Former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic Retires from Tennis WTA - ST. PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic announced on Wednesday that she is ending her 14-year career and retiring from professional tennis. Winner of 15 WTA singles titles, a major champion … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
Teenagers Fourlis and Jasika win wildcards into Australian Open 2017
Teenagers Fourlis and Jasika win wildcards into Australian Open 2017 Sunday 18 December 2016 Nineteen-year-old Omar Jasika was awarded a wildcard into the men’s singles main draw of Australian Open 2017 today following his win over … [Read more...]
Australian Open 2017 Play-off Results
Australian Open 2017 Play-off daily update Friday 16 December 2016 Day 5 results – Men’s singles semifinals [5] John-Patrick Smith (Qld) d [8] Blake Mott (NSW) 7-6(2) 7-5 6-7(4) 6-0 Omar Jasika (Vic) d [6] Christopher O’Connell … [Read more...]
USTA Foundation to Serve as Official Charity of BNP Paribas Showdown at Madison Square Garden
USTA FOUNDATION TO SERVE AS THE OFFICIAL CHARITY OF THE 2017 BNP PARIBAS SHOWDOWN 10th ANNIVERSARY AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN Foundation Will Also Host World Tennis Day Reception Benefitting Tennis and Education Programs Exclusive Packages … [Read more...]
Australian Open 2017 Play-off Results
Australian Open 2017 Play-off daily update Thursday 15 December 2016 Day 4 results – Women’s singles quarterfinals [2] Alison Bai (ACT) d [7] Sara Tomic (Qld) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 [6] Olivia Tjandramulia (Qld) d [1] Arina Rodionova (Vic) 6-3 1-6 … [Read more...]
WTA Players Select 2016 Tournament and Player Achievement Award Winners
WTA Players Select 2016 Tournament and Player Achievement Award Winners (December 14, 2016) The WTA Tournaments of the Year have been announced by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), with five of the six honorees earning the honor for the third … [Read more...]
Indian Wells, London-Queen’s, Stockholm & Winston-Salem Voted 2016 ATP World Tour Tournaments Of The Year
(December 14, 2016) LONDON – The ATP has announced the Tournaments of the Year in the 2016 ATP World Tour Awards presented by Moët & Chandon, with the BNP Paribas Open and Aegon Championships joined by the If Stockholm Open and Winston-Salem Open … [Read more...]
Australian Open 2017 Play-off Results
Australian Open 2017 Play-off daily update Wednesday 14 December 2016 Day 3 results – Men’s singles quarterfinals [5] John-Patrick Smith (Qld) d [1] Andrew Whittington (Vic) 7-5 6-4 7-6(9) [8] Blake Mott (NSW) d [4] Marc … [Read more...]
Angelique Kerber and Andy Murray named 2016 ITF World Champions
(December 13, 2016) The ITF announced today that Andy Murray of Great Britain and Angelique Kerber of Germany are the 2016 ITF World Champions. This is the first year that either player has received this honour. In an historic year for the … [Read more...]
Australian Open 2017 Play-off Results
Tuesday 13 December 2016 Australian Open 2017 Play-off daily update Day 2 results – Women’s singles round of 16 [7] Sara Tomic (Qld) d Maddison Inglis (WA) 4-0 Ret. [3] Jaimee Fourlis (Vic) d Viktorija Rajicic (Vic) 6-3 6-4 [2] Alison … [Read more...]