On April 25, 2005, an 18-year-old Rafael Nadal broke into the Top 10 on the ATP rankings, rising from No. 11 to No. 7 after winning his fourth title of the year in Barcelona. That was 6,000 days ago as of Tuesday—and he hasn’t left the Top 10 since. Nadal

Two-time defending U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters will not play this year's tournament, the USTA confirmed to TENNIS.com. Since tearing a ligament in her ankle while dancing at her cousin's wedding in early April, Clijsters has only managed to play five matches. She returned to play last week in Toronto

Dominic Thiem wished Andy Murray well on his wedding, all but disarming his opponent. Grigor Dimitrov has always appreciated a firm grip at the net. And multiple players have coveted (and enjoyed) experiences going on court and seeing off a particular star of the sport. The last point of contact

Cheers to another happy tennis couple! Former Top 10 player Julia Goerges and recently-retired ex-doubles world No. 1 Wesley Koolhof recently tied the knot, just weeks after Koolhof helped the Dutch Davis Cup team to a runner-up finish at the 2024 Davis Cup Finals. The couple revealed their engagement at

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP)—India’s Sania Mirza beat Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Aegon Classic on Monday for just her second win this year. With the twin distractions of a high-profile wedding to Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and a persistent wrist injury, Mirza has played only

Sloane Stephens and Toronto FC soccer player, Jozy Altidore are officially husband and wife. The couple that got engaged back in 2019, walked down the aisle and into forever on New Years Day. PEOPLE confirmed the wedding took place at St. Regis Bal Harbour in Miami Beach, Florida in front

An Olympic medal probably wasn’t listed on the Monfils-Svitolina wedding registry, but Elina Svitolina gladly took a bronze home for new husband Gaël Monfils after a successful week in Tokyo. Svitolina bounced back from a disappointing defeat in the singles semifinal to Marketa Vondrousova and pulled off a dramatic comeback

Madison Keys' tearful exit from Wimbledon due to a mid-match hamstring injury was one of the sorest sights of the Championships, but the American is using her time off in the weeks since to turn lemons into lemonade. The first order of business? Home improvement. For the better part of

Wedding bells keep ringing for WTA stars, none bigger than for world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty, who announced her engagement to longterm partner Garry Kissick on Tuesday. “Future husband,” wrote the two-time major champion to caption a photo of a beaming trio: Barty, Kissick, and her impressive rock. Barty solidified

Success on home soil isn't the only thing motivating Alex de Minaur at this Australian Open. The top-ranked man from Down Under, through to the quarterfinals in Melbourne for the first time, has financial motivations behind every match he wins. He's hoping to pad his and fiancée Katie Boulter's bank

Husbands and wives often develop unique quirks over years of wedded bliss, but for Andy Murray and Kim Sears, that extends to the former world No. 1's personal grooming habits. In a hilarious Q&A video published by the ATP on its social media channels on Saturday, Murray was grilled with

The big wedding weekend kept me from seeing some of the fireworks at Indian Wells, but I did catch the second set of the women’s final and saw Maria Sharapova hammer Elena Dementieva for the title – Sharapova’s first since Birmingham in 2005. Now I understand why she was so

There’s life after tennis, and Garbiñe Muguruza is determined to make the most of it. The former world No. 1 recently graced the cover of the upcoming October 2024 issue of Mujerhoy, for a wide-ranging discussion five months after announcing her retirement from the sport. “I would have never said

NEW YORK (AP) — Lyudmyla Kichenok was supposed to get married this week to Jelena Ostapenko’s coach. A run to the US Open women’s doubles championship forced a change of plans. Kichenok and Ostapenko won the title Friday for their first major as a team, beating Kristina Mladenovic and Zhang

It's impending wedding bells for Andy Murray and Kim Sears, daughter of British tennis leader Nigel Sears. Plus, the Russian Tennis Federation's chieftain who spoke poorly of Serena and Venus Williams is having a go at an appeal. That and more in the Spin's latest installment of the Fourhand series.

Serena Williams recently appeared on The Project in her first sit-down interview since the US Open. Before getting to the topic of the controversial final, Williams talked candidly about body image, attending the royal wedding, her one-year-old daughter and her New York City dress. The host, Lisa Wilkinson, eventually made

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)—Sloane Stephens wasn't too bummed about losing her quarterfinal match at the BNP Paribas Open. She's already looking ahead to her upcoming 21st birthday party. The tennis player has registered for gifts from Target, using the store's online wedding registry. She had to sign up with her

BRUSSELS (AP)—Kim Clijsters may miss next month’s French Open after injuring her right ankle at her cousin’s wedding. A statement posted on the Belgian star’s website Sunday said the injury would keep her out for at least four to six weeks. “Since the French Open starts in literally six weeks,

NEW YORK (AP) -- At age 34, the Bryan brothers posed with the trophy with Bob's infant daughter and chatted about Mike's upcoming wedding. They've now set the Open-era Grand Slam title record, but the pair doesn't plan to stop adding to that total anytime soon. The American twins won

Just months after announcing her abrupt retirement from professional tennis, citing her desire to focus on her upcoming wedding to American basketballer Brian Lynch, Kim Clijsters has just made another surprising announcement: pregnancy with her first child. Although it wasn’t the 23-year-old herself who made the breaking news, but rather