Professional Tennis
The USTA today announced that the 2023 US Open will award $65 million in total player compensation for the first time. This amount tops the $60 million number of 2022, an increase of more than 8%. Player compensation takes on even greater significance this year, with 2023 marking the 50th Anniversary of Equal Prize Money…
Coco Gauff earned the first WTA 500 title of her career on Sunday as the American teenager defeated Maria Sakkari 6-2, 6-3 to lift the trophy at the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open. Gauff was the more consistent player on Sunday and raced out to an early 3-0 lead in the opening set to seize control….
Sunday marked a fantastic evening in D.C. with the return of Citi Taste of Tennis at La Vie. The celebration was hosted by WTA Tennis Pro Jessica Pegula and Tennis Channel’s Nick Monroe alongside Chef Kevin Tien. Servin’ It Up Citi-Style: Pro tennis players including Gael Monfils, Elena Svitolina, Belina Bencic, Marcelo Arevalo, Lloyd Glasspool,…
The USTA today announced that US Open Fan Week, a predominately free week of activity, will begin with the start of the US Open Qualifying Tournament on August 22 at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Each day of Fan Week will be anchored by a signature event that runs the gamut from…
The USTA today released the men’s and women’s singles entry lists for the 2023 US Open. Click to view the full entry lists: Men’s Singles| Women’s Singles World No. 1s Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek, the men’s and women’s singles defending champions, lead their respective fields, and the United States leads all nations with 25 players (14…
With seven-time champion Novak Djokovic taking on 20-year-old phenom Carlos Alcaraz in Sunday’s Wimbledon final, we all expected a classic. And the two players absolutely delivered. Over the course of five sets and nearly five hours, Alcaraz and Djokovic put on a tennis masterclass, and in the end, it was the young Spaniard Alcaraz who…
Marketa Vondrousova is a Wimbledon champion. The 24-year-old from the Czech Republic completed her remarkable two-week run in London by defeating Tunisian sixth-seed Ons Jabeur in Saturday’s Ladies’ Singles Championship. The unseeded Vondrousova won her first career major with a 6-4, 6-4 victory on the Centre Court at the All-England Club. “This seems impossible,” she…
Novak Djokovic moved within one victory of his eighth Wimbledon title as he defeated Italy’s Jannik Sinner 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the first semifinal on Friday. The victory marked his 34th straight at the Wimbledon Championships. “In the semifinals, it was always going to be a very tense, very close match,” said Djokovic. “Three very close…
The Ladies’ Singles Final at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships is all set. Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur will take on Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova in the championship match on Saturday after each won their respective semifinals on Thursday. Vondrousova was the first to advance as she played a near flawless match to end the inspiring run of…
Two of the final eight women at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships hail from the United States, as Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys secured their respective spots in the quarterfinals at the All-England Club. Pegula advanced on Sunday as she defeated Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 6-1, 6-3 to reach her sixth straight major quarterfinal. The Buffalo, New…