I'm Done... Professional Tennis
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Sooo... Haven't played a pro tournament for over 2 months, and I couldn't be more excited?... What's going on?
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Congrats on your career, thanks so much for sharing it 🙏
Wow, didn’t expect that.. You played awesome lately! But do whatever you feel is good for yourself!!
he never had what it takes in singles sorry but not everyone does
@@Bambotbno one asked
Thank you for letting us ride shotgun.
Bro as long as you continue making the “chasing gold” series then we are good 😂 that was such an awesome series. Good luck man tennis is a brutal sport.
Absolutely yes. Agree
Best tennis series by far, that i've ever seen..
Really hoped for you to get to a grandslam once. But still all the best for your next chapter which I will continue to follow
As a spectator I am sure he might
Congrats on an amazing career Simon and thanks for sharing it with us. I have learned a lot from watching your vids. As for vid ideas in the future, maybe you could focus on doubles training and tactics. Might do well since pro tennis is trying to make it more popular? I am sure you have tons of knowledge.
Hoping we cross paths some day on the court so we can get out for a hit. I would love to try and take on that Pancake serve 😂
The financial rewards of tennis are all back ended. Huge upfront costs. Large financial reward only to those left standing at the end.
If you zoom in close enough to the glasses, you can see the reflection of his wife holding a knife.
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You did amazing job my dude, do what your heart desires my friend. I wish you best my friend. You would be an amazing coach my friend. GOD bless you and yours my friend.
I think this must have been a very tough decision. Your success in doubles this year has been great, but in my opinion potentially you are even a much better singles player, but keeping in mind that doubles may be easier on the body. Difficult with injuries and financial situation (family obligations are even more important).
I am sure you know that Karue wrote an important tweet about the prize money for lower ranked players also several days ago (made some tennis headlines). Maybe one thing ATP/ WTA, ITF (and other tennis organizations) can do is to help out to double the prize money for all the challengers and futures tournaments immediately to give some relief for those who hover in 100-400 ranks (both in doubles and singles). It is complicated of course. Anyway, good to take some time off to get a better perspective; and best wishes 🙏
Noooooooo
How close were you to playing ATP 250s consistently? Seems like you were so close to a break through
For doubles you need to be probably top 70 and those players still mix it up with challengers. Piotr matuszewski whos a doubles player just inside the top 100 only got to play twice in a 250 this year. Simon would have to halve his ranking to play 250s consistently.
Excellent career Simon and I am glad you are rightly proud of getting to the level you got. In my 20s I was a professional poker player and travelled 40 weeks of the year so I found this video very relatable.
I'm not sure if it makes good content, but selfishly I'd love a series on how a mid-30s amateur can improve their game, how to train properly, how to eat properly, how to deal with various injuries (why does my wrist elbow and shoulder always hurt?). I'd also really enjoy a video on the different factors that effect a tennis game - surface and weather being obvious ones, altitude, speed of court, even line judges - and how you adjust based on those factors.
Wow I remember your streams, that was some years ago.
Cool to know that you’re a tennis player as well. If you ever come to Germany and wanna hit a few balls (or get coached) and talk some cards hit me up!
Wise decision. You must love the lifestyle considering the money level you play at. If that fades, better find something else. Top 1000 singles and 160 doubles is no small achievement but a dramatic rise in level to really big money is highly unlikely. You are a smart guy and will find a new thing.
It’s a very expensive sport too. I remembered you mentioned the cost of traveling, and the rewards just isn’t there. Or more accurately, ur reward money goes directly to ur next tournaments cost. It’s a never ending financial cycle. Unless ur in the top 100… it’s very hard and it’s very grindy. Like most men like myself, we want profit, we want results. But sometimes when we give it our all, it’s just not enough. But I love ur videos man. Thank u for sharing ur experience
Great to see your journey, sad to see you retire- I hope you find happiness in whatever you do next! If someone funded your expenses etc in your career would you have been more open to continuing if you had that financial stability?
Your tennis career has been awesome to watch and support! Can’t wait to see what’s up next
Good luck Simon I hope you enjoy your new chapter!
Thank you for sharing your tennis journey! I've enjoyed your content, all the best in your next chapter.
I think it's a sas reflection on the ATP that a player in the top 200 (singles or doubles) is only making enough to get by. In my opinion they shoukd flatten the prize money out more to reward those that are working just as hard as the top 50. Good luck with your next challenge.
Congrats on your career, Simon. You have been a huge inspiration to me, and I really appreciate all the support you have given me. Best of luck with your future endeavors.
