These are perhaps the most entertaining matches in the history of tennis. I’ve been fortunate to witness several in person. The most interesting thing in this rivalry is that Nadal leads on clay 20-8. 8 losses to Djokovic is more on clay than Federer, Murray, Wawrinka and basically everyo...
Another adherent to the clean, sharply-cut look of the '30s, Don Budge emerged as one of the greatest players in tennis history. The first player to win all four Grand Slams in one year, he played with grace and power—his backhand is often called the greatest ever. Just look at that...
Miami Open(ATP Masters 1000)-winner: Jannik Sinner April US Men's Clay Court Championships -winner: Ben Shelton Estoril Open -winner: Hubert Hurkacz Grand Prix Hassan II -winner: Matteo Berrettini Monte-Carlo Masters (ATP Masters 1000)-winner: Stefanos Tsits...
The ITF Men's World Tennis Tour serves as the entry level for professional tennis and sits between the ITF Junior World Tennis Tour and the elite levels of men’s professional tennis. Results of ITF tournaments are incorporated into the ATP Ranking, whic
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Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner are some of the top men entered in the U.S. Open. The last Grand Slam tournament of 2024 begins on the hard courts of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.
Flashback to the 2010s and women’s tennis revolved around a single figurehead in the form of Serena Williams. She was the only player to consistently win grand slams across multiple seasons, while other “satellite” winners would claim a maximum of two, perhaps three grand slams if they ...
Things trailed off from there. He lost nine of 12 matches to slip back out of the ATP top 30. Tennis Abstract's Elo rankings -- which are predictive and results-based instead of points-based -- currently rank him just 67th. Does he have another surge in...
struggled to maintain the same high level of tennis in the latter half of the decade. Leconte reached the final of the French Open in 1988, Forget remains among the most accomplished players never to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Overall, his career outshone Leconte’s, primarily thanks to...
"You always dream of winning a Grand Slam every time you're playing as a kid. You idolize people who win Grand Slams. You picture yourself in those moments. It feels a little surreal," said Harrison, adding that Venus felt like a brother to him. ...