We’re just four weeks into 2025, but we already have our first multi-title winner on the men’s side. When the season started, would anyone, anywhere, have predicted it would be Felix Auger-Aliassime? Once upon a time, the Canadian, now 24, was a leading man among the Next Gen cast. By

Tommy Paul had been on a giant-killing run in Paris, taking out three Top 20 players—including No. 2-ranked Rafael Nadal—en route to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 event. But that run came to an end on Friday, as No. 5-ranked Stefanos Tsitsipas defeated the American in straight sets, 6-2,

One of the most infuriating things about newspapers is that when they screw up and have to run a correction (trust me, it isn’t easy to get an editor to agree to run one), it appears at least a full day later, and usually in a small box in some

About Stan Smith, it has been said by many people in the cognoscenti that no one has had a longer run of enduring significance in the tennis world than this estimable individual with the winning blend of quiet confidence, ineffable dignity and unshakable integrity. An extraordinary American champion who towered

WATCH: Swiatek has put on a dominant display in her run through the 2023 Australian Open thus far.

Every athlete has a unique story about how they discovered their sport, and how sport has helped enrich their life. In episode five of Victoria Azarenka's podcast "Think About It" she discusses the power of sport with guest Robin Arzon. "We haven't met physically, but I have been with you

The final four at the ATP Finals is set, with Germany’s Alexander Zverev slated to take on Swiss Roger Federer, while Serbia’s Novak Djokovic will face Kevin Anderson of South Africa. They battled through to the semifinals of the round-robin event in a field that also included Dominic Thiem of

On Monday, January 13, we’ll see an All-American showdown between Emma Navarro and Peyton Stearns in the first round of the Australian Open. Navarro, who is coming off a season that included a quarterfinal run at Wimbledon and semifinal run at the US Open, hasn’t looked all that sharp in

Without fitness, it’s tough to play good tennis. Martina Navratilova took fitness to its ultimate level, which is why she played so well for so many years. Another often-overlooked fitness guru was Roy Emerson. He would go a mile running forward, and then another mile running backward. That’s dedication. Click

It didn’t take long—five minutes to be exact—to see that Andreas Seppi wasn’t the same player he’d been the last couple of days in Rome, and neither was the level of his opposition. In those five minutes, his opponent, Roger Federer, began their quarterfinal with a quick hold, a quick

NEW YORK—“CiCi Bellis is the night session,” tweeted one American tennis pro on Thursday evening. As unlikely as that sounded, it was true: Even as Andy Murray, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, was playing his subtle tricks inside Arthur Ashe Stadium, most fans were running—yes, running—in the other direction, toward

Madrid's Caja Magica ("Magic Box") arena is a popular tourist destination, and today Tomas Berdych gave Fernando Verdasco a guided tour of the court before making the hometown hero disappear. Sharper in every aspect of the game, Berdych blew Verdasco away, 6-1, 6-2, in a 66-minute thrashing to storm into

WATCH: Sloane Stephens finished her 2022 season with a quarterfinal run in Guadalajara.

Agility is a tennis player’s best friend. It combines the mental and physical thirds of the game, challenging only the most determined players to push more than they knew they could. The pros can chase every ball, play 40-shot rallies, and compete for five hours straight because they built a

Growing up, master mimic Novak Djokovic aspired to serve like his tennis role model, Pete Sampras. Today, the 14-time Grand Slam champion says Djokovic has grown into an all-surface champion capable of matching his record of six straight seasons as year-end world No. 1. Sampras held the year-end top spot

NEW YORK(AP) Jesse Levine put together a fast start in his bid for another American upset at the U.S. Open. He just couldn't keep it going against Croatia's Marin Cilic. Cilic rallied for a 4-6, 2-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-0 victory Friday in the second round, earning his first career comeback

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Unseeded Katie Boulter of England capped a run of upsets to win the San Diego Open singles title with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 victory over sixth-seeded Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine on Sunday. A 10-year tour veteran, the 27-year-old Boulter won her second pro singles title with

“Maybe one day, in a few days, I’ll sit down and realize what I did,” Elena Rybakina said after winning her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon, a run not many people saw coming, and a run full of firsts and breakthroughs for the 23-year-old Kazakh. Here are just a

Tennis Channel Airlines is up and running! Come fly with us and the rest of your favorite WTA and ATP players in this latest sneak peek.

From career titles and winning streaks to ranking breakthroughs and in-match numbers, tennis is a stat-lover’s playground. And with so many big names achieving so many big things seemingly every week, many of the sport's most incredible stats are forgotten as time goes by—underrated, if you will. Grand Slams tend