The first lesson Rod (“Rocket”) Laver had to learn when he quit amateur tennis and turned pro in 1963 was respect for his elders. The cocky, carrot-topped Aussie lefthander, then 24, was far from awed ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It cost him five years of grand slam silverware, but Australian great Rod Laver says the decision to turn professional made him twice the player he was as an amateur. When Laver ...

Indoor tennis has been played on a lot of surfaces. First there was wood, which picked up glare like ballroom parquet, bounced the ball sickeningly fast and with a deadly skid. Then there was canvas, ...

Andre Agassi and Yannick Noah have replaced John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg. By Cindy Shmerler Andre Agassi was beaming. The eight-time major champion was seated at a high-top table in the player garden ...

Centre Court turns 100 this year. During that time, this bastion of propriety and tradition has also borne witness to a century’s worth of progress and tennis democratization. For its centennial, we ...

On November 7, 1977, competition began at an ATP tournament called the Hong Kong Open. One of the competitors was Ken Rosewall. Five days earlier, Rosewall had turned 43 years old. When you think of ...

BOURNEMOUTH, England — The original and atmospheric clubhouse where Fred Perry and Rod Laver once turned heads is long gone. So is the annual professional event, and the shale playing surface that ...

The Australian summer is well and truly underway, with the United Cup, Brisbane International, and Adelaide International all building up to the Australian Open. The nation has produced an array of ...