Sad for her.

But still I will bite and ask: Does anyone know, or care to research, how often this has happened over the last X years - a match in which one player retires after the first point? Or when it happened most recently?
(Since this tournament is WTA125, the answer could be about tournaments of that level as well as higher levels; but the answer only for strictly higher tournament levels, so-called 'real' WTA tournaments, would also be interesting.)

 

Does anyone know, or care to research, how often this has happened over the last X years - a match in which one player retires after the first point? Or when it happened most recently?
(Since this tournament is WTA125, the answer could be about tournaments of that level as well as higher levels; but the answer only for strictly higher tournament levels, so-called 'real' WTA tournaments, would also be interesting.)

There was a WTA final in 1996 that finished 0:0 RET before finishing the first game. Paulus was a former top 10 WTA and Cecchini a former top 15 WTA

 

^^ the paper here details the 801 retirements out of 46,268 main Tour matches 1975-2019.

Apparently the sources they used give the number of games played before each retirement, good luck with figuring it out....

 

Iatcenko into the final now.

 

Unfortunately she requires knee surgery.

 

Yeah, the post-match interviewer in the semis mentioned it. The surgery was pretty much expected the moment she had to be wheelchaired out, sadly.

 

That’s really sweet of Iatcenko to say.

 

what a horrible injury for Renata, I hope it isn't career ending

 

1 year ago today, same tournament 😲

20.09.24 W100 Caldas da Rainha, Korneeva def. (1/WC) Martic 0-0 30-30 RET

source: Tennis Abstract

 

In the previous round, Iatcenko beat Pliskova, who retired after three points against Paolini at the US Open last year.

 

^^ had completely forgotten that, even though I commented on it at the time 😏

here are examples of RETs after 1 or 2 games, by those players currently ranked above Jamrichova (source - Tennis Abstract)

24‑Jun‑2013 Zlin 25K Clay R32 Nastja Kolar d. (WC) Bouzkova 0-1 RET

10‑Nov‑2014 Dubai 75K Hard R32 (LL) Nicoleta Catalina Dascalu d. (4) Friedsam 1-0 RET

10‑Aug‑2015 Toronto Hard Q1 Tereza Smitkova d. (13) Putintseva 1-0 RET

26‑Sep‑2016 Stillwater OK $25K Hard F (Q) Danielle Collins d. Dolehide 1-0 RET

23‑Aug‑2021 Cleveland Hard R32 (LL) Nagi Hanatani d. Blinkova 1-0 RET

21‑Jun‑2021 W25 Perigueux Clay SF (7) Diane Parry d. (3) Bronzetti 1-0 RET

19‑Sep‑2022 Tokyo Hard R32 Naomi Osaka d. Saville 1-0 RET

7‑Apr‑2025 W75 Bellinzona Clay R32 Alevtina Ibragimova d. Sharma 1-0 RET

30‑Jun‑2025 W35 Amstelveen Clay F Katharina Hobgarski d. Chirico 0-1 RET

= 9

27‑May‑2013 Sharm El Sheikh 10K Hard SF (6) Vladyslava Zanosiyenko d. Cristian 2-0 RET

2‑Jan‑2017 Auckland Hard QF (8) Ana Konjuh d. Osaka 0-2 RET

24‑May‑2021 Strasbourg Clay R16 (4) Yulia Putintseva d. Teichmann 2-0 RET

1‑Nov‑2021 W25 Haabneeme Hard SF (SR) Katie Swan d. (3) Boulter 2-0 RET

1‑May‑2023 W15 Varberg Clay SF (6) Jana Bojovic d. (2) Oliynykova 2-0 RET

12‑Jun‑2023 W60 Biarritz Clay R32 Margaux Rouvroy d. Lazaro Garcia 1-1 RET

20‑Nov‑2023 Florianopolis 125 Clay R32 Leolia Jeanjean d. Marcinko 2-0 RET

20‑May‑2024 Rabat Clay R32 Kamilla Rakhimova d. Townsend 2-0 RET

= 8

So Bouzkova, Chirico and Osaka were actually leading when RET.

Badosa has 34 RETS, Azarenka 33.

And what about this...

25‑Sep‑2014 Santa Margherita Di Pula 10K Clay R16 Beatrice Lombardo d. (Q) Stefanini RET with no score

TA, ITF and coretennis have RET, tennislive has SCR, tenisportal is blank... not sure what went on there.

 

And what about this...

25‑Sep‑2014 Santa Margherita Di Pula 10K Clay R16 Beatrice Lombardo d. (Q) Stefanini RET with no score

TA, ITF and coretennis have RET, tennislive has SCR, tenisportal is blank... not sure what went on there.

The logical inference is that Stefanini was one of those poor unfortunates who retired after getting injured in the warm-up, otherwise the score would surely have been shown as 0-0 RET.

 

I remember Petkovic tore her ACL in the first game of the match against Chakvetadze back in 08.

 

The logical inference is that Stefanini was one of those poor unfortunates who retired after getting injured in the warm-up, otherwise the score would surely have been shown as 0-0 RET.

Probably so, but W/O or SCR would be more correct in that case imo.

I remember Petkovic tore her ACL in the first game of the match against Chakvetadze back in 08.

from LA Times: 'Six points in three minutes transpired between sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze and 20-year-old Andrea Petkovic of Germany before Petkovic retired because of an injured right knee.'

 

Awful 😭 Makes me think about Dasha Lopatetska a few years ago, it killed her career - so sad

 

Not sure it specifically killed her career, that doesn't really happen at her age. She just never loved tennis enough to grind back + seemed very disturbed emotionally due to the Ukraine situation judging by her last Insta posts before she went MIA. It's never a good thing when someone just disappears with no trace, hopefully everything is okay with her and that she's alive.

 

Trust TF to have as good an answer as anybody -

https://www.tennisforum.com/threads/quickest-retirement-close-enough-anyway.1380062/

From which we have a new contender...

11.04.21 W60 Oeiras QR1 Marina Bassols Ribera d. Delilah Spiteri 0-0 30-0

Not listed on Tennis Abstract however, which limits the usefulness of that source.

On the men's side, 25k Heraklion 2023 Alexandros Skorilas RET v Pavlos Tsitsipas after 3 points.

Nor that it's much consolation to her but Renata still leads the shortest pro match ever contest.

 

On the men's side, 25k Heraklion 2023 Alexandros Skorilas RET v Pavlos Tsitsipas after 3 points.

I was watching a Challenger doubles match in Tenerife in January 2023 where New Zealander Artem Sitak was playing, and his partner Alex Lawson sprained a back muscle during the second point and had to retire. What was absolutely galling was that Artem had just flown all the way from New Zealand after competing in the ASB Classic a few days earlier. He then played in Quimper (France) before flying back to New Zealand for a Davis Cup tie, then to Vilnius - all of these in consecutive weeks.