On March 8th, 2021, Novak Djokovic broke the record for most career weeks at No. 1 in ATP rankings history, kicking off his 311th week at the top spot that day and surpassing Roger Federer’s mark of 310. And today—Monday, February 27th, 2023—Djokovic has broken the record for most career

LAS VEGAS (AP) Andre Agassi is going into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The baseliner known for his aggressive returns and career Grand Slam told hundreds of students in Las Vegas on Thursday that tennis gave him everything, including his wife, Steffi Graf, and his life's work. The former

On Monday, Serena Williams will become the seventh player in WTA Tour history to hold the No.1 ranking for 100 or more weeks, joining Steffi Graf (377), Martina Navratilova (332), Chris Evert (260), Martina Hingis (209), Monica Seles (178), and Justine Henin (117). Serena will enter Roland Garros as the

Maria Sharapova talks about the difficulty winning Indian Wells and Miami back-to-back. Only two female players have been able to do so: Kim Clijsters in 2005 and Steffi Graf in 1994 and 1996. Sharapova has won Indian Wells twice: In 2006 when she then went on to lose to Svetlana

Andre This is just a quick little bonus post, coming off the press conference set-up by Longines to (among other things) help raise money for Andre Agassi and Stefanie Graf's pet charities (For Steffi, Children for Tomorrow and the Andre Agassi Foundation). Both of them, by the way, looked great,

In her quest to equal one of the game’s greatest marks—Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles—world No. 1 Serena Williams moved one step closer to tying that number when she won the 2015 Wimbledon crown over the young Spaniard, Garbine Muguruza. It was her third

LOS ANGELES (AP)—Roger Federer has been named the greatest player of all time by America’s Tennis Channel. The television network’s “100 Greatest of All Time,” a five-night series, aired this week and culminated Friday. Federer edged Rod Laver for the top spot. Rounding out the top 10 were Steffi Graf

As Wimbledon comes to a close, we're counting down the 10 most memorable matches at the All England Club over the last 50 years. “Women’s tennis, maligned and belittled for two weeks at Wimbledon, reared up and struck back on Saturday, at its most opportune moment.” Those words may sound

Twenty-three Grand Slam singles titles: one more than Steffi Graf, one behind Margaret Court, and more than anyone in the Open era. What else can you say about Serena Williams’ latest achievement? Where there’s a Williams, there’s a way. Both Williams sisters spoke as well as they swung over the

LONDON (AP) Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic has split from coach Heinz Gunthardt despite a recent improvement in form. Ivanovic has been working with Steffi Graf's former coach since March, rising to 24th in the rankings from 58th and ending a two-year title drought in Linz last month. Gunthardt, however,

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have done it again. Dressed as Hulk Hogan and Daphne from "Scooby-Doo" (complete with a picture-perfect canine), the championship-winning tennis couple absolutely destroyed all the costume-heavy competition. They even out-did themselves from year's past, showing that couples who costume together, stay together. It's far from

The Top 10 Female Athletes of All Time list from espnW already includes three tennis pros—Chris Evert, Steffi Graf, and Serena Williams—and it's not done yet. Evert has 18 Grand Slam singles titles, Graf holds 22 Slam singles crowns, and Serena harbors "just" 13 Slam singles trophies but 12 more

Throughout the 1970s and most of the ‘80s, the Australian Open struggled to keep up with the other three majors as far as importance to the players went. Scheduling was often cited as a problem, as well as the traveling. Going into 1988, though, it would be a new and

Novak Djokovic arrived at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in position to capture a near-mythic Calendar Year Golden Slam, something last accomplished by Steffi Graf in 1988. Though the achievement would undoubtedly set himself apart from rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the world No. 1 shut down attempts to reignite

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) Five-time champion Venus Williams has reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-0, 6-2 Friday. The 23rd-seeded Williams improved her record to 71-9 at the All England Club on Friday. Only Martina Navratilova (120), Chris Evert (96) and Steffi Graf (74) have more

Each week, Baseline will take a look at a player who has thrived at one of the stops on the ATP and WTA tours during their career. (All photos: Getty Images) From winning her first Grand Slam title as a teenager destined for greatness to capturing the last of her

On Tuesday, Tennis Channel Live looked back at the Top 10 female players of all time, where Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf took the top three spots, respectively. Other highlights from the show: —American teen Caty McNally graduates from high school —Prakash Amritraj, Tracy Austin and Jimmy Arias

Don’t you miss the good old days when Martina Hingis was still playing—the days when her presence on the court with, say, Anna Kournikova or Steffi Graf could lead an umpire to make the announcement, “Attention, tournament referee—saucer of milk on Court No. 1 please.” In case you missed it,

WIMBLEDON, England (AP)—Five-time champion Venus Williams moved into the fourth round at Wimbledon by beating Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-0, 6-2 Friday. The 23rd-seeded Williams improved her record to 71-9 at the All England Club. Only Martina Navratilova (120), Chris Evert (96) and Steffi Graf (74) have more wins at

BERN, Switzerland (AP)—The Swiss Tennis Federation has appointed Steffi Graf’s former coach, Heinz Guenthardt, as captain of its Fed Cup team. Swiss Tennis says Guenthardt will begin his role in a World Group second-tier playoff against Belarus on April 21-22. Guenthardt replaces Christiane Jolissaint, who stepped down after a 4-1