Cape Town - Slovakian tennis player Dominika Cibulkova has announced her retirement at the age of 30.
She was ranked as high as No 4 in the world and claimed eight career WTA titles.
Other highlights included making the 2014 Australian Open final and the 2009 French Open semi-finals.
Cibulkova has not played tennis since this year’s French Open due to an Achilles injury which prompted her retirement.
"After a lot of thinking, talks, and support from my family, friends, and my team, I have finally decided that I will not be returning to the courts as a competitive player. It is a moment filled with so many feelings - sadness, fear of the unknown, but also excitement of what life will bring in the future," she wrote on Instagram.