Tennis Majors

On this day, July 15, 2007, former world No 1 Pete Sampras was overwhelmed by emotion during his speech at his International Tennis Hall of Fame induction. The American champion, who then still held the all-time record of 14 Grand Slam titles, had been known for his self-control throughout his successful career, but on that particular day, he could not hold back his tears. Pe...

On this day, July 14, in 2002, when Taylor Dent triumphed at the Hall of Fame Championships, in Newport, he and his father (Phil Dent) became the first father and son to win ATP Tour singles titles in the Open Era. To achieve that feat, Dent, whose father had reached the Australian Open final in 1974, defeated James Blake in the final (6-1, 4-6, 6-4). You might also like…

For the second year in a row, Jannik Sinner showed enormous mental resolve to bounce back from disappointment at Roland-Garros to win Wimbledon. Last year, he missed three match points in Paris against Carlos Alcaraz only to beat him in the final at Wimbledon; this year, he wilted in the heat at Roland-Garros but retained his Wimbledon title with a hard-fought win over Alexan...

On this day, July 13 in 2019, Simona Halep handed Serena Williams the heaviest loss of her entire career in a Grand Slam final, crushing her 6-2, 6-2 in only 57 minutes. Although the American, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, was the favourite on grass, Halep played a perfect match to claim her second major crown following her triumph at Roland-Garros in 2018. Simona Halep…

Jannik Sinner’s coaching team made deliberate changes to his heat preparation after his shock second-round exit at Roland-Garros this year, though Darren Cahill declined to detail exactly what went wrong physically, calling it a private matter. Sinner lost from two sets up against Juan Manuel Cerundolo in Paris, his earliest Grand Slam exit since 2023. “It was just one of tho...