The ATP has reportedly expressed concern with the U.S. Open’s switch to hosting its finals on a Monday in 2013 and has voiced its opinion on the prize money increase for the tournament. The move to Monday for the men’s finals builds in a rest day ahead of each final and leaves room for makeup days…
The WTA has announced Cali, Colombia, as the third WTA $125 tournament on the 2013 calendar. The event will be played on clay the week of February 11, one week prior to the WTA’s International Tournament in the Colombian capital of Bogotá. Cali will offer $125,000 in prize money and will feature a 32-player singles main draw,…
The USTA has announced that prize money for the 2013 U.S. Open will be increased by $4 million, doubling the record $2 million increase of 2012. Total U.S. Open prize money in 2013 will be $29.5 million. Singles prize money at the U.S. Open has now increased by 34 percent since the 2011 U.S. Open….
Former world number one-ranked Kim Clijsters ended her career with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over American Venus Williams in a ceremonial farewell match, dubbed "Kim’s Thank You Games," in her home country of Belgium. Clijsters officially retired as a pro after the U.S. Open, but organized a match to thank 13,000 of her fans whom turned up…
The ATP World Tour is set to return to Bogotá, Colombia, in 2013, following the ATP Board of Directors’ approval of the sale of the Los Angeles tournament, an ATP World Tour 250 event, to IMLA de Colombia, a Colombian entertainment and sports marketing company. The new tournament will be held at the Centro de…
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has announced that Novak Djokovic of Serbia and American Serena Williams have been named the 2012 ITF World Champions. This is the second consecutive year that Djokovic has received the honor, while Serena is named Women’s World Champion for the third time. Americans Bob and Mike Bryan have been named Men’s Doubles…
Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi at the end of the monthfollowing a six-month break to recover from a knee injury. Nadal began practicing on a court in his hometown of Manacor on the island of Mallorca on Nov. 20 under the supervision of his uncle and…
Tennis officials are considering adding third-set tiebreakers at the 2016 Rio Olympics after marathon matches at the 2012 London Olympics this year. Also, bronze medal matches could be eliminated to lighten the loads of players entered in multiple events. ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti told The Associated Press at the European Olympic Committees meeting in Rome…
Four years ago at the Royal Albert Hall, John McEnroe lost 11-9 in a final set Champions’ Tie-Break to Jeremy Bates, and decided that it was time to bow out of his favorite ATP Champions Tour event for good. But on Thursday, at the Statoil Masters Tennis, McEnroe avenged his defeat to Bates 6-4, 6-1 and…
The U.S. Davis Cup will host Brazil in the first round of the 2013 competition, Feb. 1-3, also known as Super Bowl weekend, in Jacksonville, Fla. In 2012, the U.S. played all three Davis Cup ties on the road, posting impressive wins over a Roger Federer-led Swiss team and a strong French team in Monte-Carlo…