PARIS — Two-time Grand Slam winner Amelie Mauresmo of France announced on Thursday she is retiring at the age of 30 following a decision made "after careful consideration."
Geneva-based Mauresmo, a former world number one who currently stands 21 in the rankings, won Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006 during a stellar career which saw her land 25 singles titles as well as 15 million dollars in prize money.
"I've come here to announce the end of my career. I made this decision after careful consideration," an emotional Mauresmo told a news conference at Issy on the outskirts of Paris.
Mauresmo came to prominence at Grand Slam level with a run to the 1999 Australian Open and she reached the semis at the US Open that same year.
Her Wimbledon title success came after three losing semi-final showings.
In 2004 she won Olympic silver.
But she suffered disappointments on home clay at Roland-Garros, where she could only manage two runs to the quarter-finals.
In 2005 she won the Masters end of season event.
Mauresmo's last appeared on court was on September 2 when she lost in the second round of the US Open against 39th-ranked Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in straight sets.
She announced the following month she would not play again this season citing a slump in her motivation to keep competing at the top level.
Her final title came appropriately enough at the Paris Open earlier this year when she defeated Elena Dementieva.
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