The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer.

In 1991 at the age of 30 and one of the oldest singles competitors that year Jo Durie had another successful run to the 4th round of the US Open. At the Australian Open Jo Durie reached her first Grand Slam quarter-final. She was ranked the No.

Jo Durie (born 27 July 1960 in Bristol United Kingdom) is a former singles world number 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom.