Henri Cochet was born in Lyon in 1901. His father worked at the local tennis club, and this was how young Henri began playing at the age of eight, practicing with his friends when the courts were unoccupied. Henri began winning his first tournaments in 1920, and made himself famous the following year, when, a complete unknown in the capital city, he won the Paris Indoor Natio...

On this day, March 31, 1997, Martina Hingis, who had triumphed at the Miami Open the day before, became the youngest world No 1 in tennis history, at the age of 16 years and 152 days. The “Swiss Miss”, who had started the season as world No 6, had claimed her first Grand Slam title in Australia in January and she remained undefeated until this point in 1997. She would sit on ...

A last-minute shake-up in Nîmes as the first leg of the 2026 UTS circuit kicks off in the Arènes de Nîmes this Friday. Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina has been forced to withdraw due to injury, suffering from an abdominal tear. “The Bull” is replaced by Stefanos Tsitsipas. This is not the first time “El Greco” will grace the UTS courts. The Greek reached the semifinals of...

On this day, March 30, 1997, in a clash of clay-court specialists and former Roland-Garros champions, Thomas Muster defeated Sergi Bruguera 7-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the final of the Miami Open, the third prestigious hard-court event of the year. It was almost eight years to the day that the Austrian had seen his career threatened after a car accident which happened just as he had qua...

Call him Dominator. And it might not be enough. Jannik Sinner won the Miami Open for the second time, defeating Czech seed No. 21 Jiri Lehecka 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday to complete the Sunshine Double without dropping a single set – the first man in the tournament’s history to achieve the feat, the first to win it at all since Roger Federer in 2017, and only the eighth man ever to c...