Elina Svitolina endured a pretty tough 2022 year with the war back home in Ukraine and her pregnancy, but she came out on top with a spectacular 2023 season. Svitolina skipped much of last year’s season due to her pregnancy, but it was also a very challenging time with the situation back home. She remained…
Rafael Nadal is returning to tennis in less than 30 days, and it’s been a long process for the Spanish legend, who has endured many disappointments along the way. It’s been almost a year since we last saw Nadal compete on a tennis court as the Spaniard injured himself at this year’s Australian Open. Until…
Casper Ruud didn’t have many highlights in 2023, but one of them happened at the Estoril Open, which is why he’s returning to the ATP 250 event. The Estoril Open is a pretty popular event and has been for a long time. While most big names skip over it due to its place in the…
Former ATP No. 1 John McEnroe and his brother Patrick McEnroe are in the East African nation of Tanzania, where they encountered a gravely disturbing incident. Dubbed the “World’s First Serengeti Tennis Match,” the Epic Tanzania Tour kicked off at the start of December and will last a week in one of the world’s most…
Now more than ever, with physical fitness programs depleted in schools across the country, and kids spending far too much time in front of their computers and smartphones, kids in America need encouragement to get into sports. 50 million American children, or 90 percent of all children, are not active enough to meet the CDC’s…
Tennis icon Serena Williams has confessed to her fans on social media that she has been using breast milk to treat sunburn. Williams, 42, retired from professional tennis last summer, playing her farewell tournament at the 2022 US Open. But she’s been very active on social media, connecting with the wider tennis ecosystem through her…
By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday December 6, 2023 2023 was a breakthrough season for Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, and anyone who saw the throngs of fans that supported the 27-year-old at Roland-Garros this year knows that she is becoming a well-known entity in her homeland because of it. Haddad Maia, who became the…
The 2024 tennis season will begin with a bang, as the opening week features not only the United Cup but also a couple of stacked ATP 250s in Brisbane and Hong Kong. Rafael Nadal recently confirmed his return to tennis following almost exactly one year off, first in Brisbane and then at the Australian Open….
Actor Tom Hiddleston (left) was among the celebrities who joined former world No. 4 Tim Henman as he played 24 hours of tennis for charity last weekend. Photo credit: Tim Henman Foundation Instagram Tim Henman played weekend warrior for a worthy cause last weekend. Former world No. 4 Henman, joined by several of his celebrity friends,…
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher After 2024, the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, the only grass court pro tennis tournament outside of Europe, will be no longer. The ATP Tour announced on November 8, 2023 that the long-time annual tournament held on the historic grounds of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. will…
