Getty Images As one of the most exciting up-and-comers on the women’s tour, 16-year-old Gauff is always one to watch wherever she plays. But there’s a big reason this one could be exciting: the two played each other for the first time just a few days ago at one of

WATCH—TC Live breaks down the Australian Open draws:

We continue our 30-Love series by reliving one of the greatest and most significant matches ever played at Roland Garros: the 1987 final between 17-year-old Steffi Graf and 30-year-old Martina Navratilova. You know about Martina and Chris, the rivalry to end to all tennis rivalries. They played 80 times over

For some of the players that just finished competing at the Laver Cup, the annual event represents an opportunity to build momentum from there and finish 2019 on a high note. Here’s a look at five of them between Team World and Team Europe who had some solid results in

Heading into the Italian Open this past week, Novak Djokovic was not only chasing a fifth title in Rome, nor was he simply operating under normal circumstances. He was moving into uncharted territory. Djokovic was still in the early stages of an unimaginable aftermath after being disqualified from a fourth-round

Earlier this month, Alizé Cornet confirmed that she will play the final tournament of her career at the place where it all started: Roland Garros. A native of Nice, the 34-year-old will officially extend her Open Era record of 69 consecutive Grand Slam appearances when she meets seventh seed Zheng

Anti-Big 4 Week continues at TENNIS.com, with Steve Tignor's look at five promising young women to follow this fall and into the new year. ** Three years ago, when I was doing research for my book High Strung, I came across a scouting report that Tennis Magazine ran in the

This week, TENNIS.com editor Kamakshi Tandon and I are discussing John Newcombe's Bedside Tennis, a collection of anecdotes and observations by the legendary Aussie player published in 1983.

The U.S. Open is more than just the matches, it's an experience. Each day, we'll highlight one part of what makes the Open the Open. The U.S. Open is rightfully known as a circus of commercialism, a dizzying merry-go-round of corporate logos, clothing shops, wine bars, upscale food stands, and,

A reporter wanted to know: now that Sloane Stephens had shocked the world and won her first Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows, was she hungry for more? Stephens, sitting a few inches from the US Open trophy, fl ashed her questioner a side-eyed, “Are you kidding me?” glance. The

LONDON—Of the 398 points played between Gilles Muller and Rafael Nadal over four hours and 48 minutes on Monday, there were dozens in the fifth set alone that you could single out as especially brilliant or brave. There was the high forehand volley winner that Nadal put away—and celebrated with

What was the first thing that the thousands of people who picked up tennis during the pandemic learned about the sport? It’s fun, yes. It’s a safe way to exercise, definitely. But they probably realized something else: It’s hard. As these newcomers discovered, while tennis bills itself as an individual

Was she retiring? Was she ill? Was she rolling out a new line of athlete-approved candy? Speculation grew frenzied as Maria Sharapova walked across what she would later call a “fairly ugly carpet” and stepped to the microphone in a Los Angeles hotel ballroom on Monday. But as she unfolded

WIMBLEDON, England—As this tournament began, the talk surrounding Novak Djokovic was about how he had ended up on the soft side of the draw. Andy Murray, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were crowded together in the bottom half, while Djokovic all alone at the top, with a proverbial

It’s the tennis-world mystery of the week: Why can’t Novak Djokovic win the Western & Southern Open? He has titles at each of the other eight Masters 1000 events, and he has won the other three that are played on North American hard courts—Indian Wells, Miami, Canada—at least three times

It used to be that Indian Wells, boycotted for years by Venus and Serena Williams, served as a test run of the WTA’s potential future. Who would step into their sizable shoes once they were gone? Ivanovic? Jankovic? Pavlyuchenkova? Anybody at all? At this point, with a 30-year-old Venus in

Tennis has been transformed over the last five decades by TV, money, technology, equipment, fashion and politics. But through all of that, the players have remained at the heart of the game. As part of our golden anniversary celebration of the Open era, Tennis.com presents its list of 50 best

INDIAN WELLS, CALIF.—Donald Young and his mother, Illona, are staying in the hotel room next to mine near Indian Wells. I passed them in the hall last night and gave Donald a quick “good luck” along the way. I knew he was playing Andy Murray, but I avoided adding, “you’re

This is it for me, I’m going back to New York City tomorrow (but, contrary to Dylan, I don't believe I've had enough). By Thursday I may wish I was back in this debilitating desert heat. Here’s a last run through the scribblings in my Reporter’s Notebook (yes, that’s what

Does a yellowish tint coat your TV screen during the Fox Sports broadcasts from Key Biscayne, as if the tournament were being played behind a haze of South Florida humidity? For some inexplicable reason, I like it. The lack of a crystal-clear picture makes me feel as if the tournament