There are currently 16 active Grand Slam champions on the women’s tour and Friday’s a very special day for one of them. Sloane Stephens, the 2017 US Open champion, celebrates her 27th birthday. For someone still so young, the American has already had an incredible career. After spending her first

Martina Hingis may be retired from tennis, but that doesn't mean her eye isn't still on the sport. She took part in the Porsche Race to Singapore challenge, choosing who she thought had the best chances at the WTA Finals as well as who will do the best in Doha.

After her 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal loss to Aryna Sabalenka at the Australian Open on Thursday, Coco Gauff started her press conference with a surprising assertion. “You know, US Open I felt like wasn’t a great match for me,” she said. “Yes, I won. I think I played better tonight.”

Serena Williams may have branded her flabbergasting U.S. Open semifinal loss to Roberta Vinci a "win," but it's not debatable that her second straight New York Fashion Week showing was just that. Fresh off the disappointment of falling two matches short of a calendar-year Grand Slam, Williams revealed her Signature

Serena Williams typically has no trouble directing her fist-pumps and “Come on!”s in the direction of her opponent. But on Saturday, when she needed to vent, she turned toward the back of the court instead. Her words were as vehement as always, maybe more so, but she kept them mostly

Simona Halep has said her coach, Darren Cahill, temporarily splitting with her following Miami made her change her attitude. In Miami, Halep fell against Johanna Konta 3-6, 7-6(7), 6-2 in the quarterfinal, having been up a set and a break in the second set before dropping the third. “After Miami,

To celebrate Ashleigh Barty on the day of her retirement, here are 25 things the 25-year-old Australian achieved in her incredible professional tennis career: In 2019, she became the first Australian woman (or man) to win Roland Garros since 1973. Margaret Court won it that year. In 2021, she became

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Maria Sharapova reached a career milestone on Friday, which came as a nice surprise after a tough match. ''Oh, wow. I've won 600 matches?'' Sharapova said, when an on-court interviewer congratulated her for the achievement earned by winning her third-round match Friday at the Australian Open.The No.

Caroline Garcia says the work she's done to come back from a back injury is now helping her both physically and mentally, allowing her to be more consistent. The 23-year-old won the title at this week's event at Wuhan in the first Premier 5 final of her career. Garcia could

Saturday marked a special anniversary in the life and career of Coco Gauff, and the US Open champion served up a sweet message to her younger self on social media to commemorate it. Gauff, then just 15, won her first career WTA singles title in Linz, Austria as a lucky

You may not have known the name Judy Vellegas, but you do now. "These kids are our future," Vellegas says in a clip about educating her latest batch of youngsters in a 30-plus–year career. "We have to prepare them for that." She was a first-grade teacher at Mark Twain Elementary

Defending WTA Championships champion Petra Kvitova gets teary-eyed in her press conference after her 6-3, 6-2 loss to Agnieszka Radwanska in Istanbul. Kvitova committed 41 unforced errors in the match. “It was a little bit different, but the nerves was there for sure,” Kvitova told reporters. “I was nervous all

Karolina Pliskova wants to play her way, coach or no coach. The Czech, who fell in the third round at Beijing, says there have been no big changes since being coached by her father, Radek Plisek. After the US Open, Pliskova and her now-former coach, David Kotyza, parted ways. The

Naomi Osaka has talked about how hard it can be for her to decide whether to pull the trigger on her return of serve. “Do it. Don’t do it. Do it. Don’t do it,” she thinks to herself as the ball comes toward her. Usually, it should be obvious by

PARIS (AP) — After a disappointing start to 2017, Madison Keys is ready to kick start her season when the French Open begins on Sunday. Keys missed the first two months of the year after undergoing surgery on her left wrist in the offseason. "I'm fully recovered and happy to

It seems that Chinese star Zheng Jie decided that she has abided in the shadow of Li Na's ebullient personality long enough. Watch her learn how to channel her inner Jay-Z under the tutelage of a native Kiwi in New Zealand. She even performs the "Go and brush ya shoulders

Caroline Wozniacki says she has added a physio to her team as part of her increased focus on avoiding injuries, but will not be looking for an external coach. The former world No. 1 dropped to No. 74 following an ankle injury during last year’s clay-court season, and said she

Coco Gauff - Seed: 4 - Career-Best Ranking: 3 - Age: 19 - Career Titles: 7 - Grand Slam Titles: 1 — U.S. Open (2023) When will Gauff play her Australian Open first round? Coco Gauff is set to kick off her 2024 Australian Open campaign on Monday, January 15

If you’ve followed Sofia Kenin’s career for any amount of time, you’ve probably heard how her first coach, Rick Macci, described her when she came to his Florida academy as a 5-year-old. “She was the scariest little creature I’d ever seen,” Macci told The New York Times last year. Macci

INTERVIEW: Amanda Anisimova, after her third-round win over two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka