingis. She was also part of the Swiss team that reached the Billie Jean King Cup World Group semifinals in 2016 and 2017.

Photo by Getty Images

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