NEW YORK, May 20, 2024 (WTA Press Release) The Public Investment Fund (PIF) and the WTA have today unveiled a multi-year partnership that will support their shared ambition to grow women’s professional tennis and inspire more women and girls around […]
WTA Press Release, April 20, 2024 Today at a press conference in Madrid, Spain’s Garbine Muguruza announced her retirement from professional tennis at the age of 30, having locked in her status as one of the game’s greats.Born in Caracas, Venezuela, […]
MONTERREY/WASHINGTON, March 5, 2022 (by Michael Dickens The remarkable story of Nuria Párrizas Díaz is one of a late bloomer, who is reaping the rewards of patience and perseverance. It is said that good things come to those who are […]
PARMA, May 16, 2021 (by Lorenzo Carini) The sun didn’t shine in Parma on Sunday, but the first edition of the Emilia-Romagna Open continued without rain. Main draw action started at the Tennis Club Parma, venue of the new WTA […]
Tennis Australia Press Release, January 9, 2021 Grand Slam champions Serena Williams (USA) and Rafael Nadal (ESP) will star at A Day at the Drive, the official curtain raiser to the Australian summer of tennis in 2021. The one-off event will be held at Memorial […]
WASHINGTON, January 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It’s the first match of the year and if you’re World No. 5 Elina Svitolina, you want to make a good impression – something to build upon – as the 2021 season gets […]
Tennis Australia Press Release, January 7, 2021 Australian superstars, world No.1 Ash Barty (Qld) and Nick Kyrgios (ACT) headline a blockbuster Melbourne Summer Series at Melbourne Park from 31 January to 6 February 2021. The Australian summer of tennis will kick off with two WTA 500 and two ATP 250 tournaments […]
USTA Press Release, December 8, 2020 Twenty-two-year-old Sofia Kenin from the United States today was named the WTA Player of the Year for 2020, as voted on by members of the international media. She becomes the eighth US-American to earn the […]
WASHINGTON, September 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) While Simona Halep and Karolina Pliskova, the World’s No. 2 and No. 4 players, respectively, diligently worked their way toward semifinals victories on clay in Rome Sunday afternoon, thus setting up a championship showdown […]
WASHINGTON, September 17, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) A win is a win in Eugenie Bouchard‘s book these days. Even though the former World No. 5 lost a hard-fought, three-set final to upstart Romanian Patricia Maria Tig on Sunday, which capped a […]
