Camila Giorgi is making another unexpected pivot in her career and returning to tennis.
The 34-year-old Italian abruptly quit the sport in 2024 to pursue a modelling career but earlier this week said that she’s making a comeback to the court.
While answering fan questions during a Q&A on her Instagram Story, Giorgi announced she will be back in action next year, replying “Yes in 2027” when asked if she would “come back to tournament tennis in the future.”
Giorgi also confirmed she is having a baby boy after previously announcing her pregnancy in February.
The stunning Italian hasn’t competed professionally since the Miami Open in March 2024, after which she secretly quit the game to move to America and become a lingerie model.
Giorgi then resurfaced in February 2025, working as an interviewer at the ATP Argentine Open in Buenos Aires.
The shift came nine months after she quit playing tennis, but she didn’t officially announce her retirement until being named on the International Tennis Integrity Agency’s list of retired players.
Giorgi’s modelling career and tax evasion allegations
Over the past few years, the blonde beauty has posted several modelling photo shoots to her Instagram, which boasts more than 691,000 followers.
Her shock retirement came amid rumours that the WTA had been unable to contact her for roughly two months.
At the time, Giorgi reportedly had been accused of fleeing her home country to evade taxes as well as allegedly failing to pay rent and removing “half the furniture” from a rented villa near Florence.
Giorgi denied the allegations and explained the situation in a TV interview last year.
“Did I suddenly disappear? That’s the version they said,” Giorgi told Canale 5’s Verissimo in Oct. 2024.
“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.
“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 lawyer, Edmondo Tomaselli, claims she did not “run away,” and that she also denies the allegations made by her former landlord.
Did Giorgi fakes her vaccination records?
In 2023, Giorgi also was embroiled in controversy over allegations that she received a fake COVID-19 vaccine certificate.
Giorgi repeatedly denied the allegations that she had false documentation, which would have allowed her to travel and compete in the Australian Open.
This came on the heels of an investigation in Italy after her family doctor revealed Giorgi had asked her about getting a false certification.
“I just did all my vaccination in different places, so the trouble is hers, not me,” Giorgi said at the time. “So with that, I’m very calm. Of course, if not, I couldn’t come here and play this tennis, I think.”
During her tennis career, Giorgi won four titles on the WTA circuit and reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 2018. She reached a career-high world ranking of 26 that year.