{"id":933606,"date":"2026-10-15T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933606\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T06:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:00:13","slug":"tennis-world-heartbroken-after-25-million-star-forced-to-retire-with-immediate-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/933606\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis world heartbroken after $25 million star forced to retire with immediate effect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennis<\/a> fans have been left shellshocked after Gael Monfils<\/a> appears to have already played his final match even though he was set to get a farewell at the Paris Masters. Popular French star Monfils hasn’t played since the US Open where he lost to Learner Tien in Round 2.<\/p>\n

Fans were expecting to farewell the 40-year-old at the Paris Masters where he would receive a fitting sendoff for a fantastic career in front of his home crowd. However, the tennis world was left stunned when it was pointed out he was officially listed as retired from October 5 on the International Tennis Integrity Agency website.<\/p>\n

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Being listed on the anti-doping website in the retirement pool means he most likely can’t enter any upcoming tournaments at the end of the year. Monfils hasn’t addressed the situation with fans left rocked with the update.<\/p>\n

This means Monfils’ last match came last month in New York with local French fans now not given the chance to cheer him on one more time. Tennis fans are now realising the US Open was the last time we got to watch the ultimate entertainer take to the court.<\/p>\n

Gael Monfils’ incredible tennis legacy<\/p>\n

Monfils was seen as one of the sport’s greatest entertainers even during an era of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The 40-year-old Frenchman is one of the most athletic players to ever step foot on a court and his ability to hit incredible winners won over the crowd around the world.<\/p>\n

Monfils finished his career with $25 million in prize money having won 13 singles titles. His highest ranking was World No.6 having turned pro in 2004.<\/p>\n

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Gael Monfils (pictured) appears to have played his final tennis match at the US Open. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Gael Monfils farewelled at US Open<\/p>\n

Ahead of the US Open, Monfils revealed this would be the final major of his career before hanging up the racquet at the end of the season. Unfortunately, Monfils went down in straight sets to the talented American Tien. Although he was able to put on a show in front of a packed Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman received a standing ovation when leaving the court after he was presented a gift from the organisers. Fans will now wait to hear from Monfils after the sudden retirement. The tennis star could still appear at the Paris Masters with a potential farewell still planned.<\/p>\n

Monfils’ retirement comes after Stan Wawrinka<\/a> also farewelled grand slams at the US Open. Monfils and Wawrinka played through arguably the toughest era for men’s tennis with the likes of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic dominating across multiple eras.<\/p>\n

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Gael Monfils (pictured left) competed in an incredible era of tennis. (Photo by SAEED KHAN \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tennis fans have been left shellshocked after Gael Monfils appears to have already played his final match even…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-933606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}