He won the US Open in doubles, but after this year’s Grand Slam tournament in his home country, US American Jack Sock is hanging up his tennis racket.
Just before the start of the US Open, Jack Sock has announced his career end. The 30-year-old addressed his younger self in an Instagram post in the process. “I hope I’ve made you – the eight-year-old boy who instantly fell in love with tennis – proud,” Sock wrote on the social network. He then listed some of his tournament victories and thanked his companions. “Without the help of so many people, none of this could have happened,” Sock said.
In his 14-year tennis career, the US American has had a number of successes. His greatest successes came in doubles. In 2014, he won the Wimbledon title together with his team partner Vasek Pospisil. He repeated this feat in 2018 with Mike Bryan, with whom he also won the US Open doubles in the same year.
Sock also attracted special attention in 2016, when he won the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Olympic Games in an all-US final with his teammate Bethanie Mattek-Sands against tennis icon Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram. In the men’s doubles he won bronze with Steve Johnson in the same year.
Sock switches sports and continues to make money
But Sock can’t stop playing ball altogether after his career ends. As the British “Sun” reports, the tennis pro has registered with the Professional Pickleball Association (PPA). The game is a mix of tennis, table tennis and badminton.
According to the report, Sock can also earn good money with pickleball. He could rake in a six-figure sum annually with his new sport.
