On Monday, Tennis Channel Live kicked **off its "The Ten" week by counting down the Top 10 male players of all time—the list was produced in 2016—with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal taking the first two spots. Some highlights from the show: — UTR Pro Match Series victor Reilly Opelka

"The chance to use use 35 years on all sides of pro tennis—the player side, the tournament side, the sponsor side, my Virginia Slims days and then the governing body side—to make a difference and grow the sport, using technology, was just sort of the chance of a lifetime." With

It's the most wonderful time of the year for those who love to get creatively dressed up and chow down on Halloween candy. Team Bucie (a.k.a. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova) recovered from a final-round loss in the WTA Finals to dress up as Spiderman and Batman—or is it Spiderwoman

Pro tennis takes world-class athletes all over the world, giving them a chance to experience a breadth of cultures few have access to in a lifetime, let alone a calendar year. But for the long list of destination stops on the tour, there is limited flexibility. Additions are tough to

With their 14-day quarantine up, the pros in Australia have ventured to the streets. The taste of freedom has never looked so sweet, and neither has Olympia Ohanian, as she watched her mom compete in Adelaide. Over in California, cold weather didn't stop Maria Sharapova from rocking a sleek, all-black

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP)—Karin Knapp of Italy won her first career WTA title in her 12th year as a pro when she won the Tashkent Open by beating defending champion Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia in the final on Saturday. Knapp saved nine break points, including all five in the first set,

It all started one day in the early 1970s, Tim Gallwey says, when he “was a little bored” while giving a tennis lesson. The San Francisco native wasn’t the first, or last, teaching pro to experience this feeling while feeding balls and barking commands at a wayward student. But he

NBA All-Star Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks has registered to play pro league tennis for the German club TG Wuerzburg. Nowitzki is a former standout junior tennis player. "Dirk wants to play. He is very eager to be here," TG Wuerzburg tennis player Roland Mayer told the newspaper Main

From the pro game to the pro shop, from the private club to the public court, the racquet maker to the racquet stringer, the instructor to the director, every sector of the tennis business is suffering during the global pandemic. Of all aspects of the tennis economy, though, it would

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Pete Sampras believes tennis is free of performance-enhancing drugs now, as well as during his 14-year pro career that ended in 2002. The winner of 14 Grand Slam titles says other than "a random case here and there'' he doesn't see the top players engaging in doping. All

"The chance to use use 35 years on all sides of pro tennis—the player side, the tournament side, the sponsor side, my Virginia Slims days and then the governing body side—to make a difference and grow the sport, using technology, was just sort of the chance of a lifetime." With

Ever wonder how the ATP gets ahold of all those slick promotion materials of players for every single event on the calendar? Over five days in Melbourne, the pros on the men's tour take part in a video and photoshoot with the ATP World Tour. "I think it's important to

When a starry-eyed young player steps onto the court for their first pro match, almost all of them have the same dream: winning a Grand Slam. For some, that goal almost comes naturally. For others, it's an uphill battle full of depression, setbacks, early losses and heartache. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni knows

WATCH: New docuseries RIVALS showcases the many ways great rivalries transcend time and borders, shape mass culture, affect millions, and even reach into the worlds of business and politics. RIVALS debuts nationally on Tennis Channel this Sunday at 7 p.m. EST.

Björn Borg ushered in the forehand that almost every pro has today. Until he came around, almost all players had an Eastern forehand. Borg used a Western grip and hit the ball so far over the net, and with so much spin, that he rarely missed. If you have an

LONDON (AP)—The All England Club has hired English rugby league chairman Richard Lewis as the chief executive of Wimbledon. The former tennis pro will replace Ian Ritchie, who left Wimbledon this year to run the English rugby union's governing body. Lewis played for Britain in the Davis Cup from 1977-83,

The pros are doing their part to spread the right message and stop the spread of COVID-19. Naomi Osaka, Kei Nishikori, Serena Williams and Daria Gavrilova are sporting specially designed masks, all of which are for sale. Nishikori's is made by his clothing sponsor Uniqlo.

With mental health awareness months and weeks well underway in both the U.S. and UK, the ATP tour has taken commendable steps to ensure its pros aren't left to play mind games during the time of the COVID-19 crisis. With partners Headspace and Sporting Chance, the ATP made for all-day,

With New Year's Day comes parties, celebrations and 2020 resolutions. The pros have done all that and more. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Chris Eubanks, Amanda Anisimova, CiCi Bellis, Emilo Nava and Mackie McDonald shared their resolutions, along with who they most want to play in 2020, and what three words they want

The 18-year-old American ended 2019 ranked No. 5 on the junior tour, but now moves into the pro world with a ranking of No. 940. "When I was playing juniors last year it was all Grand Slams and nice tournaments. Now it’s going to be that grind of day in,