Less than a decade after he won all four of tennis' major championships in 1969 to complete a single-season Grand Slam, Rod Laver was convinced that an indefatigable kid by the name of Bjorn Borg would match the feat. Later, Laver saw Boris Becker emerge and was convinced once again:

102543068 Mornin'. This one will be quick, so I can get out of your road before the matches get underway. The big events of yesterday obscured a significant result, the loss by Venus and Serena Williams in the doubles. The sisters, and the calendar year Grand Slam they hoped to

Fabrice Santoro bows out of the Australian Open -- and professional tennis -- after taking part in a record 70th major and becoming the first player to play Grand Slam events across four decades. Santoro, who played his first Grand Slam event at the French Open in 1989, lost 7-5,

To commemorate Serena Williams’ 40th birthday on September 26, we're looking back at four matches that define the power, precision and unshakeable persistence that took her to an Open Era record of 23 Grand Slam titles and 319 weeks atop the WTA rankings. Next up: her definitive clay-court performance against

NEW YORK (AP) — The assumption, at least by many, was that Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer would cede the stage by now and make room at the top of men's tennis for other players to begin accumulating Grand Slam titles. Well, Federer retired, and Nadal missed nearly

The leaders of the four Grand Slam tournaments reacted Tuesday to tennis star Naomi Osaka's stunning withdrawal from the French Open by promising to address players' concerns about mental health. The pledge came in a statement signed by the same four tennis administrators who threatened the possibility of disqualification or

She already had a legendary career at the time, but Chris Evert wrote her name even deeper into the history books on December 5th, 1982—exactly 40 years ago to this day—when she won her first Australian Open title to complete her Career Slam. After not dropping a set en route

Rafael Nadal defeated Botic van de Zandschulp today, 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (6), to reach his eighth Wimbledon quarterfinal, as well as his 47th career Grand Slam quarterfinal. The 2008 and 2010 Wimbledon champion's win over the Dutchman also means he’s now reached the quarterfinals or better at the last 16

Far be it from me to criticize the Australian Open. Besides, what chance is there that any complaint I make would stick? You see, this is the “Happy Slam.” The G’Day major. The No Worries Open. Heck, even those disgruntled, underpaid tennis pros who labor for their paychecks at this

Anytime Rafael Nadal wins a match at a Grand Slam, he’s usually adding onto some already historic numbers, and his 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Matteo Berrettini in the semifinals of the Australian Open today was no different—not only did it put him through to a sixth career Australian

Australia's Bernard Tomic says winning an Olympic gold medal at would mean more to him than winning a Grand Slam title. "You can't put into words what winning a gold medal would mean,” he told AAP. "I can only dream of it (the Olympics) is like a fifth Grand Slam

MATCH POINT: Djokovic defeats Berrettini in four sets

Novak Djokovic is in Paris aiming to do something just one player in the field has done before, but he isn't fazed. It's because that player is him. Djokovic won the 2016 French Open to become one of the few players to hold all four Grand Slams at once, and

When Novak Djokovic won the French Open this year, he became the third active men’s singles player to complete a career Grand Slam. However, his first-round flame out at the Olympics left him short on achieving the rarest feat in tennis: the “Agassi Slam," which Andre Agassi accomplished with this

WATCH: Novak Djokovic sits at the Tennis Channel desk after his record-setting 23rd Grand Slam title.

NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka is back in Grand Slam action after a mental health break. Back to playing quite well, too. After a tight start to her first-round U.S. Open match Monday night, the reigning champion grabbed eight of the last nine games and put together a 6-4,

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To commemorate Serena Williams’ 40th birthday on September 26, we're looking back at four matches that define the power, precision and unshakeable persistence that took her to an Open Era record of 23 Grand Slam titles and 319 weeks atop the WTA rankings. First up: her maiden major triumph over

PARIS (AP)—Li Na is back in a Grand Slam final, reaching her second straight major championship match by beating Maria Sharapova 6-4, 7-5 on Thursday at the French Open. The Australian Open runner-up, who became the first Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam final this year in Melbourne, was

Roger Federer, who will turn 30 next week, says it is still possible for a player to win the calendar-year Grand Slam at that age. Federer has not won a major since the 2010 Australian Open. Laver won his second Grand Slam in 1969, the year after the Open Era