The British player finished her 24-year professional career after winning 3 Paralympic doubles medals with Jordanne Whiley. She played her final match in Barcelona on Wednesday.
Lucy Shuker has retired from wheelchair tennis after a 24-year professional career, playing her final match at the Wheelchair Tennis Finals in Barcelona on Wednesday. She had announced during Wimbledon earlier this year that she would retire at the end of the season.
Shuker and Ksenia Chasteau lost 6-3, 6-1 to Dutch players Diede de Groot and Aniek Van Koot in her last match, BBC Tennis said.
Shuker and Whiley won bronze in women’s doubles at London 2012 and Rio 2016, followed by silver at Tokyo 2020. Shuker represented Great Britain at 5 consecutive Paralympics, from Beijing 2008 through Paris 2024, where she was the team’s opening-ceremony flagbearer.
She finished with 139 titles: 39 in singles and 100 in doubles. When she announced her retirement plans, she had 98 doubles titles and set a target of reaching 100. She met it earlier in November by winning with Ruby Bishop at WC50 Abingdon in Oxfordshire.
Shuker reached 9 Grand Slam finals and won 7 World Team Cup medals. She received the British Empire Medal for services to sport in 2023.
She began playing wheelchair tennis in 2002, less than a year after a motorcycle accident left her paralyzed. Former wheelchair tennis player Pete Norfolk introduced her to the sport while she was buying her first wheelchair.
LTA chief executive Scott Lloyd thanked Shuker for her contribution on and off the court, and said her years at the highest level showed her dedication and professionalism. He said Shuker would continue to advocate for wheelchair tennis and that the LTA looked forward to working with her to develop the sport for future generations.
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