The tournament for the year's top eight men's players starts on Sunday and the top two finishers in each group advance to the semi-finals.

A full two years ahead of the passage of Title IX in the United States, they envisioned a better future for women's tennis. In September 1970, the birth of women's professional tennis was launched ...

Footwork in tennis spans a wide range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (think Rafael Nadal at the French Open), which is why running shoes and other ...

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Elite tennis is drawing to a close in 2024 with the dying embers of the campaign set to yield plenty of drama. The WTA Finals are in full swing this week before the men roar into action at the ATP ...

How do tennis rankings work? Tennis world rankings are calculated by the ATP, who award points based on a player's performance at particular tournaments. The further a player progresses in a ...

A. Yes, Aryna Sabalenka claimed the No. 1 WTA spot in October 2024. Q. Who is the longest female number 1 tennis player? - + A. Steffi Graf has a record of holding No. 1 for a record total of 377 ...

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Two weeks ago, Uruguayan tennis player Pablo Cuevas announced his retirement. When it came, tennis fans the world over dipped into their memory banks in admiration of the modern master of the ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the headline tournaments were Shanghai and Wuhan.

While Sinner and Alcaraz probably have plenty of future matchups in store, Djokovic and Nadal may have been playing for the final time in one of tennis' great rivalries. Djokovic won the match ...

The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years but younger players have ...