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Monte-Carlo Men’s Major Tournament

5 April 2010

The 4th Major Tournament on the ATP Tour in 2010 is the Monte Carlo Open. Since 1928 Monte-Carlo has been held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France (which borders on Monaco), even though it is said to take place in Monaco. This event is called the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters for the 2nd straight year and will be played from Saturday 10 April [...]

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Miami Men’s Major Tournament

24 March 2010

photo credit:emmettanderson The 3rd Major Tournament on the ATP Tour in 2010 is the Miami Open, which is in Florida, USA. Miami has been called the Sony Ericsson Open since 2007. Miami is often referred to as the 5th Grand Slam and has been formerly known as Ericsson Open, NASDAQ-100 Open, Lipton Championships and originally the Lipton International Players [...]

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ATP Major Tournament: Paris Masters

4 November 2009

photo credit:Poliphilia The next major tournament on the Men’s Pro Tour is the BNP Paribas Masters, which is held in Palais Omnisports in Bercy, France. This is the final event this year before the end of year championships and there are still 2 spots remaining in that 8-player draw. Nikolay Davydenko, Fernando Verdasco, Robin Soderling, Fernando Gonzalez, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Radek Stepanek and [...]

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THE WTA World Championships: Doha

26 October 2009

The 2009 Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha are the pinnacle of the tennis calendar, with all events this year building to this showdown between the world’s best female players. The year end women’s singles World No.1 ranking is up for grabs. In no other tournament are you required to beat at least 4 if not 5 of the world’s [...]

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Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha

24 October 2009

The 2009 WTA Tour Finals are the season ending tournament, the official name is, the Sony Ericsson Championships and it is being held in Doha, Qatar for the 2nd straight year. This event is a Tour Championship category event which means, it is the pinnacle of the tennis calendar, as the year end World No.1 ranking [...]

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Women’s Tennis Results in Beijing, China

12 October 2009

photo credit: chascow The China Open in Beijing for the first time on the WTA Tour showcased a Premier Mandatory category event. The 10th year for the China Open had a very strong field as you would expect for one of the most prestigious events in women’s tennis. The best result for a qualifier was [...]

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ATP Top 10 Rankings: Part 2

20 September 2009

photo credit:y.caradec In this 2nd post about the updated ATP men’s singles world rankings including the 2009 US Open results we continue to help you to learn more about the Top 10 men. There are 5 players in the Top 10 who are Grand Slam singles champions and 3 who have been ranked as the World No.1. These rankings [...]

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ATP Top 10 Rankings: Part 1

18 September 2009

photo credit:Roo Reynolds Now that the results of the US Open have been included in the latest ATP rankings (as of 14 September 2009), Roger Federer has now been the World No.1 for a total of 248 weeks during his career. Federer (pictured above) holds the record for the most consecutive weeks ranked as the world No.1, at 237 weeks. Pete Sampras holds [...]

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US Open 2009 Men’s Singles

20 August 2009

The US Open is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. This year Roger Federer will be trying to equal Bill Tilden’s record of 6 straight US Open singles championships titles, which he won from 1920 to 1925. The US Open main draw begins on Monday 31 August and [...]

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Women Battle for Rogers Cup in Toronto

18 August 2009

photo credit:bourgol The 7th Major Tournament on the WTA Tour this year is the Rogers Cup in Toronto, Canada. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the WTA Tour because it is a Premier FIVE event. The Rogers Cup is the 4th of only 5 Premier Five events to be held in 2009. This event has 2 million [...]