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Tennis

  • Saturday, 3 August, 2024
    InterviewFT Magazine
    How Roger Federer rode the ‘beautiful wave’ of tennis for 24 years

    The court legend on rivalry, reinvention and regret

  • Saturday, 13 July, 2024
    Scoreboard
    Can Nike stop the rot? Premium content

    Plus, women’s tennis and its lack of star appeal

  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
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    Investors serve, can women’s tennis volley?

    The Women’s Tennis Association is looking to Saudi Arabia and private equity for support

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special Report
    The Business of Tennis

    Wimbledon seeks advantage in quest to expand prestigious site. Plus: Is Ultimate Tennis Showdown the new gateway to engage with a younger audience? Popular console tennis games are expected to lead to an increase in those playing and watching the sport

    A male tennis player in a navy shirt and yellow shorts stretches to return a shot on a clay court, with his racket extended and knees bent. He is wearing a white compression sleeve on his right arm
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Saudi wealth bolsters WTA’s ambitions for women’s tennis

    The tour is also tapping private equity as it seeks to attract new audiences worldwide

  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Player and celebrity partnerships boost tennis wear challengers

    Andy Murray and Roger Federer have taken stakes in clothing disrupters that are growing demand for apparel by using innovative designs

    Man in a hoody standing on a roof with office buildings behind
  • Monday, 1 July, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Tennis clubs grapple with surge in demand for padel and pickleball

    New racket sports provide four times the revenue per court of the traditional game — and some fear they will ‘boot’ it out

    Four people playing pickleball
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Tennis expands gaming tie-ins to win next generation of fans

    Titles popular among younger gamers are expected to lead to an increase in those playing and watching the sport

    Cartoon still image of a tennis player standing and holding a racket in a grass court tennis arena with spectators
  • Saturday, 29 June, 2024
    Special ReportThe Business of Tennis
    Ultimate Tennis Showdown brings immersive format to younger audience

    French coach Patrick Mouratoglou believes the sport needs a shake-up to attract the next generation

    Male tennis player hitting a ball on an indoor court
  • Friday, 28 June, 2024
    News in-depth
    Wimbledon serves up luxury hospitality deal with Le Gavroche revival

    Sporting events increasingly focus on premium packages for wealthy individuals as corporate clients cut back

    A worker cuts a hedge at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    ReviewFilm
    Federer: Twelve Final Days — lachrymose lap of honour lacks game

    Asif Kapadia and Joe Sabia’s documentary has pathos and PR but little on the great man’s tennis

    A man wearing sporting gear and a white headband stands in an arena and hugs another man; around him men stand applauding
  • Friday, 10 May, 2024
    Watches & Jewellery
    Tennis stars court luxury watch brands

    Top players are moving beyond ambassador status with financial investments in a new generation of high-end names

    Tennis player  Stan Wawrinka serves against another player not shown in the picture
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    HTSI
    Sinner takes all: an interview with the tennis world’s new star

    The 22-year-old Italian won his first Grand Slam this year. Nobody believes it will be the last

    Nike cotton Harrington jacket, £61.65, cotton T-shirt, £22.99, elastane tennis shorts, £54.99, cotton socks, £16.99, and mesh Court Air Zoom Vapor Pro 2 sneakers, £83,99. Gucci canvas leather duffle bag, Rolex Oystersteel Oyster Perpetual Submariner watch and Head racket, all Sinner’s own
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    Riyadh to host women’s WTA Finals tennis tournament for 3 years

    Deal with Saudi Arabian federation marks country’s latest foray in global sport

    Iga Świątek playing at the women’s singles semi-final match
  • Saturday, 25 November, 2023
    News in-depthSport
    England’s lawn tennis clubs gripped by padel fever

    Venerable institutions introduce waiting lists for court space as the new game takes hold across the country

    Members of Sundridge Park Club in south London playing padel
  • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
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    Disney throws a lifeline to US Open tennis players amid cable blackout

    Media company gives some tournament participants access to matches amid battle with Charter over fees

    Daniil Medvedev during the US Open earlier this week in New York
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    News in-depthSport
    Padel power: players and investors flock to tennis’s upstart rival

    Social sport enjoys boom as investors rush to open clubs and professional contests vie for prominence

    Juan Tello of Argentina and Alejandro Galan of Spain at the Paris Premier Padel Major at Roland Garros last summer
  • Sunday, 16 July, 2023
    Alcaraz snatches Wimbledon crown from record-chasing Djokovic

    Seven-time champion beaten in intense five-set thriller by 20-year-old Spanish prodigy

  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    Person in the News
    Ons Jabeur, the Tunisian tennis star seeking Wimbledon glory

    Known at home as the Minister of Happiness, the player is looking for her first Grand Slam title in this year’s final

    A caricature of Ons Jabeur, wearing a headband and pumping her fist
  • Sunday, 9 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Grass roots: a slice of history at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

    Step through a portal to the tournament’s past that puts the action on the courts in fascinating context

    A black and white photo of French player Suzanne Lenglen competing at Wimbledon in 1926
  • Saturday, 8 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    The FT Globetrotter tennis quiz: how well do you know your Wimbledon?

    Love all, or game, set and match to you? Put your SW19 Grand Slam knowledge to the test

    A general view of Centre Court shows  Nick Kyrgios returning the ball to Novak Djokovic during their men’s singles final tennis match on the fourteenth day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 10, 2022
  • Friday, 7 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Waiting for Wimbledon: the 100-year-old queue that defines Britishness, for better or worse

    Never have so many behaved so politely, braving torrential rain, sleep deprivation and a 10pm curfew on takeaway deliveries. Tales from a Very British Queue . . .  

    People in the queue for Wimbledon in Wimbledon Park, with a man lying asleep on the grass beside them
  • Thursday, 6 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Cream of the crop: where to enjoy strawberry season in London

    Nothing says Wimbledon and British summertime like this glorious berry. As well as the classic cream combo, here’s where to find the capital’s most creative concoctions

    A bowl of strawberries with almonds and green marzipan stalks at Claridge’s
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    Wimbledon spirit: five of the area’s best pubs

    Missed out on tickets? Catch a match from the comfort of these characterful nearby drinking holes that are all celebrating the tournament

    The Crown & Rose pub’s terrace
  • Wednesday, 5 July, 2023
    FT GlobetrotterThe wonder of Wimbledon
    First service: where to watch the tennis in style

    Some of the smartest spots in the capital for that Centre Court buzz, from an Art Deco icon on the King’s Road to a pontoon floating in the shadow of Tower Bridge

    Watching the tennis from the steps of Granary Square, King’s Cross
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