ATLANTA — After the ATP Tour killed off the Atlanta Open after 15 years last year, the city known for a thriving tennis culture was bereft of pro tennis.

So Jason Dolan, a former advertising executive, wanted to fill the void.

His solution: create an exhibition called The Atlanta Cup, happening at Gas South Arena in Duluth on Saturday, ...Read more

Tennis great Serena Williams took to X on Tuesday to insist that she is not planning a return to the court, hours after news broke that she has re-entered the sport's drug-testing pool.

"Omg yall I'm NOT coming back," the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion wrote. "This wildfire is crazy-"

Williams played her last match on Sept. 2, 2022, a ...Read more

MIAMI — South Florida tennis fans don’t have to wait until the next Miami Open to see world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz.

The Spanish six-time Grand Slam champion, coming off titles at the 2025 US Open and French Open, is one of four stars who will play in the inaugural Miami Invitational, an exhibition tournament Dec. 8 at loanDepot park, home of ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The 2025 Laver Cup was a phenomenal success in its West Coast debut, drawing huge crowds Friday through Sunday to see top-ranked American Taylor Fritz and Team World triumph over world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz and Team Europe.

Fritz — who won a huge match against Alcaraz on Saturday night — clinched the victory for Team World ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — The most highly anticipated player matchup of the 2025 Laver Cup — world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz vs. top-ranked American Taylor Fritz — kicked off the night session on Saturday in front of a jam-packed house of tennis fans at Chase Center in San Francisco.

Despite being the world No. 5, Fritz was the heavy underdog in this ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — Team World was looking to climb out of a 3-1 hole and level things up — and maybe a little bit more — against Team Europe on Day 2 of the 2025 Laver Cup at Chase Center in San Francisco.

To do so, Team World — consisting of six players from places not located in Europe — first looked to Australian tennis superstar Alex...Read more

Impossibly talented and undeniably handsome, Björn Borg transcended his station as one of the greatest tennis players on the planet in the 1970s, morphing into an upper-crust teen idol, a symbol of silent stoicism and the polar opposite of his chief rival, the fiery John McEnroe.

Nicknamed the "Ice Borg," the blond Swede became a global ...Read more

All eyes are on Carlos Alcaraz, the world No. 1 and the most popular player in all of men’s tennis, as he spends his weekend in San Francisco trying once again to lead Team Europe to victory in the Laver Cup.

He’s the main attraction at this eighth annual event — which runs Friday-Sunday at Chase Center — just like he is at pretty much ...Read more

U.S. tennis star Taylor Townsend wasn’t prepared for some of the food she would be offered while taking part in the Billie Jean King Cup Finals tournament in Shenzen, China.

She apparently was also not expecting the backlash she faced after she posted her criticism of some of the local dishes — which included bullfrogs, turtles, sea ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A dozen of the greatest players in all of tennis are heading to the Bay Area for the Laver Cup.

The Laver what?

OK, we understand that the general sports fan still might not be all that familiar with this three-day tennis tournament, which was founded by eight-time Wimbledon champ Roger Federer and other hardcourt ...Read more

NEW YORK — Any way you swing it, this year’s US Open was a letdown for the American men.

The Americans entered the tournament at Flushing Meadows with a chance to build on the momentum of last year, when Taylor Fritz advanced to the Open final and Frances Tiafoe joined him (and lost to him) in the semifinals.

The U.S. had four men — No. ...Read more