Rafael Nadal isn’t the only French Open legend accustomed to having a birthday during his best tournament—Justine Henin, born on June 1, 1982, celebrated hers in Paris almost every year, too. Roland Garros was central to Henin’s story from the start. Not only had her mother taken her to the

It was a marquee match of No. 1 Angelique Kerber and 2016 French Open champion Garbine Muguruza, and it lived up to its billing with the Spaniard’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory. The only problem came with Wimbledon’s decision to relegate the match to No. 2 Court rather than Centre Court.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: An ATP player loses his cool during a crucial point in the match, lets out his frustrations in a dangerous and reckless way, and then gets away with only a slap on the wrist. That’s what happened (yet again) on Tuesday, when

PARIS -- Sam Querrey reached the second round of Roland Garros for only the second time Sunday with a straight-sets win over Lukas Lacko. The top-seeded at No. 18, Querrey said the only thing he is focused on was not getting down on himself. Three years ago he admitted to

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Andreas Seppi will face Andrei Golubev in the first round of the Davis Cup when Italy takes on Kazakhstan. With Fabio Fognini slated to play only in the doubles, Seppi will play Goubev in the second singles match. Simone Bolelli will play Mikhail Kukushkin in the

LONDON (AP)—Serena Williams somehow managed to move up two spots to No. 10 in Monday’s WTA rankings, making her the only tennis player from the United States—male or female—in the top 10. Williams hasn’t played since winning Wimbledon nine months ago and it’s unclear when she will return to the

Tennis players love to give safe and uninteresting answers when doing interviews. But in this "Wrong Answers Only" quiz with the ATP, Grigor Dimitrov, Denis Shapovalov, Milos Raonic and Stefanos Tsitsipas intentionally came up with outrageous and entertainingly wrong responses, such as... Name an Olympic Sport: Smoking

Trivia: Dominic Thiem is going for his 50th career match win at a major today, which would make him the third Austrian man to reach that milestone. Who were the first two? Check back tomorrow for the answer. The second round wraps up today It is a packed schedule on

PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori are the only top 10 players not to feature in the list of players for the Monte Carlo Masters, the first big clay-court tournament of the season. On Thursday, organizers announced the field for the April 15-23 event. The sixth-ranked Federer has

By the time this season’s over, you might have trouble remembering what happened back in February. It’s the only month, other than December, that doesn’t include a Grand Slam, an ATP Masters 1000 or a WTA Premier Mandatory tournament. What February does include is a lot of tennis. With no

As the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 rolls on, fans from around the world can tune into one of the most unique venues in all of tennis. It’s the eighth of nine ATP Masters tournaments on the tour and the only one not located in Europe or North America. Shanghai, with

Rafael Nadal may only play doubles at the Olympics, according to Spanish reports. The Spaniard, who has been sidelined with a wrist injury, does not know if he will participate in singles, according to Ser Mallorca, but has confirmed that he will attempt to play doubles. Nadal was scheduled to

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- After a near six-year absence, former world No. 1 Martina Hingis is back on the WTA Tour. But Hingis, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion, insists her return will only be in doubles and not singles. The 32-year-old Hingis began her second comeback to the tour Wednesday,

On Tuesday, Andy Murray announced that the Paris Olympics would be the final tennis tournament of his career, and to celebrate his legacy we’ve been counting down five of his most amazing career stats, one a day, until the tournament starts. So far, we’ve covered how he became the first

While the stars of the men’s game have mostly taken a pass on the Miami Open, the women have been happy to make the trip and step into the spotlight at Hard Rock Stadium. Of the WTA’s Top 10, only Serena Williams will be absent. Which means, over the next

[Ed. Note: Pete is on vacation until Monday. In the meantime, we offer an insider's view into his morning mail..] ** P, Per your brief, my faithful assistant and I have finished our inquiry into the shocking allegations of armadillo infiltration into the world of Tennis. We have discovered a

MELBOURNE, Australia(AP) John Isner is one of two American men standing at the Australian Open. Isner advanced to the fourth round along with Andy Roddick. It's only the second time the 24-year-old player has gone that far at a Grand Slam. Fresh off his first ATP title win in Auckland

One of the best aspects of grass-court tennis from a betting perspective is the lack of sample size. It’s far more difficult for sportsbooks to accurately handicap a player if they only have a few grass-court matches under their belt. Sebastian Korda has only played three tour-level matches on turf,

Rafael Nadal continued his utter domination of the clay-court season on Wednesday afternoon, steamrolling Gael Monfils in straight sets in his opening match at the Mutua Madrid Open, 6-3, 6-1. Not only is Nadal now on a 20-match clay-court winning streak, he’s won 48 sets in a row on clay—an

Katerina Siniakova, the only woman to win two Grand Slam doubles titles this year, has clinched the WTA’s year-end No. 1 doubles ranking. It comes on the same day as Aryna Sabalenka, the only woman to win two Grand Slam singles titles this year, clinched year-end No. 1 in singles.