There is a rulebook in tennis. It is long, precise, and covers everything from the exact height of the net to what happens when a ball hits a bird mid-flight. Officials study it. Players memorize it.

There aren’t many conference calls with media these days in the tennis world, but ESPN always conducts telephone availability with their talent before each of the Grand Slam tournaments that they ...

Tennis demands exceptional endurance. Long rallies, repeated sprints, and extended matches place constant stress on the cardiovascular system. Players who rely only on court practice sometimes ...

John McEnroe and his younger brother Patrick McEnroe will be playing in the first-ever tennis match in the Serengeti this coming December. A special tennis court will be constructed on the Tanzanian ...

There was some controversy with regard to the wild cards that were given out at the 2023 Atlanta Open tennis championships. It initially left out local NCAA singles champion Ethan Quinn of the ...

On September 1, 1977, one of the most sensational events happened in the history of the U.S. Open. As documented in my book “On This Day In Tennis History,” Renee Richards, the 43-year-old transsexual ...

When the golden era of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal finally wound down, men’s tennis faced a daunting void. Pundits and supporters alike questioned who could possibly follow such monumental acts.

On September 8, 2002, Pete Sampras beat his arch rival Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to win his fifth U.S. Open singles title and his 14 th career major singles title. Seeded No. 17 and without a ...

Nestled in the heart of Rome, beneath the ancient whispers of the Colosseum and the shadow of the Palatine Hill, lies the Foro Italico—a modern coliseum for a new kind of gladiator. Here, for over ...

Tennis, an arena where skills were once honed on the court, not in a spreadsheet, is succumbing to the siren call of analytics, with statistics and facts morphing into the new X-factor. Advanced tech ...

ESPN will present exclusively and in its entirety one of the sport’s most prestigious annual events, Wimbledon, from the All England Lawn Tennis Club starting Monday, June 30. For the third ...

Thirty-three Americans (19 women, 14 men) are set to compete in the singles main draws of the Australian Open beginning this weekend in Melbourne, leading all nations in total main draw singles ...