Former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero announced that Valencia Open 500 will be his last tournament as a professional tennis player.
In 14 years as a professional, he won 15 titles and helped Spain win two of its five Davis Cups in 2000 and 2004.
The 32-year-old Spaniard moved to the top of the rankings in 2003 after winning the French Open and reaching the US Open final.
“It was a complicated decision to leave a world you have lived in intensely,“ he said Wednesday. “But I have had a tough year and you start to notice that you don`t have the same ambition and motivation.“
Ferrero plans to devote time to his tennis academy and hotel. The Valencia Open runs Oct. 20-28.
Agencies