Grand Slam

Wimbledon: Where Champions Are Born

WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 27, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) The Wimbledon Championships have arrived. Monday begins the 135th edition of Wimbledon. The event’s history dates back to 1877, with the first women’s singles championship staged in 1884. This is the 54th Wimbledon […]

US Open Wild Card Challenge To Begin The Week Of July 11

USTA Press Release, June 26, 2022 The US Open Wild Card Challenge, which utilizes hard-court pro tournaments to award an American man and woman a main draw wild card into the US Open, will kick off the week of July […]

Djokovic In Prime Position To Successfully Defend Wimbledon Title

WIMBLEDON/WASHINGTON, June 25, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Six-time champion Novak Djokovic appears to be in prime position to successfully defend his Wimbledon championship. After all, the World No. 3 from Serbia, who has won the last three men’s Wimbledon crowns, […]

Kohlschreiber Announces Retirement After Wimbledon Qualifying Win

LONDON/STARNBERG, June 20, 2022 Philipp Kohlschreiber has won his opening match of the qualifying into The Championships at Wimbledon. The 38-year-old German beat Frenchman Gregoire Barrere 6-2, 6-2 on Monday afternoon and announced his retirement from professional tennis afterwards. “Funny […]

Serena Set To Return At Eastbourne And Wimbledon

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) Serena Williams is one of the greatest champions in any sport. However, last year’s Wimbledon Championships is a fortnight she would just as soon forget. That’s because her 2021 appearance at the summer […]

USTA Statement Regarding Russian And Belarusian Players

USTA Statement, June 14, 2022 The USTA will allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in the 2022 US Open, but only under a neutral flag. Alongside the other Grand Slams, the ITF, the ATP and the WTA, […]

Nadal: The King of Clay Will Always Have Paris

PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2022 (by Michael Dickens) “Victory belongs to the most tenacious” are words inscribed in both English and French in the upper-deck façade on either side of Court Philippe-Chatrier. They are attributed to French aviation and World War […]

2022 US Open Tickets Now On Sale

USTA Press Release, June 6, 2022 The USTA announced that tickets for the 2022 US Open will go on sale to the general public on Monday, June 6. US Open tickets can be purchased here. The US Open Main Draw […]