It’s already been a record-breaking year for Rafael Nadal—he won his 21st Grand Slam title at the Australian Open, breaking a three-way tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic to set the new men’s record for most Grand Slam titles in tennis history. And today, he reaches another historic milestone:

The Latest on Wimbledon (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Play at Wimbledon has been halted because of rain. Roger Federer was playing Lorenzo Sonego on Centre Court with their fourth-round match level 5-5 in the first set when play was stopped. Alexander Zverev was in the fifth set against Felix

NEW YORK (AP) — Get ready for the US Open before play begins Monday with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year's last Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the schedule is, what the betting odds are, who the defending champions are

Three different teams have won each of the men’s doubles titles at the Grand slams this year. Will one of them break through to add another at the US Open or will another duo emerge as the champion? Here’s a look at five of the top contenders for the title.

LONDON (AP) — Seeking to keep the Davis Cup attractive to top players amid a crowded calendar, the international team event in men's tennis will test a two-day format and best-of-three set matches next year. The changes will be applied for matches in Zonal Groups I and II — the

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Croatian duo Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic lived up to their billing as the world's top doubles team by winning Wimbledon to secure their biggest win of a dominant season. The top-seeded pair beat Marcel Granollers of Spain and Horacio Zeballos of Argentina 6-4, 7-6 (5),

Maria Sharapova, a five-time Grand Slam singles champion known for plenty of on-court grit and off-court attention, and Bob and Mike Bryan, twins who won a record 16 major titles in men's doubles together, are first-ballot selections for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. The Newport, Rhode Island-based Hall announced

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — This time, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be on opposite sides of the draw. The seedings for Wimbledon were announced on Tuesday, with Djokovic and Nadal being Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in the men's draw because of the absence of Daniil Medvedev and Alexander

NEW YORK (AP) What if they put tiny cameras on players to get more dramatic TV angles? What if serves that dribbled over the net were fair game? What if servers were on a 20-second clock to start points? And how about scrapping the pre-match warmup so matches actually start

Big Three. Big ballers. Big scores. The 2010s were defined by giant-sized contents on the men's side, which we'll review over the next two weeks. See the entire men's and women's lists here, and relive each match with our video retrospectives. When Wimbledon began in 2018, tennis was awash in

Big Three. Big ballers. Big scores. The 2010s were defined by giant-sized contents on the men's side, which we'll review over the next two weeks. See the entire men's and women's lists here, and relive each match with our video retrospectives. “We took the last drop of energy we had

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21, 2023 – Tennis Channel Live at the US Open, the network’s daily lead-in show during the most important American tennis tournament, will premiere Monday, Aug. 28, at 9 a.m. ET. Viewers will be treated to two hours of news, analysis, highlights and special reports most mornings

In 1973, it looked as if men’s tennis finally belonged to its players. A professional union, the ATP, had been formed, and it had proven its seriousness and power by bringing 80 of its members together to boycott the world’s most important tournament, Wimbledon. It was only a matter of

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) Some of the top players in tennis expressed disgust Tuesday with the comments made by the now-former director of the BNP Paribas Open tournament in Indian Wells, with Serena Williams also disagreeing with fellow No. 1 Novak Djokovic on the issue of equal pay. Raymond Moore,

Novak Djokovic broke the record for the most time spent at No. 1 in the professional tennis rankings by a man or woman, beginning his 378th week in the ATP's top spot on Monday to surpass Steffi Graf's 377 leading the WTA. He already held the men's mark, eclipsing Roger

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) The challenge system is proving, well, challenging for the top men at the Australian Open. No. 4-ranked Andy Murray asked for five line calls to be reviewed by video technology in his quarterfinal against Kei Nishikori on Wednesday and failed on every one. No. 2 Rafael Nadal

World No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas was on the ropes in his opening match at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday but battled back to beat Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Kohlschreiber, a former Top 20 player, led 2-0 in the third set before Tsitsipas sprung back into form, winning six of

TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China with no word of a resolution to the case of Chinese doubles player Peng Shuai. Peng disappeared from pubic view shortly after accusing a former high-ranking Communist Party official — in a web posting in November

The Australian Open left Alexander Zverev saying he isn't good enough, Novak Djokovic withdrawing from play due to hamstring injury, and the American men wondering how they can add a Grand Slam title to their name. Here's what we're wondering about how the 2025 season will unfold for the ATP's

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Two of the biggest names on the men's entry list for the BNP Paribas Open are unlikely to play in the Southern California tournament. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were injured during the Australian Open last month, and Djokovic's COVID-19 vaccination status also is still