This week, we're highlighting our top five ATP players of the year. Last week, we revealed our Top 5 WTA list. Click here to read each selection.

It's a storyteller's dream: Whatever type of character you like, the first week of a Grand Slam offers it to you. Wide-eyed up-and-comer, star in free fall, underachieving sure-shot—all three were out on the grounds on a hot Tuesday at Wimbledon. Here's a look at how each of them struggled,

When it comes to individual sports, there’s nothing like team play to bring out the best in America’s opponents. This weekend we got a good look at the phenomenon in both tennis and golf. First, there was the Ryder Cup (it was easier to see, certainly, than the Davis Cup,

NEW YORK (AP) -- This U.S. Open finally got its first shocker. After three days of the top players not only winning but winning decisively, fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was upset by Martin Klizan of Slovakia in the second round. The 52nd-ranked Klizan won 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday. Before

WATCH: Auger-Aliassime saved three match points in the second-set tiebreaker to shock IW champ Norrie in Vienna.

The 2024 tennis season was filled with noteworthy stories, breakthrough moments, and countless trophy lifts. But what were the best matches of the year that was? We rolled the tape, and this week, TENNIS.com counted down some of the best WTA matches of the past year (after counting down our

PARIS (AP)—Victoria Azarenka waited until the fourth day of the French Open for her opening match, then showed she's eager to advance. Filling a mostly empty stadium court with her familiar shrieks Wednesday, the world's former No. 1 player beat Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1, 6-4 in a match postponed

LONDON (AP) -- Andy Murray's reign as Wimbledon champion ended Wednesday with a straight-set loss in the quarterfinals to Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, who is making his breakthrough after years of being touted as the game's next top player. Dimitrov completely outplayed Murray on Centre Court, winning 6-1, 7-6 (4), 6-2

MASON, Ohio (AP)—Only one of the Williams sisters is heading to a semifinal, and it's not the one with the long winning streak. Serena Williams lost that — and her cool — at the Western & Southern Open. Williams had her 19-match streak snapped by Germany's Angelique Kerber on Friday,

Yeah, Manic Monday. Better than most Mondays at the office. But based on what we saw this morning at the All England Club, it should be a Terrific Tuesday of ladies’ quarterfinals. Garbine Muguruza’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over No. 1 seed Angelique Kerber was the highlight of the day—Steve

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — In the 12 months since her previous trip to the Brisbane International, Angelique Kerber won her first two Grand Slam titles and supplanted Serena Williams as No. 1 in women's tennis. For two sets on Wednesday night, Kerber dominated as the top-seeded player should. Between those

The second round of Australian Open qualifying was in full swing on Tuesday, as all of the winners from the first two days of action did battle as the fields each narrowed to 32 players. On the men’s side, perennial crowd favorite Dustin Brown upset No. 22 seed Carlos Taberner,

MOSCOW (AP)—Dominika Cibulkova advanced to her second straight semifinal Friday, rallying to beat top seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup. In the quarterfinals, Kaia Kanepi upset sixth-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-1, 6-2 to set up a semifinal clash with Lucie Safarova

Andy Murray's brilliant fall came crashing down around his ears in the quarterfinals of the Paris Indoors Masters; he was beaten by Tomas Berdych, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, in a mess of a three-hour and 12-minute match in which the two players managed to convert just four of a combined

PARIS -- Top-seeded Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday, and Roger Federer qualified for the ATP Finals for a 12th straight year. Nadal beat Marcel Granollers 7-5, 7-5 in an all-Spanish meeting, and Federer topped Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-4. "I didn't play well

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—Caroline Wozniacki started her first major as the No. 1-ranked woman with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Argentina’s Gisela Dulko on Monday in the Australian Open. It was the 20-year-old Wozniacki’s first victory of the year, following a straight-sets loss to Slovakia’s Dominika Cibulkova last week in the

If you have a taste for the kind of good old-fashioned tennis shootout that has gone the way of dinosaurs in recent years, you couldn’t help but grin at the end of Roger Federer’s third-round win over Gael Monfils. When was the last time a three-set men’s match ended after

WIMBLEDON, England(AP) Justine Henin and Kim Clijsters were evenly matched from the start of their professional rivalry, 12 years ago in a qualifying tournament near Tel Aviv. Henin closed out the victory by winning a second-set tiebreaker. She was ranked 294th, Clijsters 513th. With the series now 12-all, the Belgians

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP)—Shahar Peer is proving unstoppable at the Dubai Championships one year after the Israeli was denied a chance to play in the tournament. Peer beat a seeded player for the third time in four matches and advanced to the semifinals with a 7-5, 3-0 win over

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)—Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki beat Patty Schnyder 6-2, 7-5 on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup. Wozniacki, ranked No. 2 in the world, overcame a sluggish second set and a crowd that seemed squarely in Schnyder's corner to notch her third victory in four matches