February 3, 2012
By Michael Sarro
As one of the largest non-for profit organizations in the world, the USTA is driven by many dedicated individuals who donate their time and effort to help develop and grow the sport we all love. In having so many willing volunteers, the USTA holds workshops to help instill in their volunteers the core values they should be coaching to their tennis students as well as recognizes them for their hard work and dedication.
January 27, 2012
By Rob Polishook
How many times have you found yourself in a match in which you were just a few points or games from winning? Maybe the score was 6-3, 5-2, and you began to think, “This is great. I’m going to be the champion!”
January 24, 2012
By Bobby Calise
Roger Federer, arguably the greatest men’s tennis player of all time, has earned about $3 million in 2011, not including endorsements. His rival, Rafael Nadal, has made in excess of $6 million, and top-ranked Novak Djokovic, who recently completed a historic season that included three major titles, has pocketed nearly $11 million.
January 19, 2012
By David Drucker
Mardy Fish is now the top-ranked American in the world, surpassing Andy Roddick who held the distinction as the top-ranked American for a number of years.
January 19, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Jordie Dolberg is the new director of tennis at Sportime Massapequa. Jordie lived in Florida his entire life, attending college at The University of Florida, before recently moving to Long Island to accept his new position.
January 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American John Isner has moved on after a long drawn out four-hour and 41-min. second-round match, which included a 99-min. final set, in Day Three action at the 2012 Australian Open.
January 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked American Mardy Fish has fallen at the hands of Alejandro Falla from Colombia in straight sets, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6 in second round action at the 2012 Australian Open.
January 11, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel is adding another Hall of Famer to its Australian Open booth this year, bringing two-time U.S. Open winner Tracy Austin to Melbourne for its coverage of the season's first major, Grand Slam competition.
January 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On Saturday night Long Island's Noah Rubin downed the number five seed, Connor Farren of Northern California, in three sets 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to win an all-American final at the 48th Copa del Café in Costa Rica. Rubin and Farren had played in late 2011 when Rubin had beaten the 17-year-old convincingly 6-2, 6-1 in a quarterfinals match, but this match was far more competitive.
January 9, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki along with Novak Djokovic are the top two-seeded players at the Australian Open. Organizers based the seeding on the WTA & ATP rankings. Djokovic is followed by Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, and Andy Murray, who lost the past two finals.
January 3, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The United States fell to Denmark 2-1 at the Hopman Cup after a late arrival of Caroline Wozniacki & Frederik Nielsen defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands & Mardy Fish, 7-5, 6-3, in the deciding mixed match.
December 28, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The WTA has announced a landmark four year deal with PERFORM that will see the digital sports specialist manage and exploit the WTA's Premier tournament media rights for the period 2013-2016.
December 21, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Duke men's tennis head coach Ramsey Smith has announced on Monday the signing of three of the nation's best recruits, as well as one of the top international recruits. Among this crop is Cold Spring Harbor's Josh Levine, who will join Michael Redlicki, Daniel McCall and Bruno Semenzato will join the Blue Devils for the 2012-13 season.
December 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On the eve of U.S. Open Finals Weekend, tennis champions, industry leaders and supporters of the game gathered at Cipriani Wall Street for The 2011 Legends Ball.
December 14, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The American doubles team of Bob & Mike Bryan have broken John McEnroe’s record for the most weeks atop the individual doubles rankings. The top-ranked twins are tied with each other at 271 weeks.
December 12, 2011
By Scoop Malinowski
Status: 2011 French Open Mixed-Doubles Champion. Winner of six career ATP doubles titles.
December 8, 2011
By Emilie Katz
Our Court Six column features tennis Gossip from around the tennis community ...
December 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Maria Sharapova had a good, but not spectacular, year in 2011 as she failed to win a major. However, the search engine Bing.com says the Russian tennis star, who is currently ranked number four in the world, has been the search engine's "Most-Searched-For Athlete of 2011."
December 7, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
USTA Eastern will honor 28 volunteers, tennis pros, players and organizations at its Annual Awards Dinner on Jan. 21, 2012 at the Renaissance Westchester Hotel in White Plains.
December 6, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The Long Island tennis community is blessed to have some of the best indoor facilities and best coaches in the world right here in our backyard. Recently, Long Island Tennis Magazine spoke with some of these top coaches to get insight into their coaching/training strategies, what they look for in a great player, views on important local tennis topics, and a background in how they got into coaching.
December 5, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 to take Spain's third Davis Cup title in the past four years.
December 2, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is a interview between U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier and U.S. Fed Cup Captain Mary Joe Fernandez.
November 30, 2011
By Brent Shearer
Players will want to read this book for its many interesting anecdotes and because it may arm them to win drinks at tennis gatherings by betting on either of the following obscure tennis history questions: Who was the youngest Wimbledon winner for over 50 years until Boris Becker's first title in 1985? And, who is the only tennis player in history to win Wimbledon by default?
November 30, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
As Tennis Channel prepares for its annual viewer countdown of the network's best matches of the year in December, three members of its on-air talent team have weighed in with their own favorite matches of 2011.
November 17, 2011
By Steven Kaplan
Perhaps the most important quality for success in tennis is steadiness and the avoidance of errors. It might come as a surprise then, that in practice "Blue Chips" miss more shots than “Five Stars,” while "Five Stars” miss more shots than “Four Stars,” etc.
