Professional Tennis
During the 2010 U.S. Open, the cooking show, "Top Chef," filmed one of this season’s episodes on the historic grounds of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The episode is scheduled to debut this week on Wednesday, Dec. 22, on Bravo at 10:00 p.m. ET. 2010 Primetime Emmy Award-winning "Top Chef" returned to New…
A network holiday tradition, Tennis Channel is letting fans relive the best moments of the tennis season this month when it replays 10 of the year’s singles championship matches as part of its annual You Make the Call year-end series. Rather than airing the men’s and women’s matches in chronological order, the network has turned…
Since 2000, when I became a ballperson for The Hamlet Cup, I have longed to try out for the U.S. Open, the most elite group of ballpeople in the world. Ten years later, I finally had that opportunity. At the age of 23 with five years of experience as a ballperson for the former Commack…
Tennis great Martina Hingis has married French equestrian Thibault Hutin during a private ceremony in Paris. Several Swiss magazines reported that the wedding ceremony was held last Friday in the presence of the couple’s close friends and family. The 30-year-old Hingis told Schweizer Illustrierte’s Web site that her marriage "may come as a surprise to many,…
Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki have been named International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Champions for 2010. Nadal, who won the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, won the award given by the International Tennis Federation for the second time. Wozniacki from Denmark won six tour titles in 2010 to take the number one ranking, but failed to…
The USTA has announced the final fields for its Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, sponsored by VocalCloud, which will be held for the second consecutive year at the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center in Atlanta, Dec. 17-19. Rising American stars Ryan Harrison and U.S. Fed Cup team member Coco…
The men’s tennis tuneup before the U.S. Open is moving from New Haven, Conn. to Winston-Salem, N.C., beginning in August 2011. The USTA and ATP World Tour announced that the 48-draw event will be played in a new tennis facility on Wake Forest’s campus. It’ll be held Aug. 21-27 and serve as the final warmup before…
Kim Clijsters and her long-time rival and fellow Belgian Justine Henin have announced that they will be teaming up to represent the Belgian women’s at the 2012 London Olympics. “It would be nice of course to do it for the Olympic Games, because I tell myself that that year might be my last full season….
The 2011 Australian Open is set for just a month away and will feature the world’s top tennis players on both the men’s and women’s sides of the rankings. Set for Jan. 17-30 at Melbourne Park in Australia, top women’s player Caroline Wozniacki will be on hand seeking her first ever Grand Slam title, while…
The USTA and U.S. Davis Cup Captain Jim Courier have announced that Andy Roddick has committed to play for the U.S. Davis Cup team next season. The U.S Davis Cup team faces Chile in the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group First Round on a red clay court in Santiago, Chile, March 4-6….