Novak Djokovic traded his tennis racket for a set of golf clubs when he played in an All-Star event at the Ryder Cup.
Just eight players in the Top 25 remain in a WTA 1000 level.
Is Simona Halep's career over?
A quick recap on the US Open.
Novak Djokovic began 2023 winning a Slam and he ends it winning No. 24.
Watch the moment Great Britain's Dan Evans and Neal Skupski complete a thrilling comeback, saving four match points to beat France and advance to the last eight of the Davis Cup.
Watch the best shots as Great Britain's Dan Evans comes from behind to beat France's Arthur Fils 3-6 6-3 6-4 at the Davis Cup in Manchester.
Britain's Harriet Dart loses to Belgium's Greet Minnen and misses out on a place in the quarter-finals at the Guangzhou Open in China.
Great Britain will play Novak Djokovic’s Serbia in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in Malaga in November.
Dan Evans and Neal Skupski save four match points before winning a nerve-wracking Davis Cup decider against France.
Three players have qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals: Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev. Who will move closer to earning a spot in Turin this week, with events taking place in Beijing and Astana?
Only 630 points separate fifth-placed Andrey Rublev and ninth-placed Taylor Fritz. With 12 of the Top 15 players in the Live Race competing this week at the China Open, an ATP 500 event, there will be plenty of opportunities for moves to be made.
ATPTour.com looks at players in contention for the season finale.
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No. 7 Alexander Zverev
The German moved from eighth place to seventh place in the Live Race with his run in Chengdu, where he claimed his second title of the season (also Hamburg). The 26-year-old is now 215 points clear of Holger Rune...
Wild card Alexander Shevchenko snapped a four-match losing streak on Wednesday at the Astana Open, where he overcame Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-4, 6-3 at the ATP 250 event.
Shevchenko earned his first tour-level hard-court wins in Washington in August, when he defeated Maxime Cressy and Sebastian Korda. The 22-year-old looked sharp against van de Zandschulp, breaking the World No. 68’s serve four times to advance in the pair’s first Lexus ATP Head2Head meeting.
Shevchenko, currently No. 84 in the Pepperstone ATP Live Rankings, will next play Hamad Medjedovic after the #NextGenATP Serbian advanced against Laslo Djere.
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Medjedovic was leading 6-3, 2-1 on tournament debut when countryman Djere was forced to retire. The 20-year-old Medjedovic, who is the youngest player in the draw, is aiming for a deep run in Astana to boost his Next Gen ATP Finals chances.
The Serbian is currently ninth in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Jeddah,...
Carlos Alcaraz arrives at the China Open with double motivation. If the Spaniard can capture his seventh tour-level title of the season at the ATP 500, he would close the gap to 315 points on Novak Djokovic in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin.
The Spaniard is chasing a second consecutive ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by Pepperstone finish.
“As I said a few times, we have a really beautiful battle for the No. 1 spot after the great performance Djokovic had in the American season,” Alcaraz said. “He's the No. 1 right now. I'm coming here with extra motivation to try to recover it in the Race, of course, in the ranking. As I said, it's something that I have in my mind every time that I practise, in every tournament.
“It's not obligatory for me to recover that, but of course you have to put the goals in the year. So for me No. 1 spot is one of the main goals for me. In these great tournaments, I'm looking to do great to be able to be close or recover that...
Daniil Medvedev holds a Tour-leading 33 wins on hard courts this year and has lifted four trophies on the surface, equal with Novak Djokovic. Arriving at the China Open this week, the World No. 3 is determined to add to his title collection.
“It's my first time in Beijing. The tournament is super strong. So if you win it, it's great. It's a great memory. It's great for the confidence. There are still some important tournaments to come, so the better you play the end of the season, the better you play the beginning of the next one,” Medvedev said during his pre-tournament press conference. “The motivation is to try to do all this, to continue proving to yourself that you can win these big tournaments, big titles, against big opponents.”
Medvedev is making his debut in Beijing and arrives at the ATP 500 event off the back of a run to the title match at the US Open, where he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals.
The 27-year-old is excited by the possibility...
From teen prodigy to established Top 10 star, Jannik Sinner has become one of the most exciting young players on the ATP Tour.
Yet the story of the 22-year-old’s success is far from a one-man show, and for the 2023 season he has been accompanied at tournaments by any of four regular team members – coaches Simone Vagnozzi and Darren Cahill, physio Giacomo Naldi and fitness coach Umberto Ferrara.
