New Delhi: Former women’s world No. 1 Kim Clijsters has announced her retirement from tennis on her website.
The 23-year-old has struggled with injury over the last few years and had already said that the 2007 season would be her last.
Clijsters won 34 WTA singles titles in her career including the US Open in 2005 and had already pulled out of the French and US Opens.
She played her last tournament in Warsaw last week, where she was defending the Warsaw Cup but looked short of form and lost in the second round to Ukrainian qualifier Julia Vakulenko.
She said in her statement that injuries and the constant effort to stay at the top had finally taken their toll.
"The constantly returning injuries, the labourious crawl out of bed in the morning and the time it takes to warm up tired muscles make it all the more difficult to continue," she said.
Her last WTA title came in Sydney in January 2007.
"It has been more than beautiful. But it's time to hang up my racquet for good," she said. "After the fantastic and moving farewell in Antwerp all good things must come to an end."
She had lost in the Antwerp final to Amelie Mauresmo.
Clijsters will marry American pro basketball player Brian Lynch who now plays in Belgium in July.
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