Grand Slam

Australian Open Wild Card Challenge – Standings

ORLANDO, October 11, 2023 (USTA Press Release) McCartney Kessler‘s first pro singles title won at the USTA Pro Circuit W60 in Rome, Ga., last week has her on pole position for a wild card into the Australian Open after the […]

Australian Open Set For Historic Sunday Start

Australian Open Press Release, October 3, 2023 In an historic first, Australian Open 2024 will start on Sunday – becoming a 15-day event for the first time, organisers announced today. With data showing matches are now longer, the move to […]

Australian Open Wild Card Challenge To Begin Week Of October 2

ORLANDO, September 21, 2023 (USTA Press Release) The Australian Open Wild Card Challenge, which will utilize indoor and outdoor hard-court and carpet professional tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the 2024 Australian […]

Diede De Groot Is On Top Of Her Game, Just Look At The Results

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 13, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) When Diede de Groot won her sixth consecutive US Open women’s wheelchair title Sunday afternoon, it was also her 13th straight major crown – tying Hall of Famer Esther Vergeer‘s record for […]

Novak Djokovic Is Still Fantastic, Keeps Winning The Big Ones

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 12, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Everyone loves a good comeback story – even Novak Djokovic. Ask him and he’ll tell you comeback stories motivate him. On Sunday, Djokovic completed his latest comeback story at the US Open. […]

US Open Reaches New Heights In 2023

NEW YORK, September 11, 2023 (US Open Press Release) As the US Open celebrated the 50th Anniversary of Equal Prize Money this year, the 2023 event turned into a three-week-long celebration of unprecedented success, as the US Open set a […]

US Open Sets Three-Week, Grand Slam Attendance Record in 2023

USTA Press Release, September 11, 2023 The US Open set new standards for attendance in 2023, breaking its two- and three-week attendance records and becoming the first Grand Slam to welcome more than 950,000 spectators over a three-week period. The […]

Novak Djokovic Achieves Historic US Open Triumph

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 11, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) With nothing left to prove but with plenty of personal pride at stake, Novak Djokovic keeps pushing the envelope and proving remarkable things on the tennis court. Naysayers be damned. On Sunday […]

The Summer Of Coco Gauff Culminates In Her First US Open Title

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 10, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Win or lose, it’s been very clear from Day One that Coco Gauff has been anointed the teenage queen of Queens of this year’s US Open. The 19-year-old American from Florida has been […]

Djokovic Hangs Up The Phone On Shelton, Reaches His 10th US Open Final

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, September 9, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) By his own admission, Novak Djokovic‘s US Open semifinal victory over 20-year-old American Ben Shelton Friday in his 100th career singles match at Flushing Meadows is the kind of match and occasion […]