Former Italian tennis star Camila Giorgi has returned to the court in a new role after sensationally quitting the sport last year to reportedly move to America to become a lingerie model.
The 33-year-old – who had been ranked as high as No. 26 in the world – last played a professional tennis match in March 2024, before disappearing out of the public eye.
News of her calling time on her career then broke last May when she was named on the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s list of retired players, with Giorgi later confirming her sporting career was over.
During the months that followed several pictures of her in skimpy lingerie were shared on her social media accounts, as she pursued a career as a lingerie model.
However, in recent months it was revealed on her Instagram that she had left the US to move to Argentina.
And it appears her next career move is now official, after appearing at the ATP Buenos Aires as a courtside reporter, interviewing local tennis stars such as Seba Báez and Guido Pella for the tournament’s official account.
Whether her appearance is a one-off or if she is chasing a gig in the media world is unknown.
But the Italian appeared to be a natural as she interviewed several South American stars of the game.
End to Camila Giorgi’s tennis career shrouded in drama
Giorgi has been at the center of several controversial cases in the last 12 months but things now seem to have calmed, as she sets up her new life in Argentina with boyfriend Ramiro Marra.
Giorgi’s drama began in May last year when it was reported the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) had been unable to get hold of her for two months.
At that time, speculation was rife over a reported move to the US, with some suggesting she fled her native country in a bid to evade tax authorities.
Giorgi denied the allegations and explained her version of events in a TV interview in October.
“I didn’t disappear, I had to make an announcement in Paris about my withdrawal, then it came out on the anti-doping website that I had retired and the thing became public,” she told Canale 5’s Verissimo.
“I lived a little in Italy and a little in the United States. We stayed in Miami for three years. I would like to stay there forever, but I often return to Italy, I just don’t like to talk about what I do and it seems like I’m hiding … Now I’m happy, I’m where I would like to be.”?
Giorgi’s former landlord also accused her of failing to pay rent and removing “half the furniture” from a villa in Calenzano, near Florence. It is a claim Giorgi unequivocally denies.
If that isn’t enough drama for the former tennis star, she also remains under investigation following accusations that she used a fake COVID-19 vaccination to participate in the Australian Open in 2022.
Bild reports Giorgi faces a trial over this case with her lawyer saying she is set to ask the judge for a shortened trial and denies any wrongdoing.
For now, at least, Giorgi is settled in Argentina with a potential full-time media job on her radar, while likely pursuing modeling at least on the side.
