​Ernest Gulbis announced on social networks that he is ending tennis at the age of 35. The former player from Latvia was ranked 10th in the ATP ranking (June 2014), eventually winning matches with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

Ernest Gulbis retired from tennis at the age of 35

Gulbis won 6 ATP singles titles (Delray Beach 2010 and 2013, Los Angeles 2011, St. Petersburg 2013, Marseille 2014 and Nice 2014) and 2 doubles titles (Houston 2008 and Indianapolis 2009).

Ernests played his last singles match in February 2023 when he represented Latvia in the Davis Cup and defeated Daniel Kukierman (Israel) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6(2). He then paired with Karlis Ozolins and lost in the doubles 3-6, 3-6 against Daniel Kukerman and Edan Lesham.

The most important result at the Grand Slam tournaments was achieved on Roland Garros 2014when he stopped in the semi-finals (defeated in four sets by Novak Djokovic).

He reached the round of 16 at the US Open (2007) and Wimbledon (2018), and his best performance at the Australian Open was reaching the third round (2020).

Served 4,247 aces (height 1.91 m – won 81% of games on serve) and committed 1,916 double faults.

The most important victories in the career of Ernest Gulbis

During his career, Ernest Gulbis won 248 singles victories and 239 defeats. He won $7,668,948 in tennis prizes.

Nicknamed “Lord”, Gulbis twice defeated Roger Federer (until Rome 2010when he was a world leader, and Roland Garros 2014) and once to Novak Djokovic (in Brisbane 2009). The Latvian suffered 3 defeats from the Swiss and 7 from the Serbian.

Ernests has met Rafael Nadal seven times, and the Iberian has won each time.

In total, the Latvian has 19 victories over players from the top 10 ATP (at the time of the matches).

Gulbis also defeated James Blake, Tomas Berdych, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (twice), Tommy Robredo, Mykhailo Yuzhny, Mardy Fish, Janko Tipsarevic, Andy Murray, Juan Martin del Potro and Richard Gasquet (once each).