The worst scenario- a huge list of retirements this season

A list of players who retired this season or pretty sure retire by the end of the year. In order of their career high

Note, not all are official, as I said this could be the worst scenario


Monica Seles USA (1)
Jennifer Capriati USA (1)
Conchita Martinez ESP (2)
Jelena Dokic SCG (4)
Magdalena Maleeva BUL (4)
Chanda Rubin USA (6)
Barbara Schett AUT (7)
Paola Suarez ARG (9)
Silvia Farina-Elia ITA (11)
Ruxandra Dragomir ROM (15)
Fabiola Zuluaga COL (16)
Tatiana Panova RUS (20)
Rita Grande ITA (24)
Lina Krasnoroutskaya RUS (25)
Clarisa Fernandez ARG (26)
Maria Vento-Kabchi VEN (26)
Asa Svensson-Carlsson SWE (28)
Petra Mandula HUN (30)
Janette Husarova SVK (31)
Lindsay Lee-Waters USA (33)
Marlene Weingartner GER (36)
Adriana Serra Zanetti ITA (38)
Els Callens BEL (43)
Jana Kandarr GER (43)
Dally Randriantefy MAD (44)
Elena Tatarkova UKR (45)
Gloria Pizzichini ITA (45)
Anca Barna GER (46)
Rossana de los Rios PAR (51)
Yuka Yoshida JAP (52)
Patricia Wartusch AUT (65)
Lubomira Bacheva BUL (68)
Katalin Marosi HUN (101)
Alena Vaskova CZE (115)
Eveyn Fauth AUT (127)
Mi-Ra Jeon KOR (129)
Bea Bielik USA (130)
Maria Goloviznina RUS (135)
Svetlana Krivencheva BUL (142)
Anna Bielen-Zarska POL (146)
Olha Lazarchuk UKR (146)
Rosa-Maria Andres ESP (152)
Dessislava Topalova BUL (152)
Nina Dübbers GER (166)
Jessica Lehnhoff USA (166)
Galina Fokina RUS (168)
Lana Popadic CRO (182)
Oleksandra Kravets UKR (183)
Jessica Fernandez MEX (195)
Anouska van Exel NED (203)
Michelle Gerards NED (207)
Amanda Janes GBR (214)
Hannah Collin GBR (217)
Maria Wolfbrandt SWE (219)
Melanie Marois CAN (235)
Shelley Stephens NZL (249)
Petra Russegger AUT (255)
Verena Beller GER (281)
Nicole Remis AUT (283)
Nicole Melch AUT (293)
Kaori Aoyama JAP (317)
Eden Marama NZL (321)
Liza Andriyani INA (345)
Evelyne Vanhyfte BEL (362)
Erica Biro CAN (363)
Jin-Young Choi KOR (378)
Maria-Jose Lopez-Herrera MEX (450)
Elisabeth Bahn AUT (527)
Caroline Bailly BEL (768)
Cecile Baijot BEL (807)


and what about those? tehy are on the tour for ages or suffering from an injury for a very long time
Miho Saeki JAP
Lisa Raymond USA
Janet Lee TPE
Myriam Casanova SUI
Tina Pisnik SLO
Maja Matevzic SLO
Sandra KLösel GER
Tzipi Obziler ISR
Mariana Diaz-Oliva ARG
Anne Kremer LUX
Sam Reeves USA
Seda Noorlander NED
Greta Arn GER
Bruna Colosio BRA
Lenka Dlhopolcova SVK
Iris Ichim USA
Sandra Kleinova CZE

Anyone else:confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Panova might be???

:eek: OMG... So long list, hope half of these players won't retire though :(

I think I can say for sure that Tina Pisnik and Maja Matevžič aren`t planning to retire just yet. But they are injured so when they will return is under question... :shrug:

Xian - do you actually think Lisa raymond will retire? :haha:

Xian - do you actually think Lisa raymond will retire? :haha:

no therefiore she isnt in the first list, just asking if she plans a full single schedule for next season or going to play more doubles

That is a long list :eek:

However there are plenty of young 'uns coming through who have the potential to do just as well. So it's not all doom and gloom.

no therefiore she isnt in the first list, just asking if she plans a full single schedule for next season or going to play more doubles
oh i see :yeah:

Players have retired in the past and will do so in the future. We will always find new faves to cheer for... :yeah:

Tzipi Obziler ISR

Tzipi will probably stay another year and make her farewell from the tour at the Anda Open in Israel in October.

Maureen Drake

I'm so sick of seeing Capriati's name on these lists. How many times does it have to be reported that she's training down in Florida as we speak for a January return.

Considering Chanda was entered in a tournament recently (despite pulling out), I don't see why you'd add her to the list.

And pretty much all of the players on your second will be back next year. A few of them have had great seasons in fact, like Kloesel.

What a list :retard:
The young players balance those retirements :wavey:

Monica Seles USA (1)
Jennifer Capriati USA (1)
Conchita Martinez ESP (2)
Jelena Dokic SCG (4)
Magdalena Maleeva BUL (4)
Chanda Rubin USA (6)
Barbara Schett AUT (7)
Paola Suarez ARG (9)
Silvia Farina-Elia ITA (11)
Ruxandra Dragomir ROM (15)
Fabiola Zuluaga COL (16)
Tatiana Panova RUS (20)

Out of those, who has officially retired?

I know about Maleeva, Farina, Zuluaga and Schett (didn't she retire last year?)

Schett played in the OZ Open this year, so that is why she is on that list...I guess.

Jenny,please don´t retire :sad:

many players on that list (Tatarkova, Carlsson, Bielik, Kandarr, Pizzichini, Krasnoroutska, Dragomir, etc) have already been effectively retired since a year or even longer ago. So it's a bit of an exaggeration to make the list so big.

Myriam Casanova is semi retired. Maybe she'll play again in some years. After all, ''she's only'' 20. ;)

Maureen Drake
Is she finally retiring this year?

Chanda Rubin isn't retiring yet. She has said on TV that she wants to come back next year.

And yes, Maureen is finally retiring.

I will miss Drake with her great fashion sense.

Sandrine Testud :eek:

Nina Dübbers officially retired


Tennisspielerin Nina Dübbers wird die Universität Mannheim bei der Universiade im August im türkischen Izmir vertreten. Die 25-jährige Leimenerin qualifizierte sich bei den deutschen Hochschulmeisterschaften in Konstanz mit ihrem Finaleinzug für die Olympischen Spiele der Studenten und freute sich: „Es war schon immer mein Ziel, einmal bei einer Universiade dabei zu sein.“
Zu Beginn des Sommersemesters hatte Nina Dübbers nach einigen Jahren als Profi ihr BWL-Studium an der Mannheimer Uni begonnen. Ihre internationale Karriere (höchster Weltranglistenplatz: 160) hat die 1,82 Meter große Rechtshänderin damit beendet, in der deutschen Rangliste wird sie derzeit auf Platz 29 geführt. Die Vorbereitung auf Izmir will die Bundesligaspielerin beim BASF-TC Ludwigshafen konsequent angehen. „Glücklicherweise kann ich das mit dem Studium gut vereinbaren“, sagt sie erleichtert, aber: „Wie stark das Feld der Gegnerinnen sein wird, kann ich derzeit nicht einschätzen.“

she started to study economics
Good luck, Nina :hug:

she was kinda talented, but didnt make much out of that

Lubomira Bacheva BUL (68)
Katalin Marosi HUN (101)
Alena Vaskova CZE (115)
Anna Bielen-Zarska POL (146)
Dessislava Topalova BUL (152)

Are they definate? I hope not!

Hannah Grady :sad: