By Scoop Malinowski

Status: WTA ranking 35.

DOB: December 13, 1993 in St. Petersburg, FL

Height: 5-10

First Tennis Memory:  “Crawling on the court when my dad (Wally) would play his league matches. (age?) Probably like one or two.”

Tennis Inspirations:  “Hingis. The Williams sisters. Kournikova. Who else…Wozniacki. Sharapova.”

Last Book Read:  “Ghosted.”

Danielle Collins · USA Tennis · WTA

By Scoop Malinowski

In this latest edition of our “Heart of a Champion” series we look at Stefan Kozlov positive impressions left during his 2014 appearances at the Northern California ATP Challengers in late 2014 when he was 16.

ATP · Stefan Kozlov · USA Tennis

Jack Sock, the world #9, got destroyed by world #65, Peter Gojowczyk, yesterday in Auckland, 6-3, 6-3. The American who won the Paris Masters late last year and qualified for the London Masters event as one of the top 8 players still standing, put in a desultory performance against the German, who at 28 is right around his career-high ranking he achieved late last year. Sock who beat the Russian young gun, Karen Khachanov, last week at the Hopman’s Cup before suffering a hip injury against Yugita Sugita in the following match which he retired in, looked about as bad as Sock has looked on a tennis court in the past couple of years.

Jack SOck · Melbourne · Nike Court · USA Tennis

By Scoop Malinowski

For years now Jack Sock has thrilled tennis observers with his firepower, potential and special capacity to play his best tennis in some of the biggest events like Wimbledon, US Open and the Olympics.

Sock’s signature performances all were achieved in the doubles arena – but that all changed today when Sock won the prestigious Paris Indoors Masters 1000 title 67 64 61 vs Filip Krajinovic.

Jack SOck · Paris Masters 1000 · USA Tennis