Age: 20 Weight: 150 lbs. Height: 5’10” Birthplace: Riga, Latvia Singles Ranking: 7 Plays: Right-handed Coach: Jelena Jakovleva Career Titles: 1 Known to her family and friends as Alona- an ethnic Ukrainian name, Jelena Ostapenko is a 20 year old tennis champion...
Any serious tennis player knows how important it is to keep your gear organized and well kept. Having a tennis bag is arguably as important as the racquet itself and having a place to store the rest of your tennis essentials is key. We also understand that everyone’s...
Age: 61 Weight: 160 lbs. Height: 5’11” Birthplace: Stockholm, Sweden Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Coach: Lennart Bergelin Career Titles: 64 Current Residence: Monaco Former world No. 1 tennis player, Bjorn Borg is widely considered to be one...
The first thing to consider when buying a racquet is what type of player you are. Not every “amazing” tennis racquet is as amazing for everyone, and vice versa. In fact, tennis racquets are quite personal pieces of equipment and one man's perfect racquet is another...
The US Open as the last slam of the season, in New York, occupies a very special place for the players and the fans. It is always exciting, intriguing and great fun. 2017 was no different. The long tennis season, the unpredictable and, many times, challenging...
We are excited to introduce payment processing in TennisPAL. Here at TennisPAL we just launched a new feature that gives you the ability to receive and manage payments for events through the app calendar. As a student, you'll be charged a varied amount depending on...
The US Open, as the last slam of the season in New York, occupies a very special place for the players and the fans. A long, unpredictable tennis season, and many times the challenging conditions in New York, can make the US Open very difficult, but very often players...
Roger Federer Age: 36 Weight: 186 lbs. (85kg) Height: 6’1” (185 cm) Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland Singles Ranking: 3 Plays: Right-handed, One-handed backhand Coach: Ivan Jubici, Severin Luthi Career Titles: 93 Born in Basel, Switzerland where he...
It took Renee Richards, previously known as Richard Raskin, 24 years, one chromosome test, and series of harrowing boycotts to re-emerge onto the tennis scene as one of the first professional transgender tennis players. It was 1977 and Richards was back on the same...
If you love tennis as much as I do, you are constantly looking for opportunities to get on the court and hit that little yellow ball. For years, I was chasing fellow players trying to set up regular games, and with everyone’s busy schedule, many times a doubles match...
Has age become irrelevant in tennis? What happened to champions retiring in their mid- to late-twenties? What gets the credit for longer tennis careers: equipment, training, technique, improved court surfaces? Considering that most of the players who reached finals of...
Bjorn Borg is the reason that I am a tennis player today. As a teenager, watching him play the game with his long blond hair, in his cool headband and most of all with his steely calm on the court, made me pick up a tennis racquet for the first time. And I have...
