The Frenchwoman holds the record for the number of consecutive Grand Slam tournaments and will retire just after Roland-Garros, next June.
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His 69th consecutive Grand Slam tournament, and the last. Alizé Cornet’s extraordinary record will end after Roland-Garros, since the French player announced her retirement on Saturday, April 27, in the show Canal Sport Club, on Canal+. Victorious in six tournaments on the main circuit during her 20-year career, she also remained in the world top 100 for more than eleven consecutive years, between April 2012 and October 2023.
Hampered by physical problems in 2023, she also decided not to participate in the Asian tour at the end of last season, to stay “faithful to (his) convictions”referring to the case of Peng Shuai, a former Chinese player who mysteriously disappeared after accusing a Chinese leader of sexual assault.
A Grand Slam quarter-final
This boycott resulted in his exit from the top 100, which forced him to participate more regularly in tournament qualifications, or to request wild cards. “If I can’t get back up, it will push towards the exit. I’m no longer old enough and no longer have the desire to go back to qualifying every time.” she confided to the newspaper L’Equipe before the 2024 Australian Open.
It was in Melbourne that the Frenchwoman had her best run in a Grand Slam tournament, reaching a quarter-final in 2022 against the American Danielle Collins. At Roland Garros, which she won as a junior in 2007, she only reached the round of 16 twice, in 2015 and 2017. Despite mixed results in major tournaments, she flirted with the world top 10 at the start of 2009, with an eleventh place in the world, his best career ranking. At 34, she will be playing her 20th Roland-Garros, where she should benefit from a wild card for the main draw.