A full two years ahead of the passage of Title IX in the United States, they envisioned a better future for women's tennis. In September 1970, the birth of women's professional tennis was launched ...

How do tennis world rankings work? Tennis world rankings are calculated by the ATP and WTA, who award points based on a player's performance at particular tournaments. The further a player ...

The mantle of world No.1 in tennis is something every player aspires for but few ever achieve. When it comes to women's singles, Serena Williams dominated for years, although younger players ...

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Footwork in tennis spans a wide range of movement: running backward, lunging, sidestepping, and even sliding (think Rafael Nadal at the French Open), which is why running shoes and other ...

The advent of table tennis supposedly dates back to the late 1800s, when the wealthy Victorians in England created an indoor version of lawn tennis using items laying around the house to assemble a ...

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The coach of US Open champion Coco Gauff, Brad Gilbert, has voiced serious concerns about the situation. According to Gilbert, the elite tennis officials don’t seem to want to deal with it.

Coco Gauff has been told that Serena Williams’ former coach Rennae Stubbs “wouldn’t say no” to working with the 20-year-old American after she parted ways with Brad Gilbert. However ...

This victory came weeks after parting ways with her coach, Brad Gilbert, with fans taking note of this timing and claiming her game seemed to thrive after the split. Gauff won the US Open last ...

Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the headline tournaments were Shanghai and Wuhan.

The decision stirred controversy in the tennis world, with many voicing their concerns. Andre Agassi and Coco Gauff's former coach Brad Gilbert also raised questions about how the rule would be ...