Mardy Fish has announced that the 2015 US Open will be the last tournament he plays in his career. The American announced on his Twitter that he will be playing three tournaments on the US hard court season before hanging it up. He’s going to kick his season off in Atlanta, play at the Cincinnati Masters, and will finish it off at the US Open.

Fish played earlier this year at Indian Wells and used his protective ranking to get into the tournament but will not play again until he plays at the BB&T Atlanta Open in both singles and doubles. He’ll be playing doubles with good friend and former Atlanta Open champion Andy Roddick.

2012, when the heart problems were first discovered

The problems for Fish began in 2012. After losing to Juan Monaco in Miami, he was taken to the hospital immediately after with an irregular heartbeat. He under went cardiac catheter ablation to correct the faulty electrical connections in his heart. The surgery would have prevented from any short circuiting from happening. The condition made it difficult for him to sleep and made him feel like his heart was going to burst out of his chest. He also went through periods with this condition where it was mentally and emotionally tough and could not stand being alone.

The problem picked up during the 2012 US Open where he withdrew from his fourth round match with Roger Federer due to an accelerated heartbeat.

Struggling to get on the court

Over the next three years, he would play sparingly picking and choosing which tournaments he would play in by using a wildcard or his protected ranking to play in these events. He did not play at all last year however due to an anxiety disorder.

Here’s what Fish had to say about playing at the US Open again, “Obviously it's no secret. I'd love to go back to the US Open, where sort of it all came crashing down for me in 2012, and sort of conquer that place. And by 'conquer,' I mean just get back out on the court there. I have a lot of demons from that place.”

Mardy Fish was one of the more successful Americans in the last decade. He won six titles, made four Masters finals, qualified for the World Tour Finals, had a career-high ranking of seven, won a silver medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and was the top-ranked American for a few months. We hope to see Mardy Fish give it one last successful run before it all ends at Flushing Meadows.