In Melbourne, one of the most dominant signs read Just In Time, a tribute to Justine Henin’s return to the tour.

Elena Dementieva has had to endure the label so many tennis players and golfers dread: the best player never to win a major. Spain’s Sergio Garcia is widely regarded as the male golfer who ought to have won a prestigious championship by now, but hasn’t. In men’s tennis, Andy Murray and Nikolay Davydenko are battling for that double-edged distinction, which carries with it both a compliment and a deficiency.

The Open 13 in Marseilles, France, an ATP 250 event played on indoor hardcourts, has completed most of its 14 first-round matches. The tournament field was supposed to include Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro, but the two stars pulled out of the event for different reasons (and, for that matter, with different levels [...]

Margaret Smith Court won more Grand Slam singles titles than Martina Navratilova. So did Steffi Graf. Chris Evert won just as many Major singles championships as her good friend managed to do. If you wanted to say that Navratilova is not the greatest singles player in the history of women’s tennis, you could make a [...]

Sixteen long years after having her career derailed, a renewed Monica Seles found reason to celebrate once again. The best ballstriker in the past 25 years of women’s tennis – for reasons beyond her control –could not become the single most accomplished champion in the history of her sport, but the nine-time Major champion was [...]

Melanie Oudin is up to her old tricks. The spunky American mounted an unlikely rally and surged past veteran Agnes Szavay in the quarterfinals of the $700,000 Open GDF Suez in Paris on Friday. An enthusiastic crowd wildly encouraged the underdog who at one point trailed 2-6, 1-3 against the savvy and seemingly dominant competitor. [...]

The city of love is falling for Melanie Oudin and the feeling is mutual. Oudin, who captured the hearts of tennis fans with her stirring play at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open, has found her game on the Paris stage. 2010 has been a fairly rude wake-up call for the young American. After first round [...]

When you think of stylish Swiss tennis, you think of Roger Federer, but before the “Basel Dazzle” became the greatest Grand Slam champion in the Open Era, a Swiss Miss made her own mark on the world of Major tournament tennis. Martina Hingis is not yet 30 years old, and yet she’s in many ways [...]

The first thing that needs to be said about Marat Safin is that 99.5 percent of human beings would love to have this enigmatic Russian’s problems. This magnetic Muscovite with movie-star looks, a body tailor-made for tennis success, and a full assortment of formidable skills won over $14 million, traveled the world, won two Major [...]

Nadia Petrova is many things to many people. She is one of those players on the tour that other players dread to see across the net.