Five-time Grand Slam champion issues emotional message weeks after retiring from tennis in Paris

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The 2025 tennis season is drawing to a close, with many players currently taking time off after a busy year.

Djokovic is taking a short break after his exploits in 2025, which involved winning two titles on the ATP Tour.

The former world number one now boasts 101 career titles, behind only Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer.

Importantly, Djokovic plans to keep playing tennis, with the Serbian legend seemingly not even considering retirement at this stage.

Nicolas Mahut issues emotional message on his retirement from tennis

Conversely, Nicolas Mahut has decided that enough is enough for his tennis career, which ended at the Paris Masters.

Now looking back on the event, he wrote on Instagram: “Several weeks have gone by, and little by little I’m descending from my cloud realizing what really happened at Paris Masters.

“25 years. 25 years of career coming to an end. So much joy, sweat, points played, sometimes disappointments, many encounters, but above all a tremendous journey traveled.

“Thank you to everyone who has taken part in this journey, near and far. Thank you to my family for always supporting me.

“Thank you to the French Tennis Federation for training me since my junior years and allowing me to say goodbye in the most beautiful way possible. Thank you Grigor Dimitrov for sharing the court with me for my last game.

“And above all, thank you, the audience, for accompanying me all these years. This is not goodbye, just see you later, because I know I’ll never be too far.”

What did Nicolas Mahut achieve on the ATP Tour?

Mahut retired from tennis on home soil last month, having taken on the doubles event at the 2025 Paris Masters.

He played with Dimitrov in France, where the wildcard duo fell to Hugo Nys and Edouard Roger-Vasselin in their opening match.

At the time, Djokovic congratulated Mahut on his fantastic career, which involved winning five Grand Slam doubles titles.

He also finished as runner-up three times, with the Frenchman reaching number one in the doubles rankings.

Mahut won 37 doubles and four singles titles overall, while he was also involved in the longest match ever thanks to his 11-hour, five-minute clash with John Isner at Wimbledon in 2010.