Anabel Medina Garrigues will close the curtain on her playing career in New York next month.
The 35-year-old Spanish Fed Cup captain announced she will officially retire at the US Open.
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"I wanted to retire playing and not because of an injury," Medina Garrigues announced at an RFET press conference in Madrid today. "It was a return thinking of a withdrawal choosing the tournaments that made me more excited. My shoulder is not one hundred percent and, therefore, I have decided to end my professional career in the US Open."
The Valencia-born Medina Garrigues partnered Virginia Ruano Pascual to back-to-back Roland Garros doubles championships in 2008 and 2009, reaching a career-high doubles ranking of No. 3 and attaining a singles rank of No. 16.
Medina Garrigues retired from singles at the 2014 Roland Garros. The owner of 28 career doubles titles made a doubles return this year, partnering compatriot Arantxa Parra Santonja in Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros and Mallorca.
In her first year as a coach, Medina Garrigues guided Jelena Ostapenko to her first Grand Slam championship at the 2017 Roland Garros. Ostapenko made history as the first Latvian to win a Grand Slam and was the first woman in 39 years to win her maiden title at a major.
Last October, Medina Garrigues signed a two-year contract to serve as Spanish Fed Cup captain.