On March 21, 2025, some of the biggest names in professional tennis signed a letter “seeking more prize money and a greater say in what they called ‘decisions that directly impact us.’”[1] News of this letter is only just breaking, coincidently a little over two weeks after the Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA) filed a... Continue Reading →
On August 20th, 2024, right before the start of the US Open, Italy’s Jannik Sinner officially received an anti-doping sanction due to testing positive for Clostebol, a banned anabolic steroid.[1] Sinner originally tested positive – twice via a urine sample – for the banned substance this past March during the Indian Wells Masters 1000 Tennis... Continue Reading →
In 2022, high school senior Reese Brantmeier was the number one girl’s college prospect in the United States.[1] Accordingly, because Brantmeier was at the upper echelon of American junior tennis, she had a choice to make – turn professional or go to college. Brantmeier ultimately chose the latter and “accepted a scholarship to play for... Continue Reading →
Last week, an Illinois jury awarded $2.9M in damages to Brian Holzgrafe, the former tennis coach at Quincy University (QU). The award is for Holzgrafe’s counterclaims against a former QU student-athlete. The $2.9M is comprised of $2M for damage to Holzgrafe’s reputation and emotional distress, along with $40,000 for loss of wages and $874,000 in... Continue Reading →
- The U.S. is Cracking Down with RADA - In recent years, the Olympic Games and international competitions have been peppered with doping scandals. Team Russia and doping scandals have almost become synonymous (read about figure skater Kamila Valieva’s scandal here). However, Russia is not the only offender; other countries have had their fair share... Continue Reading →
"Could you give us a twirl and tell us about your outfit?"[2] This question was posed to Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard in an interview at the Australian Open in 2015. Rather than interviewing Bouchard about her winning performance on the court, the interviewer asked Bouchard to comment on her tennis outfit. This interview was highly... Continue Reading →
Forbes publishes a list of the Top 10 highest grossing female athletes in the world each year, and in 2017, eight of these ten women were tennis players. Among women’s professional sports, tennis is by far the most popular due in large part to the increasingly equal TV face time and prize money the sport’s... Continue Reading →