The ATP Tour caught up with Team Sinner to find out more about the inner workings of the eight-time tour-level champion’s quest to reach the very top of the game.
Jannik Sinner
“I would describe my team as nice people, happy people,” Sinner told the ATP Tour earlier this year. “Everyone knows very well what he has to do. I feel good with them and lucky to have them, so I think it is a very good team.”
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As he began his title defence at the 2023 US Open, Carlos Alcaraz said he felt like a better player than when he won his first major title in New York. While the Spaniard could not repeat his trophy feat at the hard-court Slam, his statistics this season trump his 2022 campaign almost across the board.
There is one key measure by which Alcaraz is off his previous pace: the Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Alcaraz debuted at World No. 1 following his US Open triumph last year and held onto that position to finish the year as the ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by Pepperstone. This September, he sits at No. 2.
But a closer look reveals that the 20-year-old has improved even by the measure of the Pepperstone ATP Rankings.
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After finishing the 2022 season with 6,820 points, Alcaraz already has 8,175 points in this year's Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin. He's just 770 points behind Novak Djokovic in the Live Race, with two ATP Masters 1000s (Shanghai, Paris...
Liam Broady reached the Wimbledon boys’ singles final aged 17 and after turning 18, became the No. 2 junior in the world. After more than a decade, the Briton has made his biggest breakthrough on the ATP Tour.
On Tuesday, 29-year-old Broady cracked the Top 100 in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings for the first time by climbing to a career-high World No. 93. The lefty credits his surge over the past few years to a change in mentality, how he treats his career and his attitude on the court. Why did he make that shift?
“Partly the feeling like I'm a bit of a disappointment to what my junior career was, and feeling like I was wasting my talent. I also didn't really want to live with that feeling anymore of being rubbish or being trash at tennis and knowing I could do something about it,” Broady told ATPTour.com in July. “Whereas nowadays, I go to bed at night and I feel like, ‘Yeah, I'm doing everything I can to be better at the sport.’ I'm doing everything I can to try and...
Eight of the Top 10 players in the Pepperstone ATP Rankings are set to compete at the China Open in Beijing, including debutants Carlos Alcaraz and Daniil Medvedev. In addition to the star-studded ATP 500, this week will also see ATP 250 action at the Astana Open, where home favourite Alexander Bublik joins Stan Wawrinka and Dominic Thiem in the field.
ATPTour.com looks ahead at 10 things to watch this week.
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FIVE THINGS TO WATCH IN BEIJING
1) Alcaraz Returns To Action: Alcaraz is set for his first tournament since his semi-final defeat to Medvedev at the US Open. The Spaniard enters Beijing just 770 points behind Novak Djokovic in the Pepperstone ATP Live Race To Turin, which also serves as a barometre for the battle for ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by Pepperstone. With strong results in Beijing and the following week at the Rolex Shanghai Masters, Alcaraz could leave Asia in fist place in the Live Race. He will face a qualifier...
Alexander Zverev completed a hard-earned title run on Tuesday evening in China as he claimed a 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 6-3 championship match win against Roman Safiullin at the Chengdu Open.
Zverev sealed his third three-set win in four matches at the ATP 250 by holding firm in the face of a clean-hitting display from Safiullin, who was competing in his maiden tour-level final. Zverev was two points from defeat at 5/5 in the second-set tie-break but he raised his level to seal a two-hour, 56-minute triumph and claim his 21st tour-level crown.
“He’s playing the best tennis of his life for sure,” said Zverev of Safiullin. “The way he was winning this week, I think he beat a lot of great players quite easily, so I knew that he was playing well. Obviously, I’m happy to be able to come back and to win this title.”
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Karen Khachanov returned to the winners' circle for the first time since 2018 on Tuesday when he captured the title at the Huafa Properties Zhuhai Championships.
The top seed overcame Japanese star Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6(2), 6-1 in the final at the Chinese ATP 250 hard-court event to clinch his fifth tour-level title and first since Paris nearly five years ago.
Khachanov played 'big-man' tennis throughout the one-hour, 43-minute clash. After recovering from squandering a break advantage in the first set to edge a tight opener, the 27-year-old opened his shoulders in the second set, unleashing on the forehand to overpower Nishioka.
