Iga Swiatek has been named the WTA Player of the Year as part of their awards week, which began on Monday and concludes on Friday. From Dec. 12 to 16, the WTA will honor this year’s best players, tournaments, coach and those athletes who have gone above and beyond to support the Hologic WTA Tour at every level. The first of five Players Awards, three Player Service Awards in addition to the Coach of the Year Award on Monday were the first …

The majority of the world's best players will head Down Under shortly before the start of 2023 to begin their preparations for the Australian Open which gets underway on January 16. But before the Slam, there are a host of WTA and ATP tournaments which will be taking place in every major city across the country. The start of the 2023 tennis season is nearly upon us, with Tennis Australia confirming the full schedule for the events leading up to the Australian …

Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in their history as they defeated Australia 2-0 in the finals in Spain.The national team tournament, being held in Malaga as one of the final events of the 2022 season, was only Canada’s second final in the Davis Cup. And this time around, the North Americans needed just two of the three matches to secure victory, leaving a doubles match unplayed due to their unassailable lead. Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime's singles victories …

Novak Djokovic beat Norway's Casper Ruud 7-5 6-3 to collect a record-equalling sixth ATP Finals title on Sunday, earning the biggest paycheck ever in tennis - $4,740,300 - for completing the season-ending tournament unbeaten. The 23-year-old Ruud has enjoyed the best tennis of his career in 2022 and battled toe-to-toe with the 21-times major winner early on but produced two clumsy errors at the worst moment to hand Djokovic the break at the end of the first set. "Got to stay focused …

WTA Finals 2022 Caroline Garcia was ranked outside the top 70 in June, but a remarkable run her reach the season-ending WTA Finals tournament helped in Fort Worth, Texas. Now she is the WTA Finals champion, beating No. 7 seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6(4) 6-4 in the final on Monday night, and reveling in what the French 29-year-old calls the “biggest title” of her career so far. “Definitely a lot of giant happiness” is how the 29-year-old described her emotions after overcoming Sabalenka …

The 2022 Rolex Paris Masters is a professional men's tennis tournament currently played on indoor hard courts. It is the 50th edition of the tournament, and a Masters 1000 event on the 2022 ATP Tour. It is held at the Accor Arena in Paris, France, from 31 October to 6 November 2022 It was not a performance Novak Djokovic will look back on fondly but it is one that shows just why he has made the Accor Arena one of his …

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz held off a spirited challenge from Botic van de Zandschulp to reach the Swiss Indoors quarter-finals. Daniil Medvedev won against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili in the Vienna to mark his return to tennis with a simple 6-2 6-2 victory. Earlier in the day, Great Britain's Dan Evans became the first player into the quarter-finals when he beat Karen Khachanov. Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz eased into the quarterfinals at the Swiss Indoors by beating Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-2 on …

With Qatar and Ecuador set to do battle on the evening of November 20, the two events were set to be held concurrently, until the ATP's move. The final of the season-ending ending tournament was initially due to start at 17:00 CET (16:00 UK time) on November 20 in Turin, Italy, but it would have coincided with Qatar’s match against Ecuador at the World Cup. The ATP released a statement detailing their decision which read: "We want to ensure that as many …

Andy Murray rallies from a double break down in the first set of his first-round clash against the Spanish sixth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, winning 10 of the next 13 games to make it through to the second round of the Gijon Open in Spain The three-time Grand Slam champion missed last week's Astana Open through illness and made a slow start against his Spanish opponent but found his form to record an excellent 7-5 6-2 win at the ATP 250 …

Roger Federer's final competitive tennis appearance took place at the Laver Cup. An emotional occasion saw his major rivals Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray all in attendance to say goodbye as Team Europe were beaten by Team World at the O2 in London. Serbian Djokovic admits he would hope for something similar when he too eventually hangs up his racquet. After 24 years on the ATP Tour, with 20 Grand Slam titles and 103 tournament wins worldwide to his …

Serena Williams’ retirement…Rafael Nadal’s loss, Novak Djokovic’s and Roger Federer’s absence. The quarterfinals of the US Open began without these four players. These four idols have dominated tennis for an era. A total of 86 singles Grand Slams. At least 20 suffixes. And the quarter finals without these four in Flushing Meadow! So what can be said, the end of an era? It is the first time in nearly 20 years that Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams …