While much has been made of the recent decline in success of American men on the tennis court, the women’s game has not missed a beat in its development of impact players on the WTA Tour. The last official WTA rankings of 2014 came out Dec. 22, and it featured 18 Americans in the top…
While the tennis season is in a hiatus as we prepare for the 2015 season, two of the world’s best players entertained 11,000 fans at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland on Sunday. Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka played an exhibition match in front of the sold out crowd in The Match For Africa 2 presented by…
Australia native Jordan Thompson earned a wild card berth into the Australian Open with a thrilling 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 6-7(2), 9-7 over his compatriot John-Patrick Smith in Sunday’s Australian Open Wild Card playoff final. The win puts him into the main draw of the first Grand Slam of the year for the second consecutive season….
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced its annual awards, naming Novak Djokovic the Men’s World Champion for the fourth time, while Serena Williams was named the Women’s World Champion for the fifth time in her career. The Bryan Brothers, Bob and Mike, were named the Men’s Doubles World Champions for the 11th time in 12…
The USTA Pro Circuit, the largest developmental tennis circuit in the world, celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2014 by featuring 87 events, awarding nearly $3 million in total prize money and seeing several American players produce notable results. This year, the USTA Pro Circuit included a record 36 tournaments held on clay. In conjunction with…
The USTA has announced that the 2014 USTA National Winter Championships will be held Dec. 27-Jan. 2 in the Scottsdale and Tucson, Ariz., area, drawing the top boys and girls nationwide in the 12s, 14s, 16s and 18s age divisions. The players competing in this tournament are vying for the title in the last national tournament of the 2014 season….
Lincoln, Neb. native Jack Sock will miss the Australian Open after undergoing hip surgery, he said in a tweet Thursday. The 22-year-old is the fourth-highest ranked American, and concluded 2014 ranked 42nd in the world. He will also miss the rest of the Australian summer circuit which includes the Hopman Cup where he was due…
ESPNW has released the Impact 25 this week, a list of exceptional athletes and influencers who made the largest impact on women’s sports this year. The list is broken up into 12 athletes, 12 influencers and one Woman of the Year. Serena Williams and Li Na made the list as athletes while Billie Jean King…
The seventh ranked player in the world Tomas Berdych has announced who is coach will be for the 2015 season. The Czech, who reached the ATP Finals semifinals in November, has hired Andy Murray’s former coach Dani Vallverdu. Vallverdu split from Murray last month in a decision each part called mutual. It didn’t take long…
The ITA Division I Operating Committee moved to re-submit its dual match format proposal to the NCAA Division I Tennis Committee for the 2015 NCAA Division I Team Championships during its final meeting of 2014. This decisive vote (25 yes, 0 no, 9 abstentions)—supported by the USTA and the USTA's Athletic Directors Advisory Council—is a…