Or . . . maybe not. OK, history has eluded us, and, no matter how thrilling and nerve-wracking the match we just saw was—and it was easily the match of the tournament, if not the year—that takes a few minutes to get over. But look at it this way: What

The commercial extravaganzas known as the French, U.S., and Australian Opens are played continuously for two weeks. All of them begin with family-friendly festivities on the weekend before play begins, and none of them stop for a breath until the tournament ends a fortnight later. There’s even been, both voluntarily

“People who watch tennis are knowledgeable and passionate. They aren’t afraid to let us know what they think.” These are phrases you hear a lot when you talk to people who do tennis programming at ESPN. By which they really mean: “Tennis fans are a tough crowd.” It’s true. Give

Andy Murray is having his moment. Since winning the U.S. Open one week ago, he has appeared in the States on serious talk shows (Charlie Rose) and not so serious (Jimmy Fallon). He’s combed his hair for a photo shoot in Central Park, been escorted through a London airport by

Tennis is a game of personality, we’ve been told. But you have to look hard for it. A good player in the middle of a match won’t show you much; he can't afford to. I can remember being 13 years old and watching an important 16-and-under sectional junior tournament. I

Just in time for Easter: Our weekly resurrection of Reading the Readers. If you have a question or a comment for a future edition of this column, please email me at stignor@tennismagazine.com.

NEW YORK—”Well, I always try to fight every, every point, and sometimes it’s difficult when you have in front of you a warrior, you know. He’s a very, very good player.” Juan Martin del Potro had a baseball hat pulled low over his head as he said these words to

This is transition time in tennis. Spring turns to summer, green grass replaces red clay, long rallies give way to big serves, and a quieter, quicker cadence comes to the game. Since 2005, that transition has been echoed by an equally abrupt baton-handoff at the top of the men’s tour.

We're counting down the Top 10 matches of 2019 as part of Tennis Channel's Home for the Holidays. Click here to read each selection. “I would love to be the one to have more, yes,” Rafael Nadal said after winning his fourth US Open and 19th Grand Slam title, in

Yes, a Grand Slam is all about the champions in the end. But because every player at the top of the sport gears his or her season around the four majors, these events also serve as convenient benchmarks. They tell us where each player stands in his 2010 campaign for

Rafael Nadal leaped in the air as if he had just won Wimbledon. Stan Wawrinka stalked off court as if he had just been double-bageled by the 1,000th-ranked player in the world. Had this really been, for many of us, the most enticing match-up of the first two days at

If Roger Federer has had a flaw—or at least a perceived flaw—as a player, it has been his stubbornness. He knows how he wants to play, and what works best for him; and in 1,148 matches over the last 20 years, his instincts had proven correct. But because of that

We’ve seen four Grand Slams, seven Masters events, the Fed Cup, and every Davis Cup tie but one. Now only one thing remains for 2006. It’s time for everyone’s favorite whipping boy, that part of the year when tennis' pointless schedule and most bizarre trophy designs are on full display:

IlAt 9:00 A.M., before keyboards start clicking and gossip starts twisting up and down the rows of desks, two sounds can be heard outside an empty Indian Wells press room. First, you hear birds singing, likely asking each other when all of these humans—players, coaches, ushers, writers—are going to leave

PARIS—“You come over here and you want to do well, and you don’t do that well so you have long days. I just let it, this whole trip, get to me. It’s the absolute wrong thing to do. It’s very bad on my part. I never felt like I was

WATCH: Marin Cilic beats Lucas Pouille to clinch the Davis Cup for Croatia:

The men’s semis are set in Key Biscayne, as you know: Murray-Del Potro, Federer-Djokovic. DP’s win over Rafael Nadal yesterday was a minor, messy epic, complete with an Argentine contingent roaring against Rafa—isn’t that some kind of tennis sacrilege? Nadal didn’t have it from the beginning; he couldn’t get much

“I just didn’t play well. I did too many unforced errors. She played her basic game and didn’t have to do much.” That was Svetlana Kuznetsova’s post-match assessment of how her opponent, Caroline Wozniacki, beat her on Sunday in the Dubai final. Three-fourths of that statement is indisputably true. Kuznetsova

The weekend Rally continues with Kamakshi Tandon and I musing on a "season for the ages," and who might be player, and comeback player, of the year. (For part one, click here.) Kamakshi, Player of the Year: I guess you have to define it for yourself first. Is it the

A weekly (in theory) list of opinions, links, hobbies, DVDs, unearthed records, and potentially more. 1.Pat McEnroe fills in on PTI. Sitting in the hot seat and coming up with a witty opinion about everything on the planet doesn’t look like an easy gig, but PMac held his own. He