Henri Kontinen is the newest doubles No. 1 in the ATP tour rankings, becoming the first player from Finland to reach the top spot. Kontinen rose to No. 1 when the Bryan brothers, also contenders to return to the top spot, fell in the semifinals of Miami. The 26-year-old, along

Making the party rounds. That’s what the pro players, celebrities, sponsors, PR flacks, Rachel Zoe-wannabe stylistas, members of the media and New York scenesters do in the days leading up to the U.S. Open’s first round. This year, TENNIS sent us to cover as many events as we could a)

The Grand Slams have long been preoccupied with becoming grander slams, and despite all the earth moving in the past, the trend shows no sign of abating. Wimbledon has a new Court Two and will open (and close) the once-unthinkable translucent roof over Centre Court this summer as it rings

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Andrey Rublev felt like his Australian Open first-round match against Thiago Seyboth Wild was going to end just like his friend Daniil Medvedev's did at the French Open last year against the clean-hitting Brazilian. After wasting four match points in the 12th game of the fifth

Steve, T-minus 26 minutes for the Manchester United-Liverpool kickoff. No novellas in store today; time is short. On with the list: The Fed: His motivation is quite simple, actually. He's out there to end the Greatest of All Time debate. And for that particular objective, he still has quite a

(Ed. note - There will be no Australian Open Crisis Center post today; Steggy is busy preparing the nest for Fake Birks, who's being released from the hospital today. I don't know what they set bail at - PB) Mornin', Tribe. I'm leaving for Melbourne tomorrow, and the logistics are

Tennis icon, equality champion and trailblazer—all words that spring to mind when meeting Billie Jean King. Tennis Channel DE was one of a select few invited to a roundtable with the 81-year-old at the tournament that now bears her name, and in person, King’s passion for women’s tennis—and sport in

The player who made the biggest splash in Shanghai on Friday wasn’t in the tournament. It was, perhaps not surprisingly, Roger Federer. The two-time champion, and eternal favorite among the local fans, stopped by to smile, say hello, bash some balls into the crowd and catch some of the quarterfinals.

NEW YORK (AP) The Latest on the U.S. Open (all times local): 10:40 p.m. Novak Djokovic has defeated Roger Federer in four sets in the U.S. Open final for his 10th Grand Slam title. The top-ranked Serb beat Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday night to win three major

Pat Mornin', everyone. I'm shore glad that we at Tennis.com have such capable correspondents in the desert (Steve Tignor, of Concrete Elbow fame, and our own Andrew Burton) at the BNP Paribas Open, because it's freed me up to work on a substantial project for Tennis, the mothership: US Davis

Actually, I'm kidding about that. So if you've been lounging around on your sofa with a bad Cava hangover, watching absurb bowl games, still fence-sitting about who to nominate for the TennisWorldPoster-of-the-Year Award, or for TW Poet Laureate, you're a day late and a dollar short. And as I'm pretty

PARIS (AP) -- Playing in his first Grand Slam match since becoming a major champion, Stan Wawrinka lost. The Australian Open champion was on center court Monday at the French Open, but he was eliminated in the first round after losing to 41st-ranked Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 5-7, 6-2,

A Spaniard from the Balearic Island of Mallorca learned lessons at a very young age that both supported and transcended his profession, lessons that tennis players at every level of the game carry with them on and off the court. But this isn’t just another story about another lesson that

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) Martin Blackman will succeed Patrick McEnroe as the U.S. Tennis Association's general manager of player development. The USTA plans to formally announce the appointment Monday, when it has scheduled a conference call with USTA Chairman of the Board and President Katrina Adams and COO and Executive

As another tournament date arrives, so do the big names and celebrities that appreciate the sporting action as much as the loyal spectators. And as the stars came out to Melbourne Park, they took a back seat to the main attraction as the players took center stage. Celebrities from the

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—If Roger Federer’s performances at Wimbledon weren’t already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year. The All England Club said Tuesday it has appointed a “Championships Poet” to write a poem per day to sum up the matches and atmosphere of the the grass-court Grand

FLASHBACK: Tennis Channel Live: Tiafoe defeats Nadal in Fourth Round of 2022 US Open

WATCH: Ruud has rounded into form after a slow start to his 2023 season, edging into his first Masters 1000 semifinal of the year.

What a difference a full house makes. That’s what the players and fans of the WTA must have been thinking as the tour’s year-end championships got underway for the first time in Istanbul in October. For the last decade, the event had skipped around the globe in a futile search

Never has a guy reacted as badly to making a Grand Slam final as Andy Murray did in 2011, losing his game so completely that he went two full months and three tournaments (including two Masters Series events) without winning a match. But just when it looked as if Murray