Ranking the All-Time Best Male Tennis Players over 30 Years Old

The days when teenagers reigned over the big tennis courts around the world are over. The memory of 16- and 17-year-olds, like Bjorn Borg or Mats Wilander from Sweden or Aussie Lleyton Hewitt, dominating tennis tournaments fade into the recent past. What is more, today there are more male and female players in the game over age 30 than ever before. The reasons? Many cite the increased physicality of... 

Federer to Serena: Projecting Tennis Quarterfinal Winners at the Summer Games

After all the pre-Olympic hype, it is time to get started. The opening salvos on grass were made known once the draw concluded earlier today in London.  Now we know the opponents for all the top-ranked players participating in the 2012 Summer Games. As expected, several upcoming matches promise intense action from the first day to the last during men’s and women’s singles action at... 

10 Reasons Why Olympic Tennis Rivals the Four Grand Slams

As the Summer Olympics get underway on Saturday, July 28, at the All England Club, tennis is one of 30 sports that award gold, silver and bronze medals at the conclusion of nine days of rigorous competition.  A total of 205 nations are expected to compete in the Summer Games with all participants taking part in the opening ceremony on July 27—including tennis players. Each nation’s... 

20 Greatest Tennis Moments in Olympic History

Tennis emerged as part of the modern Olympics in 1896. It was one of the original nine events included in the first Summer Games held in Athens. In the first year of competition, John Pius Boland of England won the singles title. He teamed with German Friedrich Traun to win the men’s doubles in the only two tennis competitions held that year. Britain’s three-time Wimbledon champion Charlotte... 

15 Players Who Proved at Wimbledon They’re Ready to Chase Olympic Medals

At this year’s Summer Olympics, players who excel on grass will have an advantage because the tennis matches will be played on the storied grass courts of Wimbledon. Tennis players who win on grass have a special skill set that allows them more freedom to play their game full out on a surface replete with low skids and bounces. Such aggression requires the opposition to ... 

Bold Tennis Predictions for Olympic Glory at the All England Club

As fans of the great game, we love to speculate about winners and losers at any major tennis event on the horizon. Moreover, 2012 gives us the Year of the Summer Olympics—in addition to the regular four Grand Slam tennis extravaganzas. During the last summer Olympics in 2008, Federer fans suffered through his unexpected loss to American James Blake at the Summer Games in Beijing. This defeat,... 

London 2012: Projecting Team USA’s Chances for Winning Olympic Tennis Gold

Starting in 1988, the Olympic Committee decided to return tennis to the Summer Games, which was sadly missing from the international event since 1928. Since the re-emergence of tennis as a sport in the official Olympic program, the United States has captured the most medals in tennis—17 in all. Ten were gold. Leading them all is former world No. 1 Venus Williams, who earned a gold medal in... 

Maria Sharapova Dominates Pre-Wimbledon Power Rankings

Will Maria Sharapova be the first woman to win back-to-back Grand Slam titles since Kim Clijsters won the US Open in 2010 and the Australian Open in 2011? Can Petra Kvitova capture her second consecutive Wimbledon title?  These are two of the many popular story lines being debated as the Wimbledon fortnight prepares to unfold on Monday. What about the perennial champion Serena Williams? She came... 

French Open 2012: Fearless Forecasts for the Final Eight

And then there were eight… We are well into the second week of the 2012 French Open—the second major of the season. All the serious matchups begin in earnest with the quarterfinals held at Stade Roland Garros. Getting to this point has been a fairly bumpy ride for the ladies, unlike the men, whose top four cling valiantly to their reliable life raft. We have, to date, lost the women’s... 

French Open 2012: 10 Bold Predictions for Top Players Competing at Roland Garros

The clay-court season has offered few surprises so far for the men on tour. Rafael Nadal has re-established his iron foothold on the red clay, offering his opponents a healthy dose of lethal backspin and Majorcan aggression. There is something about breathing red dust that instills Nadal with an air of invincibility few can overcome.  For the ladies, Queen Victoria Azarenka has bowed to few,... 

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