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In fits and starts, Fish sought to come back. He tried to break into professional golf. He became a father last year. In March, he competed at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.

But he was not able to deal with the rigors and requirements of professional tennis.

In July, Fish announced on Twitter that he would finish his career in New York, as his friends and Davis Cup teammates Andy Roddick and James Blake had done in recent seasons.

Fish’s summer goodbye tour also included tournaments in Atlanta and Washington.

He fulfilled his desire to play doubles with Roddick, a high school friend, after they were barred from competing in doubles at last year’s U.S. Open because the retired Roddick could not meet antidoping protocols.

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Fish also teamed with Grigor Dimitrov in Washington and Tomas Berdych in Cincinnati, but he does not plan to play doubles in New York.

Fans have treated him warmly, calling out, “Don’t retire!” and “We love you, Mardy!”

Fish said his summer tournaments had been fun and had lived up to his expectations — not that he was looking for anything in particular, beyond finishing on his terms.