Shahar Peer of Israel hits a return to Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during their women's singles match at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
(Reuters) - Former world number 11 Shahar Peer, the most successful Israeli woman to play on the WTA Tour, announced her retirement because of injury on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old righthander won five singles titles in 12 years on the WTA Tour and reached her career high ranking in January 2011.
