There's no rest for Roger. Back near the top of the rankings, and fresh from his long-awaited Davis Cup triumph with Switzerland, Roger Federer is getting ready for the International Premier Tennis League that gets under way on Friday. Joining Federer in the franchise-based, short-format competition will be the top-ranked

Usually when Serena Williams is absent from a Grand Slam, utter chaos ensues in the women’s game. Top seeds crash out early. Draws open up; newcomers and obscure names come to the fore; big-match experience goes out the window. It’s anyone’s game. On the men’s side, the top seeds usually

WATCH: Serena Williams speaks at Wimbledon, after her first singles match in 12 months Editor's Note: On Tuesday, Serena Williams posted that she will "relish these next few weeks" before officially calling in a career in professional tennis. Click here for the latest updates.

MELBOURNE—Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray may not be a network executive’s dream, and it may or may not be the future of men’s tennis. But it is the final that make sense here and now. By here, I mean on the medium-paced hard courts of Melbourne. By now, I mean

The third Grand Slam tournament of the season is in the books. Doubles Take looks back at the results at the All England Club. The Warriors With all the changes that have been made around scoring at the Grand Slams, Wimbledon remains unique in that the men’s doubles tournament is

How much can we learn from observing other tennis players? Part of me suspects that it’s the only way we learn the sport, and that all of the tennis lessons in the world, all of the “racquet back”s and “ move your feet”s put together, won’t help you as much

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — LOOKAHEAD TO THURSDAY Rafael Nadal, Coco Gauff and 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova are scheduled to play second-round matches on Centre Court on Day 4 at Wimbledon. Top-seeded Iga Swiatek is also in action. The sixth-seeded Pliskova will face British player Katie Boulter in the first match

Bronwyn Greer was understandably dismayed when she learned that her ATP tour event—the Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship—had gone down to defeat this year against the dreaded coronavirus. Greer was looking forward to celebrating her fifth year as tournament director in Houston before it was canceled.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, 2022 – Tennis Channel will have complete, live coverage of the season-ending WTA Finals in Ft. Worth, Tex., October 31-November 7. The tournament, which features the top-eight singles and doubles point earners of 2022, is the most exclusive event in women’s tennis and this year includes

Last week on Tennis.com, we ranked the Top 10 fastest servers in men’s tennis, and this week it’s the women’s turn—all according to the most complete data from SportsMEDIA Technology (SMT). So who are the 10 fastest servers in women’s tennis? Let’s start the countdown. No. 10: Anna-Lena Groenefeld (201.1kph/125.0mph)

LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2021 – For the first time since its founding in 1891, the French Open will feature night sessions this year – and Tennis Channel will bring them live to U.S. audiences. The network’s daily coverage of the 15-day major, the most prestigious clay-court event in tennis,

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There was no blueprint left behind for Mark Booras to follow when he accepted the job as head coach of the Tulane University men’s tennis team in 2008. Following the catastrophic destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, which displaced more than a million people in the Gulf Coast region,

The Asian swing is fully upon us. The ATP has left Europe behind for the next month, while the WTA has entered its season-ending homestretch in China. This week the men will get started with a couple of smaller events, as the top women arrive en masse for the first

Big Three. Big ballers. Big scores. The 2010s were defined by giant-sized contents on the men's side, which we'll review over the next two weeks. See the entire men's and women's lists here, and relive each match with our video retrospectives. By the end of 2016, this century’s signature rivalry

Big Three. Big ballers. Big scores. The 2010s were defined by giant-sized contents on the men's side, which we'll review over the next two weeks. See the entire men's and women's lists here, and relive each match with our video retrospectives. On June 23, 2010, people around the world watched

From individuals to organizations, weekend warriors to professional players, minute observations to big-picture ideas, tennis has been top of mind across the board over the past two years. “I feel like this is the tennis boom part two,” says Trey Waltke, general manager of the Malibu Racquet Club in southern

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) A strong showing at the Australian Open has France's men believing they ready to end years of frustration. The tournament opened with five Frenchmen in the top 30 - including last year's runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - and one qualifier in the running. Three remain in the final 16

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and other members of the ATP Player Council spoke out Saturday against a plan put forth by top-ranked Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil to start a men's-only union of sorts for tennis -- bringing the sport’s politics into the spotlight just before

Six of the 128 players in the men’s draw at the Australian Open have won Grand Slam titles before: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev. Which of the other 122 men in the draw are the best yet to win one? We can’t