Andy Roddick, whose sole major came at the 2003 US Open, grew irritated in his pre-tournament press conference in Miami when asked about his failure to win a second Grand Slam. "That story is tired," Roddick said. “I'm pretty proud of my career. I get this all the time --

PARIS—Lucie Safarova may have lost to Serena Williams in the French Open singles final, but she still took home some hardware from Paris. Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands won the doubles title over Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. The duo won their first tournament as a team at

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic’s run to the Roland Garros title this year was a stats-lover’s dream—here are 19 of the best stats from the Serb’s 19th career Grand Slam triumph: The Grand Slam race is now 20-20-19. Most people were predicting we would leave Roland Garros with Rafael Nadal

The Australian Open final would end with a challenge, not just in the form of the formidable Rafael Nadal, but literally with the Spaniard asking for the Hawk Eye system to save him from defeat. Still, Roger Federer would not be denied Grand Slam No. 18, despite Nadal throwing everything

Garbine Muguruza, who won her first Grand Slam in 2016 by taking the Roland Garros title, says that she had to adjust to being a Major champion. “It’s always very tricky because everybody is wondering, 'When are you going to win the next one?' That's the classic,” she said. “But

No player had ever recorded a Golden Slam before Steffi Graf did it in 1988. But then again, the feat was not even possible before 1988. The French championships were closed to non-nationals until 1925, and tennis had left the Olympics in 1924. The concept of Olympic tennis was so

Japan's Kei Nishikori can win a major on any surface next year, says his coach Michael Chang, a former world No. 2. Chang won his only Grand Slam title at age 17 in 1989. Nishikori reached his first Grand Slam final at the 2014 U.S. Open, falling to Marin Cilic.

Naomi Osaka earned her first Grand Slam match win in more than two years at Roland Garros on Sunday by holding off an Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Osaka's two-hour and one-minute win over the 67th-ranked Italian—where she won the last three games after seeing a 4-0

INDIAN WELLS, Calif.—Milos Raonic looked like a new player at the start of the season, reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open before a mid-match injury sidelined him until Indian Wells, where he's reached the fourth round. The world No. 14 has added former world No. 1 Carlos Moya as

Serena and Venus Williams have won the French Open women's doubles, completing the non-calendar year Grand Slam in the pairs event. They defeated Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-3. The sisters will be the top-ranked players in doubles in next week's rankings.

After besting Andrea Petrovic in Rome, Australian Open champion Serena Williams was asked whether she and Roger Federer could win the calendar year Grand Slam. “We definitely have the same chance as we both won Australia,” Williams said. “We are starting on the same ship and I just hope at

With her first-round loss to Sorana Cirstea at the Australian Open, Samantha Stosur continues the trend of reigning women's Grand Slam champions who have failed to get out of the second round of the their next major. After winning the 2011 Australian Open, a hobbled Kim Clijsters lost in the

Victoria Azarenka, who won the Miami title on Saturday, believes she has a chance to win her first Grand Slam title this year and possibly end the season at No. 1. "I'm really thinking about it," the sixth-ranked Belarusian said. "Definitely it's one of my goals to try to climb

Roger Federer is still competitive with the best in the men's game, says Pete Sampras. Sampras, who along with Federer played in the International Tennis Premier League (ITPL), described the 17-time Grand Slam champion as "an icon for our sport." Sampras owned the record for men’s Grand Slam singles titles

Carlos Alcaraz has won his second consecutive Wimbledon title with a 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory over Novak Djokovic on Sunday. It’s his fourth Grand Slam title, after previously winning the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon last year and Roland Garros last month. And among all the history, there’s one

MELBOURNE, Australia—If you tuned in late to Thursday’s first semifinal, you most likely missed the entire first set. Serena Williams was that explosive early on against Agnieszka Radwanska, winning the first set in just 20 minutes before securing a spot in her seventh Australian Open final, 6-0, 6-4. The American

Will it be 20-20-17 or 20-19-18?Major history is on the line as Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal do battle in the final of Roland Garros on Sunday. The Grand Slam race among the Big 3 has been heating up for years, and it’s nearing its boiling point—today either Nadal will

NEW YORK (AP) Sam Stosur can just picture the moment when Australian Open announcer Craig Willis reads her bio in January at Melbourne. It will include the words ``2011 U.S. Open champion.'' The Aussie was already the face of the Grand Slam Down Under, no more so than earlier this

MELBOURNE, Australia -- One by one, Serena Williams is matching the feats of tennis' greatest legends. Her next challenge comes at the Australian Open, which starts Monday with Williams seeking her 18th Grand Slam title -- an accomplishment that would match Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. "It would mean a