{"id":239331,"date":"2025-10-25T06:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239331\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T06:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T06:46:08","slug":"former-top-15-atp-player-announces-hes-ending-his-season-early-due-to-injury-we-tried-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239331\/","title":{"rendered":"Former top 15 ATP player announces he&#8217;s ending his season early due to injury, &#8216;we tried everything&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMXlnMTNoeXE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>A number of tennis stars have seen their seasons end early recently as concerns around the tennis schedule continue to grow. <\/p>\n<p>Top stars from both the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/atp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATP<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/wta\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTA<\/a> tours have voiced their frustrations with the packed schedule lately, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/iga-swiatek-speaks-up-about-crazy-tennis-schedule-again-were-playing-too-much\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Iga Swiatek calling the calendar \u2018crazy\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/taylor-fritz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylor Fritz<\/a> weighed in on the debate following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/news\/holger-runes-former-coach-explains-why-his-achilles-injury-may-be-the-best-thing-that-could-have-happened-to-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Holger Rune\u2019s Achilles injury<\/a> at the Stockholm Open, stating injuries and burnout are more prevalent now \u2018than ever before\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2241804142-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"Holger Rune of Denmark is assisted off the court as he is forced to retire following an injury against Ugo Humbert of France during the Men's Singles semi-final match on day eight of the BNP Paribas Nordic Open 2025 at Royal Tennis Hall.\" class=\"wp-image-137438\" \/>Photo by Linnea Rheborg\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Former Grand Slam semifinalist Tamara Zidansek became the latest to feel the effects of the schedule when she ended her 2025 campaign this week, explaining she needed some time off to \u2018recharge\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a former top 15 men\u2019s player has also decided to call a halt to his season amid injury struggles.<\/p>\n<p>Borna Coric ends his 2025 season amid injury struggles<\/p>\n<p>Former US Open quarterfinalist Borna Coric has made the difficult decision to end his 2025 season, having dealt with an injury since the US Open. <\/p>\n<p>Coric, who reached a career-high ranking of 12th in the world in 2018, lost in the first round at Flushing Meadows this year to Jiri Lehecka and has not appeared at an ATP event since. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2231887181-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Borna Coric in action at the US Open in 2025.\" \/>Photo by Matthew Stockman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In a post on Facebook, the Croatian explained his absence from the tour. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cHi everyone, unfortunately, my season ended right after the US Open. We tried everything possible to get me back on court and be ready for the last few tournaments of the year, but it just wasn\u2019t meant to be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you all for your support, it means a lot. I\u2019m really disappointed to finish the season with an injury, but I truly believe my team and I will find the right way forward and come back ready for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Borna Coric\u2019s 2025 season statistics on the ATP Tour<\/p>\n<p>Coric has featured at 10 ATP events this season, the first of which was the United Cup in January, where he picked up one win against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/felix-auger-aliassime-2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, however, he has not managed to claim a victory in each tour-level competition he has appeared at. <\/p>\n<p>Australian Open \u2013 First round exitMontpellier \u2013 First round exitBarcelona \u2013 Did not qualifyMadrid \u2013 First round exitRoland Garros \u2013 Did not qualifyToronto \u2013 First round exitCincinnati \u2013 First round exitWinston-Salem \u2013 First round exitUS Open \u2013 First round exit<\/p>\n<p>Though he is 1-8 on the ATP Tour this year, Coric has enjoyed some success at Challenger level, winning four titles. <\/p>\n<p>He has triumphed in Lugano, Thionville, Zadar, and Aix-en-Provence, where he denied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetennisgazette.com\/tag\/Stan-Wawrinka\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stan Wawrinka<\/a> the chance to become the oldest Challenger Tour champion in history. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover A number of tennis stars have seen their seasons end early recently as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[753,64,63,143065,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-239331","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-borna-coric","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}