The 2026 tennis season has only just started, but Milos Raonic has decided to call time on his fantastic career.
Now 35 years old, Raonic turned professional back in 2008, and ends his superb career with a 383-184 win-loss record.
The legendary Canadian won eight ATP titles and reached a career-high number three in the world rankings.
He earned $20,764,512 for his efforts, with that figure placing him 33rd in the all-time money list, ahead of the likes of Andy Roddick and Stefan Edberg.
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Felix Auger-Aliassime and John Isner react as Milos Raonic retires
Understandably, Raonic has now received plenty of messages of support after confirming his retirement from tennis.
His fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime posted on his Instagram story: “Greatest Canadian to ever do it.
“Thank you for everything you brought to Canadian tennis and on a personal level thank you for being an example and mentor all these years.”
And commenting on Raonic’s post on Instagram that read: “Thank you to every single person who has been a part of my journey,” his former rival John Isner wrote: “Great career done with class and professionalism all the way through.”
Milos Raonic admits ‘time has come’ to end his tennis career
Along with his Instagram post, Raonic issued a lengthy and emotional post on X to confirm his retirement.
It started out: “The time has come, I am retiring from tennis. This is a moment you know will come one day, but somehow you never feel ready for it.
“This is as ready as I will ever be. Tennis has been my love and obsession for most of my life. I have been the luckiest person to get to live out and fulfil my dreams.
“I got to show up every day and focus on just getting better, seeing where that will take me, and playing a game I was introduced to at 8 years old by complete luck. Somehow, this became my entire obsession and childhood, and then became my profession and life.”
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It turned out to be a superb stroke of luck, with Raonic having also reached one Grand Slam final during his career.
He made it all the way to the final of Wimbledon in 2016, but lost out to home favorite Andy Murray at the All England Club.
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