Dhe long-time top player Julia Görges ended her tennis career at the age of 31. The 2018 Wimbledon semi-finalist said it on social media. “I have always known that I will feel it when the right time has come to say goodbye to you – the moment has come,” Görges wrote in her post directed at tennis: “Thank you for everything you gave me have – you will always be in my heart. “
Görges has won a total of seven individual titles, including the high-class WTA tournament in Stuttgart (2011). She celebrated her last tournament victory in Auckland / New Zealand in 2019, her best world ranking was ninth. She belonged to the “golden generation” around the three-time Grand Slam winner Angelique Kerber (Kiel), the former top 10 player Andrea Petkovic (Darmstadt) and the former Wimbledon finalist Sabine Lisicki (Berlin).
“Your resignation makes me sad,” said national coach Barbara Rittner to the SID in Cologne: “It is already the second of the Golden Generation after Anna-Lena Grönefeld.” Rittner remembers 15 years with Görges and many trips to the Fed Cup including the 2014 final against the Czech Republic (1: 3) in Prague. “She was a very important part of the team, she was honest, direct and constructive. I really appreciated that. She has developed really well as a person on and off the pitch, ”said Rittner.
Görges played her last tournament at the French Open in Paris. In Roland Garros she lost in the second round against the later quarter-finalist Laura Siegemund (Metzingen) in three sets. “I wish her all the best and will try to keep her in tennis with some distance. Maybe as a mentor for the young players, ”said Rittner.
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