Men's Tennis

Pete Sampras' career would be complete if he won this year's French Open. It's virtually the only thing that the former world number 1 has not achieved in his 14 years playing professional tennis. His form at the US Men's Clay Court Championship in Houston recently was encouraging, where he reached ...

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's seemingly joking remark that he would retire if Russia won the Davis Cup at the year end does not ring untrue. The 28 year old Russian has won the 1996 French Open, 1999 Australian Open and the Olympics in 2000, yet has failed to even begin to get the ...

Lleyton Hewitt pipped Andre Agassi at the post in an absorbing final at San Jose, winning 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4). Both players were making comebacks, Hewitt from chicken pox which had drained him at the Australian Open and Agassi from a wrist injury. Hewitt continued his good form against Agassi, ...

Pete Sampras has once again failed to make it to the quarter-finals of a grand slam event. At the 2002 Australian Open he fell in 4 sets to eventual finalist Marat Safin. Now aged 30, Sampras faces an uphill battle to convince himself that he still has it in him to ...

France gained revenge with an upset win over Australia in the Davis Cup final this year. The last occasion the two teams met, it was Australia who came up with the upset beating France at home on their favoured surface of clay.

20 year old Australian Lleyton Hewitt has claimed the year end number 1 ranking, and confirmed it with victory at the year end Tennis Masters. Hewitt is the youngest player ever to hold the year end top ranking. That bodes well for his future. His form can be contrasted with the ...

Tommy Haas looks to be the next German star of men's tennis. The past month he has shown brilliant form, winning the indoor tournament in Vienna and the Masters event in Stuttgart. On the way he defeated US Open champion Lleyton Hewitt, preventing the Australian from attaining the number 1 ranking. ...

The horrendous terrorist attacks of September 11 have sparked off what could be a world economic recession. Investors are reluctant to spend money in such turbulent and unstable times. The ATP Tour is not immune to the economic situation, and has announced a budget cut of $7 million (US) for 2002. ...

Australian Lleyton Hewitt has stunned the tennis world by claiming his first grand slam title, the US Open.
He did it in some style, destroying Yevgeny Kafelnikov in a lacklustre semi-final, and then straight setting 4 time champion Pete Sampras in the final. Pete Sampras said that "I lost to a great ...

It's been a difficult year for Pat Rafter. After deciding upon retirement by the year's end, he stunned everyone by storming to the Australian Open semi-finals. He led 2 sets to 1 against Andre Agassi, but then succumbed to cramps and a disappointing loss. Then for the first time in 3 ...