If there is anything American tennis fans are sick of hearing about, it’s the lack of American tennis talent on the men’s side. Can teenage prodigy Frances Tiafoe finally solve the problem? In 2013 at age 15, Tiafoe became the youngest-ever winner of the prestigious Orange Bowl and was the

Back in the spring of 1973—a landmark year in women’s tennis when the Women’s Tennis Association was formed and Billie Jean King toppled Bobby Riggs in the fabled “Battle of the Sexes”—the Family Circle Cup was born on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. For the first time, a women’s only

It’s a big 24 hours for Polish tennis. On Sunday night, Magdalena Frech won the first WTA title of her career—and at a WTA 500 event, no less—in Guadalajara. And now, on Monday morning, Iga Swiatek kicks off her 121st career week at No. 1, tying Ashleigh Barty for seventh-most

Is tennis genius rational or irrational? As only he can, 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz said yes to both possible answers today when he took just 62 minutes to earn a 6-3, 6-1 win over Alexander Zverev in the finals of the Mutua Madrid Open. This was Alcaraz’s second Tennis Masters 1000

LONDON (AP) -- Defending champion Andy Murray dropped just two games as he overwhelmed Blaz Rola of Slovenia to reach the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday. Murray trounced the 92nd-ranked Slovenian 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 on Court 1 in a commanding performance as he seeks to become the first British

Playing a Masters 1000 event for only the third time in his career, 19-year-old Jannik Sinner became just the fourth male teenager to reach the finals in the history of the Miami Open. “I think it's nice to play finals here in Miami,” said Sinner, “but, you know, as I

After reaching the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, Grigor Dimitrov headed straight to Italy for a beach-side vacation with his girlfriend, Nicole Scherzinger.

With 23 career Grand Slam titles—the most for any player in the Open Era, male or female—Serena Williams is probably the greatest closer in tennis. But she’s a phenomenal starter, too. With her 7-6 (6), 6-2 win over former No. 22 Irina-Camelia Begu in the first-ever Roland Garros night session

Carlos Alcaraz shone under the lights at the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday night, battling past China’s Wu Yibing in the third round of the Masters 1000 event, 7-6 (5), 6-3. The victory extended his fall winning streak to 11 matches in a row—since his surprise exit to Botic van

Aryna Sabalenka arrived in Melbourne hoping to become the first woman to win the Australian Open three straight times since Martina Hingis earned a three-peat in 1999. But over the course of this year’s fortnight, Sabalenka repeatedly labored to find her best form. As just one example, in Sabalenka’s first

It may not have come the way he wanted, but Novak Djokovic won an all-Serbian match-up against Laslo Djere in the second round of the US Open on Wednesday night, when Djere retired from the match down 6-4, 6-4, 2-0 due to injury. But a win is a win, and

The only outlier so far seems to be Jon Wertheim, who claims to be a "Lifelong Golden Knights fan," even though it's only Las Vegas' first season as a team.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — Coco Gauff will defend her title at the Auckland Classic against Elina Svitolina after beating fellow American Emma Navarro 6-3, 6-1 in a semifinal Saturday. Gauff needed only 62 minutes to sweep past fourth-seeded Navarro and now has won 18 straight sets and nine consecutive

Despite playing only 11 tournaments this year, which is tied for the fewest of anyone in the Top 50, and even without points from capturing his 21st Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, Novak Djokovic has secured the 15th year-end Top 5 finish of his career. With his 7-6 (5), 7-6

It was an emotional night in Buenos Aires on Tuesday night, as Juan Martin del Potro played his first match in more than two and a half years—and after falling to fellow Argentine Federico Delbonis, 6-1, 6-3, Del Potro—one of the most accomplished players on the tour over the last

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12, 2022 –Tennis Channel will offer exclusive, live coverage of the Davis Cup Finals Group Stage across multiple platforms Sept. 13-18, including the three matches the United States will play in Glasgow, Scotland, Sept. 14-17. The network will carry Davis Cup competition on its original linear television

By winning his second straight Monte Carlo title on Sunday, defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final, 6-3, 7-6 (3), Stefanos Tsitsipas not only captured the second Masters 1000 title of his career (and eighth overall ATP title of his career), but he joined some very legendary company with his

Stan Wawrinka will work with Richard Krajicek during the grass-court season, the 31-year-old has announced. "As I’m always looking to improve on court, I would like to take this opportunity to announce as of immediately that I have added Richard Krajicek to my existing coaching staff to help during the

The day was May 6, 2007. No one was surprised. But it was still hard to take in the news. Kim Clijsters had announced her retirement. The classy Belgian was only 23 years old, ranked No. 4 in the world. She’d started off 2007 with a run to the semis