Be proud of yourself Simon! Good luck in your new projects! 💪
Do what makes you happy! Best wishes for what lies ahead!
It’s hard to make a living with professional tennis…very, very hard…keep going in tennis please, you know the business..😊
These pro-tennis channels show one thing consistently.... pro-tennis is a grind!! Top-level day-in, day-out. You pay with a bad day. Not easy folks! With such high-level competition, it becomes equivalent to manual labor. Gotta love the game! Obsessively really...
Congratulations on your achievements in tennis Simon. I truly wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors! It really is so sad that all the money in pro tennis is backended, especially in doubles, but that's the way it is.
I would love to see some videos on being able to hit the ball so cleanly consistently
thanks for all the match vids, been a great run on tour, on to the next part of life
I don't know Simon, it feels so weird to see you leave just as you started skyrocketing in the rankings, but i'm sure you gave it a lot of thought and you're the only one who has the whole picture of course, i just hope you never start thinking things like "how far could have i gone if i pushed for one more year?", what i mean is: make sure you don't leave any regrets behind, so if you have to face a new chapter in your life you can do it wholeheartedly. As for us, we'll be here for you regardless. 💪🏻
Wanted to see you break top 100 so bad
It's been a hell of a good ride!
thanks Simon for all the content!!! Enjoy the next chapter of your life --
maybe you'll compete again --- there's a good number of players that come back to play professionally and actually do better (age aiding in the mental mindset) and actually play less (Quality > quantity ---- no need for the 40x weeks a year)
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ahh man dude, amazing job man, looking forward to the next step
hey man a bit sad to hear but excited for what the future has in store for you. Thank you so so much for the insight into pro tennis. I watched all your videos and really learned a lot. Please keep posting videos I will always support your journey :) God bless
nooooooo you should play one more tourney with Joe to win one last one.
That’s the thing with the tour that I have learned from the content creators bringing it to us, it’s either you are going all in or nothing.
Noticed your regular partner was playing with someone else.
Ranked 160 in doubles and going deep in challenger events still doesn’t cover the costs is mad.
All the best
Congratulation on the fantastic achievement reaching a rank of around 160 in the World. Good luck in the future.
Work is a grind. If your work is playing professional tennis, it’s a REALLY, TOUGH grind because you just don’t make enough money until you are ranked in the top 100. Think you made a good decision to retire.
comeback atp @ 30 years old coming up guys don't be upset; gg Simon, loved seeing the grind but completely understandable
Congratulations on a great career! I think you legitimately had a huge impact on putting the spotlight on doubles
Congratulations for everything you have achieved Simon 🎉, very mature and important decision you are making here, my best wishes in what is coming
Thank you for all the entertainment in the past 4 years I have been following your journey! your matches will be missed for sure
Understandable decision. The tennis circuit is tough! In my opinion, there's insufficient monetary support for players. Even the smaller tournaments bring in a lot of money by selling data to sports betting operators.
Good luck with whatever you do next! I'll stick around to check it out on youtube.
Good luck, will miss the best tennis commentary and professional attitude on the net
Really enjoyed your journey, wishing you all the best whatever you do next!
Pro tennis is tough but you gave it a good go. All the best for the future!
Your run of Challenger wins were amazing, great vids all round
As long as you enjoy what you do next, i believe we all support you.
You have the talent to keep going forward 😢and breaking top 100
Everyone knows the dirty little secret of pro tennis. It’s a modern gladiator sport. Win or die, basically. The ATP and WTA should seriously consider changes to the remuneration and support systems. Prize money at the majors and 1000 level tournaments should be redistributed. All QF and up rounds should reduce prize money by 25-30% and move it to increase money for the earlier rounds. The tours should have guaranteed low cost health insurance for every player, including in futures and challengers, who plays a minimum of like ten tournaments.
If they are truly “player’s associations” they should charge a membership fee of 5% of gross earnings so that services would be available for all players.
I'd go even further and say that prize money should be distributed in a pyramid: Those at the bottom should get way more than those at the top, who will make easily enough money from sponsorships and pay-to-play. But even then, that extra would only be spent on more resources to climb to the top. It's the nature of star-driven markets.
Good luck with the next chapter of your life Simon!
Bravo! Everything ends. Its good to go out on your terms.
Bless up Simon. On the next thing vamos idemo!
Thanks for taking us with you and good luck!
A lot to be proud of. Congrats Simon.
Goodluck with everything 😊
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Always enjoyed your content Simon. The financial and relationship sacrifices you’ve had to make are tremendous. Enjoy your family, that’s what’s most important at the end of the day. I’ll still be tuned in to whatever you create on this channel.
-Jason Frausto
Its sad
Thank you for sharing this journey so openly with the rest of us. As a recreational NTRP 3.5 player, it has been so eye-opening to watch your matches (especially listening to your own commentary on the points)! All the best with the rest of your endeavors, and we are all really proud of you!
I think you're making the right choice. I have to say I love following your matches the most of all the TH-cam creators, but I think from a financial maturity point of view it was probably time to call it a day. Make a family enjoy your life. I do think people playing in the low levels of tennis don't quite realize the purpose of those levels and it's to actually make people give up on their dream which is extremely difficult to do if they paid well enough that you could make a decent living at 300 level, then you would have people that never stop. They would just make a career of playing 300 and the purpose is to find the stand out players and they will
Move up and make a good living and then the rest that realize they have to drop out.
Getting somebody who is competitive enough and good enough to be 400th in the world to give up their dream of playing professional tennis is not easy. You have to make it very financially penalizing to keep playing.
1. You are good content creator
2. You can do really good tennis guides
3. Maybe you'll end up coaching young pros?
4. Looking forward to your videos!
GL
I've always wanted to watch a pro tennis player playing amd mastering other sports. I'm conviced it is the hardest sport so would be cool to see u play badminton, football, volleyball, table tennis...
Congradulations on your career Simon, I loved watching you play and the content you pushed out. Can't want to see what other content you have in store for the channel, it's only up from here!
On one hand, I'm very sorry to see you hanging it up especially when you're playing so well. On the other hand, it's your life, and you have to do what you feel is best long-term. I wish you all the best in whatever you choose.
Sad...but, it showed how wise a man you are and gaining control of your own life and being responsible like a boss! Best of luck!
Glad i found your videos over the past year. I've enjoyed watching you grind and improve. I'm just glad that this isn't the end and we will, hopefully, see you with some new content soon. Good luck. Can't wait to see where you go from here
Really sad news, but totally understand! It is a wise decision cos I can tell you have a lot of other ideas with your life. Although, your whole body language looks like it is doubting the decision🤣.
I think it would be good to highlight the financial part of "pro" tennis life. It might make a change?
Odd no mention of his dubs partner, maybe a bad break up?
Inglidsen dropped him a long time ago because he just didn’t have it. That’s the real reason for this “retirement”
I personally think that the pro tennis life isn't worth it (regardless of passion) unless you can become a singles top 100 player by around age 23. If you manage to achieve that milestone in that timeframe, you prove to yourself and to others that you have the talent, ambition, resilience, and backing (of all sorts) to compete with the elite athletes that are actually making money from the sport. Stretching a pro career out any further than that without the necessary results seems like it can risk massive opportunity costs in other areas of life
Congratulations on your decision, Simon. It would've been a tough choice to make. I loved the Chasing Gold series and it would be great to see another one of those from your perspective as an Alumni of LTK. Perhaps you could do some content related to coaching there, in the future. To be honest, when I first started watching your videos, although I love tennis, I didn't realise you were on the circuit, doing a vlog of your tennis experiences. I thought you were a model, so you could try doing that? All the Best.
Congratulations on your successful career and thank you for taking us with you through your journey! Best of luck wherever your future leads
Thank you for the honesty. It's not easy to make decisions like this. Wishing you all the best!
Hey man I was one of the Tennis Professionals at the Tallahassee Challenger and it was a blast seeing you there. I got to see some nice doubles points. Always will remember the pros that come out. You've made your difference man, do what makes you happy, and fulfilled. There are even so many different ways tennis can be fulfilling without playing it or doing it the same way. Wishing you the best.
Congratulations indeed on your career and much success in whatever comes next.
Probably you are the highest level doubles player doing tennis videos. As I get older it seems I will have to play more doubles and there's little videos on how to improve that (Ashley from the tennis mentor has some good short videos). Net, doubles specific videos,: drills, strategy, court positioning, conditioning, improving reflexes, etc, could help. Thanks!
Thank you for the memories, and the incredible videos, we’ll miss you man
Wow did not expect this. Im super suprised a youtube sponsor or other investor hasnt picked you up to keep pushing your talents with less stress. You had such a great year to get yourself in a pretty prime position but its not my life. We are all on borrowed time, and it's good that you see clear enough to see this and use that time elsewhere if thats what you* feel is best. It still boggles my mind how being ranked 100+ in the world, you can still be scrapping for money. Best of luck with whatever you pursue Simon. Love all your content. Lets also push for Karue!!!