Khachanov struck 34 winners, including nine aces, to improve to 4-1 in his Lexus ATP Head2Head series against the eighth seed. Khachanov was competing in just his second tour-level singles event since his Roland Garros quarter-final in May, when he suffered a stress fracture in his back. His victory in Zhuhai seals a stunning comeback...
Watch the moment Great Britain's Dan Evans and Neal Skupski complete a thrilling comeback, saving four match points to beat France and advance to the last eight of the Davis Cup.
Watch the best shots as Great Britain's Dan Evans comes from behind to beat France's Arthur Fils 3-6 6-3 6-4 at the Davis Cup in Manchester.
Britain's Harriet Dart loses to Belgium's Greet Minnen and misses out on a place in the quarter-finals at the Guangzhou Open in China.
Great Britain will play Novak Djokovic’s Serbia in the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in Malaga in November.
Dan Evans and Neal Skupski save four match points before winning a nerve-wracking Davis Cup decider against France.
Since a crushing Wimbledon exit, Coco Gauff has been the dominant player in the women's game, now she has won a first Grand Slam title.
Briton Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram come from behind to secure US Open men's doubles title for a third year in a row.
Hot temperatures continue to affect players at the US Open, with Nicolas Mahut feeling dizzy and Rajeev Ram having to eat mid-match.
Britain's Jamie Murray and New Zealander Michael Venus win their fourth men's doubles title of the season at the Zhuhai Championships.
Team World beat Team Europe 13-2 to win the Laver Cup for a second successive year in Vancouver.
Novak Djokovic traded his tennis racket for a set of golf clubs when he played in an All-Star event at the Ryder Cup.
The 2023 major season is over, which means it's time to look toward next year. Here are our predictions for tennis' 2024 champions.
Novak Djokovic just won his fourth US Open crown, making him the first man to win 24 Slam titles. As he races toward the record for Grand Slam titles, where does his 2023 performance in New York stack up?
Novak Djokovic broke the Open era Grand Slam record Sunday -- but he's far from done in his endless quest for more history.
Gauff became the the youngest American to win a major tournament since Serena Williams on Saturday -- and was on the field at MetLife Stadium for prime-time football in the Big Apple the next day.
Lindsay Davenport will replace Kathy Rinaldi as the U.S. captain for the Billie Jean King Cup after this year's competition ends, taking over a squad that has included recent US Open champion Coco Gauff.
Top-seeded Iga Swiatek came back from a break down in both sets to beat Japanese qualifier Mai Hontama 6-4, 7-5 Wednesday in the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open.
Leander Paes was one of six player candidates -- and the first Asian man in the player category -- to be nominated for the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Karen Khachanov and Alexander Zverev captured titles at the Zhuhai Championships and Chengdu Open, respectively, on Tuesday.
After a supremely frustrating year, Maria Sakkari won the biggest title of her career on Saturday. Plus: Jack Draper annoys Andy Murray and Team World wins the Laver Cup.
Kwon Soon-woo smashed his racket and refused to shake his opponent’s hand after a surprise loss at the Asian Games
A South Korean tennis player smashed his racket after losing to a Thai athlete ranked more than 500 places below him at the Asian Games in China on Monday 25 September.
The 29-year-old achieved the milestone by reaching the final of a Challenger tournament in St Tropez.
Aslan Karatsev won 4-6 6-3 6-2
Federer said he hoped to make more time for the sport and not be a ‘stranger’ to the tour
The Scotsman faces a tough test in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships.
The Scotsman faces a tough test in the last 16 of the Zhuhai Championships.
The Scot will now face Aslan Karatsev in the last 16
The 20-year-old is recovering from surgery with the hopes of being fit for the start of the 2024 season
The 20-year-old was forced to miss the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon.
Just eight players in the Top 25 remain in a WTA 1000 level.
Is Simona Halep's career over?
A quick recap on the US Open.
Novak Djokovic began 2023 winning a Slam and he ends it winning No. 24.
Top seeds Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula hope to rebound from disappointing US Opens.
Karen Khachanov won his first title since the 2018 Paris Masters.
Alexander Zverev strengthen his chances to return to the ATP Finals.
A foot difference in this final, will it matter?
Alexander Zverev is closing in on a berth to the ATP Finals.
Team World wins a dud of a Laver Cup.
