Croatia's own Marin Cilic will try to win an ATP World Tour title on home soil in his very first week as a Top 10 player, as he plays the final of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors.

Cilic has had one of the best starts of anyone in 2010 - he won his fourth career ATP World Tour title in Chennai to start and picked up more steam at the Australian Open, reaching his first Grand Slam semi-final - upsetting Juan Martin del Potro and ... Read more »

No. 2 seed Juan Monaco of Argentina takes on No. 3 Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil in Sunday's championship of the Movistar Open.

Monaco, who has only lost one set en route to the final, is appearing in the title match for the second time in three years. Two years ago he reached the final but couldn't play due to a left ankle injury he sustained in the doubles final the day before.

Monaco is making his 10th career ATP World ... Read more »

In an all-unseeded, rain-delayed doubles final at the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg on Sunday, Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi won their first ATP World Tour doubles title by rallying to defeat Karol Beck and Harel Levy 2-6, 6-3, 10-5.

By virtue of winning the ATP World Tour 250 hard-court tennis tournament, Bopanna and Qureshi collected 250 ATP World Tour ranking points and shared $24,350 in prize money.

"I think it’s a great achievement," reflected Qureshi. "As a team we are really, really good and we can be in the Top 10 definitely together. Today’s win definitely proves it because the chips were really do ... Read more »

Chilean Fernando González, German Tommy Haas, Argentine Juan Monaco and Frenchman Richard Gasquet will headline the 2010 Movistar Open, an ATP World Tour 250 tournament which begins January 31 in Santiago, Chile.

The Movistar Open will be held during the 200th anniversary of Chilean independence and will ... Read more »

Australian Open organisers announced three men’s and two women’s wildcards today.

Davis Cup player Carsten Ball, two-time junior grand slam winner Bernard Tomic and national under 18 champion Jason Kubler from Queensland have all been given main draw berths.

Davis Cup coach and wildcard selector Todd Woodbridge ... Read more »

Co-Founder And CEO Of Oracle Corporation Purchases Tournament and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden

The BNP Paribas Open, the most attended tennis tournament in the world outside of the four major events, to be held March 8-21, 2010, and its home, the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, have been purchased by Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation, it was announced today by Charlie Pasarell and Raymond Moore of PM ... Read more »

Greatest match of 2009

There have been some great matches this year, with two of Rafael Nadal's Australian Open clashes - the semi-final against Fernando Verdasco and the final against Roger Federer - sticking out.

But for me the award must go to the semi-final of the Madrid Masters between Novak Djokovic and Radael Nadal. It was simply outstanding.

There was unbelievable tennis and incredible shotmaking throughout. Djokovic was sublime, dominating for most of the match and enjoying three match points.

But each time it seemed he must go out, Nadal managed to save himself with shots that were just out of this world, before going on to win the tie-break 11-9 in the deciding third set. Incredible.

Greatest shot of 200 ... Read more »

World No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro has been named Argentinean Sportsperson of the Year, rewarding the Tandil native’s outstanding season on the ATP World Tour.

"Ending 2009 in this way is very nice,” said del Potro. "It gives me a lot of desire and excitement to face the coming year in the best way possible.”

The 21-year-old del Potro won his first Grand Slam title at the US Open, defeating Roger Federer in an epic ... Read more »

The ITF announced today that Roger Federer (SUI) and Serena Williams (USA) are the 2009 ITF World Champions. This is the fifth time Federer has been honoured, while Williams receives the award for the second time.
 
Serena and Venus Williams (USA) are named Women’s Doubles World Champions for the first time, with Serena becoming the first player since Martina Hingis in 1999 to receive singles and doubles honours. Bob and Mike Bryan (USA) are Men’s Doubles World Champions for a record sixth time.
 
... Read more »

1. Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal

Given Roger Federer's domination of the decade, it's almost frightening to contemplate what other records he would have set had it not been for the emergence of Rafael Nadal, with whom the Swiss shares one of tennis’ greatest-ever rivalries. Since winning their first meeting ... Read more »