Professional Tennis
One of Brazil’s most beloved and successful athletes, Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten, has been elected to receive the highest honor in the sport of tennis– induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Kuerten was the world’s number one player for 43 non-consecutive weeks, and he is a three-time major tournament champion, having captured French Open…
Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki will defend their titles at the upcoming $11 million BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif., an ATP and WTA hard-court event which commences today. This is a record prize purse for any ATP-WTA event outside of the majors which gives $1 million to the women’s and men’s singles champions. Djokovic…
Professional tennis returned to New York City last night as four former world number one-ranked players took to the court at the World’s Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden for the 2012 BNP Paribas Showdown. In the opening match of the evening, current world number two-ranked Maria Sharapova of Russia defeated Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki, 6-3,…
South Africa’s Kevin Anderson took down Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6, to win the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships for his second ever career ATP title. Anderson is the first ever South African to win this tournament. He is now 2-1 in career finals after winning his first at the since…
World number three-ranked Roger Federer of Switzerland defeated Great Britain’s Andy Murray to win his fifth Dubai Championship title, defeating Murray in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4. Federer had not dropped a set in the entire tournament and this is his fifth title in the past seven resulting in a total of 72. Federer now has a…
MSG Sports and StarGames has announced a strong field of marketing partners for the Monday, March 5th BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden. An impressive array of marketing partners has signed on to showcase their brands at the fifth annual one-night only tennis event, which will feature four of today’s greatest tennis players. A huge…
American Andy Roddick has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships after defeating Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. This will be his second quarterfinals for the year and Roddick is currently is ranked 30th in the world. His last quarterfinals were in San Jose in early February…
Tennis has certainly become a global sport, but one of the sport’s largest markets, the New York area, has lost some high-profile events through the years from both the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) tours. The season-ending tournament is often referred to as the fifth most prestigious WTA event after…
World number one-ranked Novak Djokovic has fallen to Great Britain’s Andy Murray for his first loss of the season in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 in the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships. Murray lost to Djokovic in the Australian Open semifinals and was able to break the top-ranked Serbian to lead 4-2 in the first…
From 1977-1989 and 1979-2000, Madison Square Garden, the World’s Most Famous Arena, held the year-end men’s and women’s tennis championships. After an eight-year hiatus, professional tennis returned to The Garden on March 10, 2008 with the NetJets Showdown between world number one Roger Federer and former Grand Slam record holder Pete Sampras. The following year,…