Editor's Note: Jane Brown Grimes, a transformative tennis industry leader who held roles as President and CEO of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, Managing Director of the Women’s Professional Tennis Council (precursor to today’s WTA), and Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of the United States Tennis Association,

One of the biggest surprises of the 2025 film awards season was seeing the way Challengers (2024)—a film starring Zendaya set on the lowest rungs of the professional tennis tour—was completely panned by the Academy of Motion Pictures. Despite all the buzz around its Golden Globes-winning techno soundtrack created by

WATCH: The Break—Rebel Wilson brings tennis to the silver screen

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live discusses Carlos Alcaraz officially becoming the youngest year-end world No. 1.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Here are some of the women to watch at Wimbledon, which begins at the All England Club on Monday: IGA SWIATEKSeeded: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland

The U.S. men's game is in excellent overall shape as the tours settle in for the two March 1000s. The ATP Top 100 is populated with 10 Americans, ranging from No. 10 Taylor Fritz to No. 95 J.J. Wolf. By contrast, Spain—renowned not very long ago for its tennis “armada”—has

How it happened: A set-by-by breakdown of Kenin's win over Muguruza Drucker Down Under: With Australian Open win, Kenin’s roaring ‘20s have only just begun Tignor: The furious zen of Sofia Kenin Flink: Kenin becomes youngest American to win a Slam since Serena, in 2002 At the outset of the

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest at Wimbledon (all times local): 8:45 p.m. The first deciding-set tiebreaker was played at Wimbledon since the tournament changed its rules for this year. In men's doubles, Henri Kontinen and John Peers beat Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury 13-12 in the fifth set of

Can Nadal turn Melbourne frustration into inspiration again? What’s the surest sign that a player is about to make a comeback? When he or she gets a time warning from a chair umpire. It rarely fails to make the offending player feel aggrieved, and to channel that aggrieved energy to

Hi Steve, This is remarkable, but as the second week of Roland Garros gets underway, the news is similar to what happened at the start of the first week: A big name has withdrawn. Roger Federer has stated all along that he had no chance to win Roland Garros this

Do tennis matches really have “turning points”? Can dozens of rallies be reduced to just one or two or three? It might seem like a hopelessly simplistic and clichéd concept, but watching Maria Sharapova’s 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win over Carla Suarez Navarro in the Rome women's final on Sunday, it

Do the pros play the same game that you and I do? Let me start my answer to that question by comparing tennis to another sport with which I have some experience. When I watch top men's squash players—yes, they have a pro tour—compete, I have to admit that I

NEW YORK—For anyone other than Serena Williams and the Top 4 men, tennis is a daily struggle. A struggle to break bad habits, to live up to your potential, to learn new things, to feel good about yourself. That sounds a lot like everyday life for the rest of us,

There’s only one topic fit for the U.S. papers today, of course, Barack Obama’s win over Mitt Romney in the presidential election. But tennis fans can also look at it as a victory of our own, over another upper crust sport that runs in one of the candidates' families. You

The Book Club is flying solo this week. That’s because charter (and only other) member Kamakshi Tandon is kind of busy with something called law school. Nevertheless, it seemed like the right time to take stock of the small but influential collected tennis works of author and essayist David Foster

For a tennis writer from New York, there’s a Groundhog’s Day effect to the U.S. Open. Every time I get back out to Flushing Meadows, I immediately feel as if I’ve never left—I mean never left. Walking around the grounds, I’m not sure if it’s 2009 or 2006 or maybe

First there was the age of Roger. Then there was Roger and Rafa. Then there was Roger, Rafa, and Novak. Now, as we can see when we look at the results of the last seven Grand Slams, we’re officially in the Age of the Big 4. Whether you consider that

If the clay court at 1406 Orange Street could talk....Lenny Simpson knows exactly what it would say. Two weeks ago, the 71-year-old Simpson presided over a re-opening ceremony, complete with ribbon cutting, for this backyard court in Wilmington, NC. At first glance, you might wonder why there would be so

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Open tennis tournament (all times local): ___ 1:40 a.m. Garbiñe Muguruza does not like the way her loss to Barbora Krejcikova at the U.S. Open ended. Krejcikova took a medical timeout at 6-5 in the second set, then took her time

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 9:40 p.m. The toll of tough matches in Wimbledon's two rounds was too much for 34-year-old Andy Murray when he faced No. 10-seeded Denis Shapovalov. Murray lost 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. The Scotsman, mounting his latest comeback after two hip