World quantity 9 Danielle Collins will return to motion subsequent 12 months after beforehand asserting she would retire on the finish of the 2024 season.
The 30-year-old American continues to take care of endometriosis, which may have an effect on fertility, and told BBC Sport in May that beginning a household was “one in all her greatest targets exterior of tennis”.
Collins posted on Instagram: “The Danimal story has not reached its conclusion. I will likely be again on tour in 2025.”
She stated whereas she had been “excited and keen” to finish her tennis profession “on a excessive observe” this 12 months and “bounce headfirst into my subsequent chapter of life”, issues haven’t gone as deliberate.
Describing beginning a household as her “final dream”, she stated in addition to managing some lingering well being challenges through the previous few months, she has been seeing specialists to assist perceive her greatest path ahead.
She added: “Coping with endometriosis and fertility is an enormous problem for a lot of ladies and one thing that I’m actively traversing, however I’m absolutely assured within the staff I’m working with. It’s simply going to take longer than I assumed.”
Collins’ announcement got here on the identical day she was listed on the entries for the season-opening United Cup in Australia, which takes place from 27 December to five January.
The 2022 Australian Open finalist gained back-to-back tournaments in Miami and Charleston in March and April amid a robust run of type.
Nevertheless, she has not competed since shedding to world quantity 152 Olivia Gadecki in Guadalajara on 11 September – her fourth successive defeat since reaching the quarter-finals on the Paris 2024 Olympics.