Professional Tennis
In a hotly contested race, Jim Courier held on to finish the 2012 PowerShares Series season in the top spot and claim the first place winner’s share of $500,000. Andre Agassi finished strong to win three of the final four events, vaulting past John McEnroe to take second place and capture $350,000, but wasn’t able…
Argentina’s Juan Ignacio Chela has announced his retirement from professional tennis, leaving with six ATP singles titles and three in doubles, all on clay. The 33-year-old Chela has been hinting at retirement for weeks, and he announced his decision on Monday on his Twitter account (@ JuanIChela). "After many years it was time to move to…
The WTA has been revealing its WTA Player Awards voted for by the international media, including first Comeback Player of the Year Yaroslava Shvedova, Newcomer of the Year Laura Robson, Doubles Team of the Year Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci and Most Improved Player Sara Errani, and Player of the Year Serena Williams. The fans have…
American Mardy Fish will miss the Australian Open in January as he continues to recover from health issues related to heart surgery. Fish underwent a procedure in May to correct a form of arrhythmia and is "improving" and plans to return to the ATP Tour in February at the SAP Open in San Jose. Fish has not…
For the first three months of the year she was showing flashes of her former brilliance, and as soon as the tour moved to clay they were flashes no more—the legend was back. Serena Williams put together one of the greatest seven months in the history of women’s tennis from April to October this year,…
Italy had a lot to cheer for on the WTA this year, not only in singles, but in doubles too—and now they have two WTA Player Awards to celebrate as well, with Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci taking Doubles Team of the Year and Errani receiving the Most Improved Player of the Year Award. Errani’s…
Celebration! After his U.S. Open triumph, Andy Murray and 30 of his guests went to the trendy New York restaurant, Hakkasan, and racked up a sizeable bill of $6,448. The drinks alone contributed $1,408 to the total bill, and out of all those fancy drinks, including "Green Destinies" and "Zesty Martinis," the only thing Andy…
The USTA has announced that former top 30 player Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Rochester, Minn.), former U.S. Open junior champion Jack Sock (Lincoln, Neb.) and two-time reigning NCAA singles champion Steve Johnson (Orange, Calif.) are among the players competing in the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, held Dec. 14-16, at Life Time Athletic & Tennis at…
Since winning the Wimbledon junior title as a 14-year-old in 2008, Laura Robson had been touted as one of the next big things in the pros—and in the second half of 2012, she came through on that promise in a big way with a string of big results, most notably a run to the second…
After a breakthrough 2010 season that saw her go as high as 29th in singles and win two Grand Slam titles in doubles, she underwent knee surgery at the start of 2011 and struggled to find her winning form again, falling as low as 259th, but Yaroslava Shvedova caught fire again in 2012, making deep…