British doubles specialist Ross Hutchins has announced his retirement from tennis at the age of 29.

After recovering from Hodgkin's Iymphoma in 2013, the 29-year-old most recently reached the mixed doubles semi-finals of the US Open.

Hutchins, who was born in Wimbledon, won five ATP doubles titles, the silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games with Ken Skupski, and he was a regular in Britain's Davis Cup squad.

Hutchins told the LTA website: "It is with a heavy heart that today I announce my retirement from professional tennis. After much deliberation I feel it is the right time for me to stop playing professional sport and pursue new goals as I enter the next phase of my career. I feel strong and healthy and I look forward to moving onto the next chapter of my life.

''I have been incredibly fortunate in my tennis career and I am proud of what I have been able to achieve, a lot of which would not have been possible without the support and encouragement of those close to me.

"Tennis has enabled me to do something which I love every day, to travel the world and along the way form some incredible friendships.

''I’d like to thank everyone who has played a role in my career to date and for all the support and encouragement that they have given me, especially my family, my fiancé Lindsay, my friends and my doubles partner Colin Fleming, who I have thoroughly enjoyed playing beside and who has stuck by me through good and tough times.