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10 Surprising Players That Ended The Careers Of Legends

By Jakub Bobro
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Martina Navratilova in action during her 1987 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Final match against Steffi Graf (Source: Hulton Archive/zimbio.com)

There are always certain things that a tennis player remembers about their career. Their first professional match, their first title and their final match. It seems cruel that the careers of some of the worlds greatest tennis players were ended by  players that the world has since forgotten, but this has happened to many of them in the past.  So who were those players and what are they doing now?

10. Janette Husarova

The 42-year old Slovakian was still an active doubles player until February 2016. Her biggest accomplishments came in doubles, where she reached the No. 3 ranking, while in singles her best was No. 31. The 2002 season was the best in her career after reaching the final of US Open with Elena Dementieva and winning the Year-End Championships. To end her outstanding year, Husarova ended the singles career of former World No. 1 in singles and doubles, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. This happened in the Fed Cup final between Slovakia and Spain. Husarova won the match easily 6-0 6-2, sealing the Fed Cup title. Sanchez-Vicario played a couple of more tournaments in doubles, in 2004 and 2005, losing twice more to Husarova. Nowadays, Husarova keeps busy with her tennis academy, and also running the Amateur Tennis Tour in Slovakia.

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