Hey, Tribe. If you're anything like me, you've probably grown a little jaded reciting the names of the usual suspects when it comes to the ATP Tour's MatchFacts. I mean, Andy Roddick is No. 2 in aces. Stop the presses! Roger Federer leads the pack in service games won. Who

RafaDavidBy TennisWorld Senior Contributing Editor Andrew Burton Morning, all. "It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand." John Cleese as Brian Stimpson in Clockwise. So yesterday I had the pleasure of sitting next to Jorge Viale, better known to many of you

PARIS(AP) Good as she was while winning four consecutive Grand Slam titles in 2002-03, Serena Williams believes her game is better these days. `The 'Serena Now' would definitely beat the 'Other Serena,' just in general. I'm older. I think I'm wiser. I think I'm just a more mature player,'' Williams

WATCH: Amanda Anisimova defeats Aryna Sabalenka in the first round of the 2022 Madrid Open.

MADRID (AP) — Motivated more than usual, Eugenie Bouchard used her game to send a message to Maria Sharapova by defeating the Russian 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 in a thrilling second-round match at the Madrid Open on Monday. Bouchard, one of the most outspoken players against Sharapova's return to tennis following

NEW YORK—“I knew if I wanted to win this,” Serena Williams said after her 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 quarterfinal victory over Simona Halep on Wednesday, “I really had to step it up in the third set.” Unlike most of us, when Serena thinks something on a tennis court, she can usually

It was not an auspicious start. But it certainly was a familiar situation. The American was Sebastian Korda, a qualifier ranked No. 213 in the world, making his Roland Garros debut, impressively having advanced to the third round. Korda’s marginally more experienced opponent appeared to personify everything that fills a

Yesterday, after perhaps the most tumultuous day in Wimbledon history, the All England Club sent Roger Federer out late in the afternoon to restore order. He returned to the locker room a beaten man. So Wimbledon went to the nuclear option, and sent Serena Williams out first today. Order restored.

by Pete Bodo If the first week of 2012 is any indication, we might be in for a roller coaster ride through the rankings, weekend after weekend. The most noteworthy event of this new year took place in Doha, where petrodollars translated to appearance fees large enough to attract the

Sometimes it seems that Roger Federer was put on this earth not so much to blow away the all-time Grand Slam singles title record than to make his all-time rival look good. Federer did it again tonight at the Australian Open, losing to Rafael Nadal in the semifinals, 6-7 (5),

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- It wasn't until Serena Williams forced herself to relax, and not focus too intently on a milestone Grand Slam title, that she rediscovered the art of winning the biggest events in tennis. Now she's on the verge of a 19th major championship after beating 19-year-old Madison

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18, 2024 – Tennis Channel, its app, website and second-network T2 will be the exclusive U.S. homes of the United Cup competition December 26-January 5. The annual tournament takes place in Sydney and Perth, Australia, and features a top-seeded United States team led by Coco Gauff (World

We know tons about the loser of a women’s match that took place in New York City on November 19, 1988. Less has been told about the winner. Meet Pam Shriver. Back in 1978, the 16-year-old Baltimore native had loudly announced herself as a significant contender. In her US Open

NEW YORK—On Monday, standing in the way of Sofia Kenin and her first Grand Slam win was No. 32-seeded Lauren Davis. The 18-year-old Kenin, a junior US Open finalist in 2015, is playing in her third career US Open, and she made her Wimbledon and Roland Garros qualifying debuts earlier

You know a match was a good one when the soundtrack to its highlight reel mostly consists of the commentators blurting out things like “Oh!” and “Whoa!” and “Uh-huh!” and, when they just can’t believe it anymore, “Oh, come on!” That’s what we hear from Leif Shiras and his broadcasting

It wasn’t Andy Roddick botching a volley against Roger Federer in the 2009 Wimbledon final with a two-set lead within his grasp, and it wasn’t Rafael Nadal missing a short backhand in the fifth set of what would be a six-hour 2012 Australian Open final against Novak Djokovic No, this

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber moved a step closer to her second straight Volvo Car Open title, reaching the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Irina Camelia Begu on Friday. ''I'm feeling like home,'' the 28-year-old German told the crowd after her eighth straight match win

Before the start of 2025 members of our very own TENNIS.com panel asked if 2025 could be a make-or-break season for Holger Rune, a player with obvious potential but one who was falling behind Slam-winning peers like Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner. As of Indian Wells, the former world No.

DOHA, Qatar (AP)—Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka hobbled around the court with an ankle injury Saturday, adjusting her game and persevering to defeat Agenieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 and reach the Qatar Open final. Azarenka expects to be OK when she plays for the title Sunday against Sam Stosur. The U.S. Open champion

WATCH: A powerful player off the ground, Hurkacz is more than capable of thrilling a crowd with some fine shotmaking.