Overview

• Jabeur announced on July 17 that she is taking an open-ended break from professional tennis to heal physically and emotionally.
• The 30-year-old cited asthma flare-ups and persistent shoulder and leg injuries that forced her to retire at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
• In her statement, she said she hasn’t felt genuinely happy on court for two years and needs time to “breathe, heal and rediscover the joy of simply living.”
• Her withdrawal from next week’s Canadian Open in Montreal marks the latest absence that has seen her fall to world No. 71, a ranking level she hasn’t held since January 2020.
• A three-time Grand Slam finalist and former world No. 2, Jabeur was the first Arab and African woman to reach a major singles final and has been celebrated for her charismatic on-court presence.