Pro Tennis

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….

U.S. Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina will resume his comeback from a 12-month injury layoff as a wild card at the Sydney International in January. Del Potro fell from fourth to 259th in the world rankings after dropping out of the tour after this year’s Australian Open and having surgery on his right…

Serbia captured the 2010 Davis Cup on Sunday, capping a 3-2 come from behind victory over France. Viktor Troicki, who replaced Janko Tipsarevic in the final singles match, defeated France’s Michael Llodra 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 to clinch Serbia’s first ever Davis Cup. Serbia battled back after trailing France 2-1 on Saturday with a win by Novak Djokovic over Gael Monfils…

Tennis Channel will provide exclusive coverage of Serbia and France’s Davis Cup championship competition in Belgrade this weekend, with live and same-day "Instant Encore" replays Friday through Sunday. The battle between first-time Davis Cup finalists Serbia and nine-time Davis Cup champions France will consist of two singles matches on Friday, Dec. 3, at 8:00 a.m….

Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 at the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday at the O2 Arena in London. The top-seeded Nadal was able to break Federer once in the second set, but he appeared to labor as the previous day, Nadal spent three-plus hours against Andy Murray in the semifinals to reach…