TAG: ATP
Rafael Nadal, currently ranked 663 in the world, will make his return to the ATP World Tour in Brisbane in the first week of January 2024. Nadal’s match record in 2023 is 1-3. He lost both matches at United Cup, both in three sets to Cam Norrie and Alex deMinaur. Then at Australian Open, Nadal […] Continue to read full article...
Former American teen prodigy Donald Young may have reached the finish line of his fine professional tennis career. The 34 year old former 2017 Roland Garros doubles finalist is currently ranked 1087. His most recent match was in late September at Charleston Challenger where he lost in the first round of qualies to Thai-Son Kwiatkowski […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Donald Young · Roland Garros · US Open · USA
The NEXT GEN Finals will be contested Nov. 28-Dec 2 at King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah Here are the eight qualifying competitors… Arthur Fils France Luca Van Assche France Dominic Stricker Switzerland Alex Michelsen USA Flavio Cobolli Italy Hamad Medjedovic Serbia Luca Nardi Italy Abedallah Shelbayh Jordan Here are the former NEXT GEN champions 2017 […] Continue to read full article...
Alex Michelsen · Arthur Fils · ATP · Jeddah · NEXT GEN FINALS
Nov/23
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When Connors Ended His 11 Straight Finals Losing Streak
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By Scoop Malinowski Tennis is a star driven sport and one of the privileges of being a star is the freedom to call the shots. One such example happened before the 1988 Washington DC ATP final between Jimmy Connors and Andres Gomez. Rain had delayed the tournament’s schedule. Connors didn’t want to play the final […] Continue to read full article...
Nov/23
13
Djokovic Clinches Year End No. 1 For 8th Time
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Novak Djokovic clinched ATP world no. 1 for the eighth time yesterday with his ATP Finals first match Round Robin win vs Holger Rune 76 67 63. He is now assured to retain the no. 1 ranking for 406 total weeks. Djokovic’s first year as no. 1 was 2011, twelve years ago. Djokovic 399 weeks […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · No. 1 · Novak Djokovic
Stunning news this week is that the ATP will cancel the Hall of Fame Championships ATP tournament next July and a new ATP tournament will begin in July 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The WTA Finals is also expected to be transferred to Saudi Arabia. The final Hall of Fame Open will be contested from July […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · grass court tennis · Hall of Fame · Newport · Saudi Arabia
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP world no. 1. Winner of 22 Grand Slams including 14 French Opens. Ht: 6-1 Wt: 188 DOB: June 3, 1986 In: Manacor, Mallorca, Spain. Tennis Inspiration: “When I was 10-12-years old I start playing well and maybe at that moment I started thinking I can be a pro. You never know how tough […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · French Open · Nike · Rafael Nadal · Roland Garros · Wimbledon
Former ATP world no. 17 and winner of four ATP singles titles Reilly Opelka returned to professional tennis competition after being sidelined for 15 months. With a wildcard entry into the Charlottesville ATP Challenger, the 26 year old Opelka defeated old rival Tennys Sandgren 64 75. The big serving America endured wrist and hip problems […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Fila · Reilly Opelka · Tennys Sandgren · Wilson
Nov/23
1
It Looks Like Gulbis Has Departed The ATP
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By Scoop Malinowski Without any fanfare or fancy farewells, it appears a former ATP star has departed the professional tennis tour. Former top ten and Roland Garros semifinalist Ernests Gulbis has not played a pro match since early February, a 61 26 76 Davis Cup match win vs. Israel’s Daniel Cukierman. In the doubles of […] Continue to read full article...
adidas · ATP · Ernests Gulbis · Latvia · Roland Garros · Wilson tennis
Arthur Ashe, Pancho Gonzalez, Chrissie Evert, Mike Tyson, and Billie Jean King are champions committed to a common cause: helping kids pursue education and athletic aspirations. Now you can own some historic tennis artifacts while helping the Latin American Tennis Foundation’s youth programs in the process. Visit the LATF’s online auction this week (until October […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Billie Jean King · Bobby Riggs · Chris Evert · Greg Gonzalez · Jack Kramer · Mike Tyson · Pancho Gonzales · Stan Smith