Thats what happens when you get married mate. 😂 need to provide for a family is a great motivator. Wish you luck and success in any new endeavours!!! 🤩 is little Simon Jr comin soon? 😉😂😁
I totally understand (as an ex player) your choice. Life on tour is really difficult and, at least for me, always felt a little too "dry"...it's nice to look outside of the tennis box, there are so many other things to learn and experience in life. You are an intelligent and very pro-active person and I am sure you will have many wonderful things come to you. All the best mate and congrats on your great doubles ranking achieved this year!
This is a bitter sweet moment, been following your pro tennis journey for almost a year I think, you were playing at such a high level lately and having success in doubles.
Thank you for sharing your journey with us, giving us a behind the scenes look at what pro tennis circuit is like and the brutal reality that’s not always shown in media. Happy that you’re leaving the game healthy, still very young in life and have a bright future ahead on whatever your next adventure will be, and congrats on the marriage! I think you shared a post recently. Excited to see what content will on in your channel next. How involved will you be around tennis?
Congratulations on your career man. Tennis is a really tough sport to make a living from. Wishing you lick in whatever you do next!
Bit unexpected after seeing how you guys were on a roll in doubles this season! But I can see the point of being close to 30 and still not actually earning any money is not a desirable situation to be in. Good luck with your future, hope you will push for the Chasing Gold series to continue!
You're clearly a smart articulate guy who will be successful at whatever you do. Hope you keep the channel going the way you were filming your matches and practice at ground level was kind of innovative. Wonder f you had a chat with Karue Sell before making your decision as he took a break and is now seeing how high he can get at 30.
Question, how do you break even when your career earnings are $55k and change? Or are you including your YT channel and coaching, etc.?
exactly what Karue Sell was talking about lately re: money for 100+ ranked players. it's extremely tough and most cannot survive playing challengers (if you're lucky). hell, how many potential stars had drop out because of lack of financing? we'll never know...
Can't really blame you when I hear about the financial aspect. Watching all your "winnings" just melt away every year, just to be able to continue playing... And that's while being ranked in the top 160? We're not shaking off the "tennis is for rich people" stigma any time soon.
Ok Simon! Sounds wise. Thanks for everything so far. Looking forward to whats coming next. Good luck. See you.
Pickleball??? 👀
Bro, take your talents into a blossoming sport.
You’ve got the goods.
But obviously the travel wears on a person.
Just don’t wanna see ya go out when you have so much left in the tank.
Thx for putting your heart out there, loved watching the journey man.
Best wishes.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavours and life in general! As I told you this summer when I met you in Zagreb, I think you are doing incredible job in promoting tennis and I do hope you will continue to do that! Have a nice one! 😉🥂
Thanks for the content and lessons. (Yep. Current age of top 100 = 26.58 years old.)
Man, it's been a pleasure to watch your channel and progress this last few yours. As you said, tennis/sport will never leave your life. Best of luck on new endeavors, and that you find fulfillment in what you do now!!
Thanks for sharing your journey. Been watching your videos for the past few years. Wishing you the best of luck in your next endeavors!
Simon,
Thank you for taking us on this journey. I was a top junior in my region and I ended up getting injured an having to give up competitive tennis. Watching you and your career has been such a fun ride for me to think about what could have been and I appreciate how you always kept it honest with us. You didn't just show us the glamorous parts of pro tennis, you showed us what it REALLY is like on tour. Excited to keep following you in whatever you do going forward. Thanks again mate.
It would be great if you would upload instructional videos. You are really good at explaining things in a simple way.
It would be best if you became a coach for a school like a highschool, or a college.
truth is if you're not comfortably top 100 in singles in the world, you won't be able to make ends meet. thats how brutal tennis is.
I’ve really enjoyed watching your doubles matches more than most of the espn pro tennis coverage. I think It’s a side of tennis that’s way more interesting to hardcore tennis fans. All the best in the future!!
I became a better tennis player watching your match play. So I wanted to take this time to thank you for the uploads. Just as you mentioned about financial my parents never supported me in highschool. I only had my high school varsity coach but he taught me how to love the game. I want to reach a high level of tennis so that I would become a great coach.
😢 i was sure you would compete in Some ATP 250-s with Ingleson …. But thanks for all the great vids. Are you staying in the sport commercialy or like coaching? Or are you doing a Monty Python? = and now for something completely different== ? All the best man , ill link you up.