The draw for the 2026 Australian Open is out, and it features many blockbuster clashes from the first round onwards. Multiple top-10 players find themselves facing stern opponents in the first round,

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 U.S. Open concluded with two gripping finals. Aryna Sabalenka curbed her natural instincts to beat Amanda ...

The first thing to say is that the weather is due to be much cooler than for Tuesday’s quarter-finals (25C max) and so it’s unlikely to have a say in the outcome of any of the matches. Expect the Rod Laver Arena roof to remain open all day.

Taylor Fritz became the latest to step to the board and rank his best matches thus far in 2025, though the challenge may have come a month too early given his Laver Cup heroics only last week. 👉 Stream Fritz's best matches on the Tennis Channel App!

As tennis prepares for the 2026 season — which is, for once, starting in the year for which it is named — here is a spirited lookback at the past year on the WTA Tour. It is not designed to be entirely complete,

On Thursday, the Tennis Channel posted a fun YouTube video where players ranked the five best matches of 2025. Unfortunately, because of the way it was edited, fans cannot get a clear idea of each player's complete rankings. However, the video did shed ...

The world No. 2's four-set win over Elliot Spizzirri was shaped by the tournament's heat rule, developed for player and spectator welfare.

In those matches, the official winner takes more sets. The opponent, however, wins more games across the full match. The authors argue that, in those cases, both players can make a legitimate claim to superiority. One player won according to the rules of the game. The other performed better by a broader count of games won.