The USTA has announced that Victoria Duval, the 18-year old breakout star of the 2013 U.S. Open, and top 21-year old Denis Kudla, will headline the up-and-coming Americans playing for a singles wild card entry into January’s Australian Open at the 2013 USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, Dec. 20-22 at Life Time Athletic at Peachtree Corners in Norcross,…
For the sixth time, New Jersey native and former tennis phenom Justin Gimelstob hosted a tennis exhibition to raise money for a variety of children's charities, including The Valerie Fund, a non-profit organization supporting healthcare services for children with cancer and blood disorders. This year's event, held at Centercourt Athletic Club in Chatham, N.J., raised more than $300,000…
A star-studded lineup was on hand at the 69th Regiment Armory in Manhattan to join hometown favorite James Blake in support of Serving for a Cure, Blake’s annual tennis exhibition and fundraising event benefiting early detection cancer research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Blake, a former world number four and USA Davis Cup Gold Medalist, was joined by…
A world class field will assemble at the Frank Veltri Tennis Centre in Coral Gables, Fla. from Dec. 14-23 for the 67th edition of the Orange Bowl. Many of the game’s current stars are past Orange Bowl champions, including Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Caroline Wozniacki, and some of the best junior players in the world will be hoping…
John McEnroe captured the Statoil Masters Tennis Legends title for the third consecutive year as he defeated Mats Wilander 6-2, 6-4 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. McEnroe, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, got off to a quick start to the final, racing into a 3-0 lead over Wilander, whom he played 13 times on the ATP…
It’s all about how you use your mind to achieve the results you want or how you unknowingly allow your mind to get in your own way. I asked my clients to create a Wish List of things that could improve achievement at their highest level and the list below contains some of the items…
The New York metro tennis community has some of the sport’s best facilities, both indoor and outdoor, and best coaches in the world. With this wealth of talent available right in our own backyard, New York Tennis Magazine recently took the opportunity to pick the brains of some of these top coaches. What you will…
The positive growth of tennis in America requires the community to engage in mentorship at every level of the game. Whether as a coach, a meet up group, a player or parent, mentorship can make a huge difference not just in the rate of growth of our sport, but more importantly, the positive growth of…
When I was a pro player on the Tour in the 1980s and 1990s, I used to plan my yearly tournament schedule generally a year in advance. When you are young, you just want to play and compete. Things like burnout or overload never enter your mind, but that is when the coach should step…
Fresh off the news that Rafael Nadal has committed to play in both the 2014 Australian Open and Sony Open, the world number one-ranked Nadal has announced that he would participate in the 2014 edition of the Copa Claro in Argentina. He last played in the event, set for Feb. 8-16, 2014 at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, back in…