Great tennis matches occur every year, burned into our memory for any number of reasons. But there are also some that have a pivotal impact. This is not to say that the matches below were the most memorable, the most dramatic or even the best. But they provided turning points in their own way. Let’s

PARIS — Amelie Mauresmo won’t be captaining France’s Davis Cup team after all, because the two-time major winner is going back to coaching to help Lucas Pouille. The French Tennis Federation announced Thursday it was searching for a new captain, who will also look after the national team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A statement

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Open officials say the world’s top 102 women and top 101 men have confirmed they will compete at the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of 2019. World No. 1 Simona Halep heads up the women’s field and Novak Djokovic, seeking his record seventh Australian Open title, is the No. 1-ranked male

Former tennis world No.1 Andy Murray has hit out at the “unreal” level of sexism in sport after Norwegian footballer Ada Hegerberg was asked if she knew how to twerk moments after winning the Ballon D’Or in Paris on Monday. Hegerberg, who won the inaugural award as the world’s best women’s player at the ceremony,

Novak Djokovic‘s status as the man to beat in 2019 is indisputable. But when it comes to those other men who have long dominated their peers in the ATP — Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka — things are not as clear. In fact, they’re murkier than they’ve been since the unit

Wimbledon was lavishly praised in mid-October when All-England Club chairman Philip Brook announced that the tournament would become just the second of the four Grand Slam events — the US Open was first — to use a tiebreaker to decide final sets. But lost in all the toasts and praise for famously buttoned-down Wimbledon’s progressive

With Novak Djokovic at No. 1, Rafael Nadal at No. 2 and Roger Federer at No. 3 on Monday, that trio of tennis greats leads the season’s final ATP rankings for the seventh time. This is the first time, though, that each of those three men spent some time at No. 1 during the same

This has been year of significant changes in men’s tennis. Novak Djokovic was excellent, while others struggled as the ATP is experiencing change — from its stars to formats to grumblings about payouts. The ATP Tour announced a new team competition, the ATP Cup, and several players weren’t very happy about it. 1 Related We

Young guns Ashleigh Barty and Alex de Minaur have been named as joint winners of the Newcombe Medal on a historic night for Australian tennis. Judges were unable to split Barty and de Minaur after both enjoyed stellar seasons, ensuring Australian tennis’ highest individual honour was shared for the first time in the award’s nine-year

Marin Cilic clinched Croatia’s second Davis Cup title as he beat France’s Lucas Pouille 7-6(3), 6-3, 6-3 to give his side a decisive 3-1 lead in the final at Lille’s Stade Pierre Mauroy on Sunday. The powerful world No.7 was relentless as he snuffed out any hope of a famous French fightback — giving Pouille