2 days Ago By Jake Lambourne
Laura Robson may only be 30, but she’s already packed a lot into her career both on and off the tennis court. When she won the Girl’s Singles title at Wimbledon in 2008 at just 14, she was tipped for greatness. Four years later she was named as the WTA Newcomer of the Year after advancing into the fourth round of the US Open.
She beat multiple Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters and Li Na along the way, while also claiming an Olympic silver medal at the London 2012 games aged just 18. Robson and mixed doubles partner Andy Murray advanced through to the final, with the British pair coming up short against Belarusian duo Victoria Azarenka and Max Mirnyi. The following year, Robson reached the fourth round at Wimbledon , but the Australian-born star then began to be crippled by injuries.
Ultimately they were what wrecked her career and forced her to retire back in 2022. After requiring wrist surgery, the former British no.1 was also forced to undergo three hip operations.
She missed the entire 2020 and 2021 seasons due to injury and Robson announced her immediate retirement from tennis at the age of 28. That did not mean she quit the sport for good, however, as she has plenty of other successful jobs. She is a regular pundit for Eurosport on their Grand Slam coverage and also for the BBC at Wimbledon.
In 2023, she was also named tournament director at the Rothesay Open in Nottingham. She has landed herself a job at Wimbledon, where she is on the international player relations.
