The goal of professional sports has always been to win. Looking good while doing it? That's just a bonus for the gawkers and connoisseurs of bodily form in motion. In professional tennis, the "beauty ...

Changing the tennis stroke you have been accustomed to for many years after reaching your 40s. That is a decision that ...

The one-handed backhand was the dominant playing style for the first 100 years or so of professional tennis. Players began adopting the two-handed backhand around the start of the Open Era in the late ...

It has been a long time since people started talking about the decline of the one-handed backhand.Previously, there were many ...

On social media, a new campaign started after an appeal was made from the Grandstand stadium in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Centre in New York. “I’d like to start some sort of movement,” said ...

For 149 years, a player with a one-handed backhand appeared in every Grand Slam semifinal. That streak ended at the 2026 US ...

Why it is a blessing in disguise that Novak Djokovic has failed to qualify for the ATP Finals this year Novak Djokovic’s desperate late bid to qualify for the ATP Finals has sadly come to an end, ...

Did you know that no player with a one-handed backhand has reached a Grand Slam semifinal in 2026? If this continues at the US Open, it will be the first year since the inaugural Wimbledon in 1877 ...

It’s easier to get more spin and power on your backhand using two hands on the racquet. The fundamentals are important: Start with your grip and then worry about getting your follow-through and hips ...

Stan Wawrinka retired from tennis after losing to Jiri Lehecka in the first round of the 2026 Swiss Indoors. The three-time Grand Slam champion played... Gael Monfils was due to compete in the Lyon ...

With the Italian finishing 2025 at No. 8, there's still been at least one one-handed backhand in every year-end Top 10 in ATP rankings history, which dates back to 1973. This week on Tennis.com, we'll ...