April 15, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA announced that the Har-Tru USTA Pro Circuit Wild Card Challenge has kicked off with the $100,000 Sarasota (Fla.) Open and the $50,000 Dothan (Ala.) Pro Classic. The challenge will last three weeks and awards a main draw wild card into the French Open to the American man and American woman who earned the most ATP World Tour and WTA tour ranking points in two of the three USTA Pro Circuit clay-court challenger-level events.
March 5, 2013
By Emilie Katz
A recap of the winners and those who called it quits in 2012 ...
February 19, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
American Sloane Stephens was defeated in the first round of the Dubai Championship, losing to Sorana Cirstea of Romania 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Stephens, a career-high 16th in the WTA Women's Singles Rankings, defeated Serena Williams in Melbourne at the 2013 Australian Open before advancing the Aussie Open semis.
January 28, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic became the first man to win three straight Australian Open titles in the professional era with his victory over third-seeded Andy Murray 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the men's singles finals.
January 21, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Roger Federer advanced to reach a 35th straight Grand Slam quarterfinal, knocking off Milos Raonic in straight sets 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 in a little under two hours.
January 17, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Day Four of action at the 2013 Australian Open saw extremely hot temperatures in Melbourne Park. Seeded players certainly took to the courts looking to get back off the courts as soon as possible to preserve their energy and body for future matches.
January 14, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The 2013 Australian Open will take place at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia from Jan. 14-27, the 101st edition of the Open. ATP top-ranked Novak Djokovic from Serbia will return to defend his men's singles title for a third time, as WTA top-ranked Victoria Azarenka of Belarus will defend the women's singles title. Here is a look at this year’s contenders, pretenders and sleepers as well as an overview of what's new this year in the land Down Under.
January 14, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
On a beautiful day in Melbourne Park action got underway at the years first Grand Slam. Day One saw a few of the seeded players pushed to the brink (Nicolas Almagro, Fernando Verdasco) were extended to five sets and Julia Goerges three sets.
January 11, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic will begin his quest to become the first man to win three consecutive Australian Open titles in the Open Era against Paul-Henri Mathieu, while second-ranked Roger Federer and third-ranked Andy Murray have been drawn in the bottom half of the 2013 Australian Open.
January 11, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
In the women's draw of the 2013 Australian Open, Serena Williams will start her bid for a sixth Melbourne title against the unseeded Edna Gallovits-Hall of Romania, with a potential quarterfinal meeting with former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova.
January 8, 2013
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Fourteen former top 10 players will return to the court and take part in the Annual Legends event at the Australian Open 2013. The lineup, which includes five former world number ones, will join the action at Melbourne Park from Jan. 19-25.
December 20, 2012
By Eric C. Peck
Madison Keys and Rhyne Williams won the USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs last weekend in Atlanta, earning a trip to Melbourne to take part in the 2013. For Keys, it's her second win in a row at the Australian Open Playoff. For Rhyne, it will be his first appearance at a Grand Slam other than the U.S. Open where he qualified this year and played fellow American Andy Roddick.
December 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
James Blake of Yonkers, N.Y. and Jack Sock of Lincoln, Neb. are among 13 American men accepted to the qualifying draw of the 2013 Australian Open, beginning Jan. 7 in Melbourne.
October 2, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Organizers of the Australian Open have increased the event's prize money to a record $31.1 million for 2013 in response to player concerns about compensation at Grand Slam tournaments. Stage one of the $360 million-plus redevelopment of Melbourne Park is currently underway and set for completion in 2015.
May 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The following is a interview conducted with Patrick McEnroe and the top women's junior player in the United States, Taylor Townsend of Stockbridge, Ga. Taylor swept the singles and doubles title at the Australian Open in January, the first American to do that at a Junior Slam since Lindsay Davenport at the 1992 U.S. Open.
February 15, 2012
By Emilie Katz
A look back at the 2011 tennis season and all major tournaments and year end rankings.
January 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Victoria Azarenka from Belarus defeated Russia' Maria Sharapova in the 2012 Australian Open Women's singles finals in just one-hour, 22-min. Azarenka swept the three-time Grand Slam winner, 6-3, 6-0, and won 12 out of 13 games in a row to quickly capture her first Grand Slam win ...
January 30, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain's Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final in the history of professional tennis, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5-hours and 53-min. to claim his third Australian Open title.
January 27, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
World number one-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic will have an opportunity to defend his Australian Open this weekend after he defeated Andy Murray of Great Britain, the number four seed, 6-3, 3-6, 6-7, 6-1, 7-5, in the semifinals at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park.
January 25, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Defending Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia defeated Spain's David Ferrer, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in action on Wednesday to advance to the semifinals. His semifinals opponent will be the fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain, a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 winner over Japan's Kei Nishikori.
January 23, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Top-ranked Serbian Novak Djokovic had a pretty solid match, and on the other hand, American Serena Williams had her head in the sky. Djokovic, took the match in four sets, only dropping the third to wild card entry and Australia's own Lleyton Hewitt who could not hold his comeback. The top five-ranked men's singles players have now advanced the quarterfinals.
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 18, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The USTA has named the 10 girls and four boys who have been accepted into the main draw and the qualifying draw at the 2012 Australian Open Junior Championships. Among those selected is Julia Elbaba of Oyster Bay, N.Y. who is in the qualifying draw to compete in the Australian Junior Open which commences later in the tournament.
January 12, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
The top injured players in tennis are continuing to improve their games heading into the Australian Open. Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, and the defending champ Kim Clijsters have said they have seen progress in recovery and are primed and ready for next week's first Grand Slam of 2012 in Melbourne, Australia.
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.
