Dominic Thiem confirms retirement from tennis after battle with wrist injury

The 2020 US Open winner has struggled to regain top form after undergoing wrist surgery

Dominic Thiem will retire from tennis at the end of 2024 (Getty Images)

Former US Open champion Dominic Thiem will retire at the end of 2024 after going through a turbulent few years due to a wrist injury.

The 30-year-old Austrian has struggled to get back to top form after suffering a wrist injury in 2021, which sidelined him for months and saw him slip down the world rankings.

Thiem, a twice French Open finalist and former world number three, in January said this season was his “last chance” to get back to playing at a level he expects of himself and climb back up the rankings.

“It is a very important, very sad, very beautiful message that this season will be my last one,” Thiem, who won the US Open in 2020, confirmed on Instagram.

Dominic Thiem won his lone grand slam at the US Open in 2020 (Getty Images)

“There are some reasons behind it: firstly, of course, my wrist. It is not exactly the way it should be and how I want it. The second reason is my inner feeling: I have been thinking about this decision for a very long time.

“I’ve had success and trophies which I never dreamt of. It was an incredible journey. In the end I came to the conclusion that this decision to end my career at the end of this season is the only right one.”

Currently ranked 117th, Thiem claimed his first win on the ATP Tour in 2024 by beating German Maximilian Marterer at the Estoril Open but was eventually knocked out in the last 16 by Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

He had bowed out of the Australian Open in the first round.

Reuters