Six-time Grand Slam champion Salisbury retires — SkimNews
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- Joe Salisbury, the 34-year-old six-time Grand Slam doubles champion and former world number one, announced his retirement from professional tennis after this month's US Open, where he reached the semi-finals with long-time partner Rajeev Ram, who simultaneously retired.
- Salisbury is Britain's most successful men's doubles player of the Open era and won four of his six majors with Ram, including the 2020 Australian Open plus three consecutive US Open men's doubles titles — a feat no pair had previously achieved.
- Salisbury won two mixed doubles Grand Slam titles with Desirae Krawczyk and finishes his career with 17 tour-level titles, including back-to-back ATP Finals crowns in 2022 and 2023.
- The Londoner took a three-month break from the tour at the start of this year and told BBC Sport that anxiety had left him with a "feeling of dread" on the road, even though he did not believe it had significantly affected his results.
- In his retirement statement on Instagram, Salisbury said he had been thinking about his future "for a while" and feels "very happy with the decision," expressing pride and no regrets after a career built on tennis.
Why it matters: Salisbury exits at 34 as Britain's most decorated men's doubles player of the Open era, leaving behind the sport's most successful recent partnership with Ram. His decision also puts a public spotlight on tour anxiety — a personal toll he opened up about to BBC Sport earlier this year — that rarely surfaces in retirement coverage framed around trophies.
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