Diego “Peque” Schwartzman Announces Retirement from Tennis at 2025 Argentina Open: Full Letter and Career Highlights

The Argentine tennis player Diego “Peque” Schwartzman announced his retirement from tennis at the 2025 Argentina Open to “be able to have my last moment, the most beautiful closure I can imagine.” “

“El Peque” announced his decision through a letter on his social networks where he thanks tennis “because it gave me everything I have and much more that I will carry with me forever. “

As explained in the letter, Schwartzman pointed out that “the joy I had playing tennis makes me keep smiling on and off the court as I always did,” but “today the smile that’s sometimes hard for me to find. Inside me, a competitive animal stops me from enjoying, playing and traveling like I used to.”

In the publication, he posted pictures from different periods of his career. The first, of being a child in his first steps in the activity. In addition, he sent other postcards with Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and with the trophies of his four winners on the tour.

Schwartzman in the first steps in activity.

In the letter he says: “I want my last moments to be my own decision. May 2024 will be like that, I hope I will have the opportunity to compete in the competitions that I enjoyed the most. And in 2025, in Argentina, I will be able to have my last moment, the most beautiful closure I can imagine. “

In addition, he thanked his entire team and the Argentine fans: “It was an amazing journey and you were a vital part of it. That’s why I wanted to express it here and thank you because ‘El Peque’ had a giant life.”

“You will see tennis soon, to continue showering until the last fall and working as a professional until the last time I have to play on court,” he concluded.

Diego Schwartzman is one of the best Argentines of the last decade, achieving special achievements such as entering the top 10 in 2020, the year he qualified for the finals ATP and became 8 in the world, and after winning four titles (Istanbul 2016, Rio 2018, Los Cabos 2019 and Buenos Aires 2021). In addition, he reached the semifinals of Roland Garros 2020 and the final of the Rome Masters 1000 that same season.

Diego with Roger Federer.

Times have not been easy recently for the Argentine tennis player who celebrates his 32nd birthday on August 16. So far in 2024, the crisis of results that he had in 2023 has deepened: he lost in his six matches that he played when he got to the championships after taking part in the certificates. He fell in the opening round of the ATP 250 in Córdoba against the young Burruchaga, the son of the striker remembered by the Argentine team, and the following week he was left out of the Argentina Open against Colombian Daniel Galán. Then, he lost to Emilio Nava (USA) at the ATP in Los Cabos and the same thing happened to Serbian Kecmanovic in Acapulco.

The complete Schwartzman letter of charge

What a trip! How many moments I never thought of, how many news I never dreamed of, how many people I met who helped me grow, taught me so much, made a player and a person much better for me than anyone ever believed I would be including myself.

Every corner of the court, every second training, every point contested, every minute I was very happy. I wore it so intensely that today it is difficult for me to maintain it. All these beautiful moments have become something that today carries weight and it is difficult for me to continue to have full happiness. On the one hand, it is a very difficult decision to leave a life that has given me so much, but on the other hand, the joy I had playing tennis makes me continue continue to want to keep smiling on and off the court like I always have. However, today that smile is sometimes hard for me to find. Inside me, a competitive animal prevents me from enjoying, playing and traveling as I used to. I want my final competitions to be my own decision. May 2024 will be like that, I hope I will have the opportunity to compete in the competitions that I enjoyed the most. And in 2025, in Argentina, I will be able to have my last moment, the most beautiful closure I can imagine.

To my coaches, physical trainers, physios, Luchito Spena, my competitors, teammates. To my friends I love you

My brothers and my parents, since I was little we were flying very high achieving dreams as a family, and without you nothing would have happened, Euge who is the best companion I could have had to have to share life with and Pico who was a great guide ever since. I remember in my career.

Thank you! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Tennis has given me everything I have and much more that I will carry with me forever. It was a wonderful trip and you were a vital part of it. That’s why I wanted to express it here and thank you because “El Peque” had a giant life.

Member, what can I tell you to close …? You made me run too much, laugh, cry, travel and know. You gave me a lot and it’s time to move on to another level.

I will see you soon tennis, to continue sweating until the last fall and work like a professional until the last point I have to play on court, El Peque.