On October 20th, 2003—exactly 20 years ago to this day—one of the all-time greats of women’s tennis officially became the greatest women’s player in the world, as Belgium's Justine Henin rose to No. 1 on the WTA rankings for the first time. What Henin did to get to the top

On an action-packed opening day of Davis Cup quarterfinal action, split ties were aplenty as three of the four matchups saw countries end Friday locked at one match apiece. The highlight of a stacked set of Davis Cup last eight ties was Germany’s visit to Spain and the two evenly

It was a summer of firsts for Rafael Nadal in 2008, beginning with winning his first Wimbledon title, where he defeated Roger Federer, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7, in what is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis matches of all time. And he wasn’t done with

Today is a historic day, as there are no one-handed backhands in the Top 10 for the first time in ATP rankings history. Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was the only man left in the Top 10 with a one-handed backhand last week, has left the elite this week, dipping from No.

The date was April 12th, 1993—a Monday. “Cheers” and the original “Saved By The Bell” were wrapping up their final seasons, “Informer” by Snow was the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, “Indecent Proposal” was the No. 1 movie at the U.S. box office, and a 21-year-old Pete

FLASHBACK: Ons Jabeur defeats Beatriz Haddad Maia in the 2023 Stuttgart Quarterfinal

Having grown up as a fan of all sports, Jim Courier was surely familiar with the concept of the “sophomore slump”—a drop in performance that often affects athletes in their second year of high-level competition. But as Courier had learned throughout his 1989 tennis campaign, knowledge is one thing, experience

How special is September 16 to Gaby Dabrowski? It just may give her birthday of April 1 a run for its money. The doubles world No. 7 returned to her home city of Ottawa for the first time since November 2019. And not just for any occasion, but one that

Several professional tennis players were once asked: Over the course of a one-week tournament, which day would you be satisfied at last exiting the tournament? The most frequent answer was Friday – a quarterfinal appearance. But when Jimmy Connors was asked this, he replied with a trademark counterpunch: “What do

On Day 4 of the Australian Open, world No. 6 Ons Jabeur will take on 16-year-old phenom Mirra Andreeva. Jabeur had no trouble winning her first match, defeating qualifier Yulia Starodubtsewa, 6-3, 6-1. However, it’s going to take a whole different type of energy for Jabeur to find a way

The date was March 1st, 1998. Titanic was everywhere—No. 1 song, No. 1 album, No. 1 movie. That day it actually became the first movie in history to gross $1 billion worldwide. But that wasn’t the only piece of history being written that day, because over in Oklahoma City, two

All times EDT. Monday Order of Play Centre at 8 AM - Cornet vs Bouchard followed by Murray vs Anderson ending with Djokovic vs Tsonga Court 1 at 8 AM - Lisicki vs Ivanovic(6-4,1-all) followed by Dimitrov vs L Mayer ending with Kerber vs Sharapova Court 2 at 6:30 AM

On January 22nd, 2003—20 years ago to this day—Andy Roddick and Younes El Aynaoui played one of the most electric Grand Slam matches in history, with the American defeating the Moroccan in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4, 21-19, after four hours and 59 minutes.

Alex de Minaur has already had a great year—we’re only two months in and he’s already broken into the Top 10 for the first time and reached the 15th ATP final of his career in Rotterdam. And on Thursday night he hit another, more personal milestone. De Minaur rebounded from

by Pete Bodo Miami — It’s a good thing that female tennis pros don’t get as bent out of shape as conventional fashionistas when a woman wearing the same dress shows up at an event — in this case, the Sony-Ericsson Open, where No. 15 seed Ana Ivanovic played Daniela

In honor of International Women's Day (March 8) and the coming 100th anniversary of U.S. women winning the right to vote, TIME magazine is recognizing "100 Women of the Year," one for every year since 1920. And Serena Williams was named the Woman of the Year for 2003, the year

Ons Jabeur trusts that her opportunity to win her first Grand Slam title in the 2022 Wimbledon final wasn’t hers to take. On that day, Elena Rybakina ultimately rallied to win in three sets in handing the Tunisian an agonizing defeat like none she had ever experienced. “I believe in

After dropping the first set 7-5 to Iga Swiatek, Ons Jabeur found herself in the holiest of all places for an athlete, the ever-elusive zone. Jabeur, who last week became the first Arab woman to reach the second week of Wimbledon, blitzed through the next two sets, 6-1, 6-1, in

Ons Jabeur edged into her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal on Sunday with a 7-6 (9), 6-4 win over No. 24 seed Elise Mertens. The Belgian’s defeat means Jabeur, seeded No. 3, is the only seed left in the bottom half of the draw, making her the clear favorite to reach

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO SUNDAY It'll be a history-making day, one way or the other. Rafael Nadal is within one victory of a men's record 21st Grand Slam singles title. He'll have to beat second-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the final to get the mark on his own. And