BEIJING/WASHINGTON, October 6, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) After Novak Djokovic won a record-extending seventh China Open title Tuesday night, his 102nd career ATP Tour singles crown, it left him with a strange feeling. He wanted to celebrate but it didn’t […]
BEIJING/WASHINGTON, October 5, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) Six-time China Open champion Novak Djokovic advanced to another Beijing championship match after his semifinal opponent, World No. 5 and third seed Daniil Medvedev, was disqualified after accidentally hitting a spectator in the […]
TOYKO/WASHINGTON, October 2, 2026 (by Michael Dickens) As Kei Nishikori walked out to play his final ATP Tour match at the Japan Open in Tokyo Thursday afternoon, before walking off into retirement, the enthusiastic fans who filled the Ariake Colosseum […]
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, September 30, 2025 (by Michael Dickens) The Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships got the final it wanted – a matchup of the top two seeds, World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and World No. 5 Taylor Fritz […]
STARNBERG, September 24, 2025 Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner return to Asia, leading the fields at the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships and China Open, respectively. World No. 1 Alcaraz is making his debut in Tokyo, where former champion […]
STARNBERG, September 25, 2024 The Asian swing continues with two eagerly anticipated ATP 500 hard-court events in Beijing and Tokyo. World No. 1 Jannik Sinner, who is competing for the first time since winning his second major title at the […]
STARNBERG, October 16, 2023 With four weeks until the Nitto ATP Finals, the home stretch of the ATP Tour continues across two continents this week, with action in Asia and Europe. Defending champion Taylor Fritz from the United States leads […]
STARNBERG, October 3, 2022 It will be a star-studded week of action on the ATP Tour, with ATP 500 events taking place in Astana and Tokyo. Current World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and former World No. 1s Novak Djokovic of […]
ITF Press Release, August 4, 2021 The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Tennis Event finished on Sunday 1 August after nine days of thrilling action at the Ariake Tennis Park. While these Games were like none that came before them, they still […]
TOKYO/WASHINGTON, August 1, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Thirty-three years after Steffi Graf won Olympic gold in Seoul, Alexander Zverev has won Germany’s second singles gold medal in tennis. The moment Zverev clinched his nearly-perfect, 80-minute 6-3, 6-1 victory over the […]
