Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Ben Shelton Closer to U.S. Open Title
Either U.S. Open quarterfinalist Taylor Fritz, Francis Tiafoe or Ben Shelton is three victories away from becoming the first U.S. male pro to win [...]
Billie Jean King: Renown Tennis Icon, Activist, Humanitarian
The most important words that have helped me in life - when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong - are [...]
Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss Fund digitization of VIA Archives at HBCU
Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss have made a generous donation to process, digitize, and catalog the Virginia Interscholastic Association (VIA) archives, which are housed [...]
Serena Williams Sets Aside a Tennis Career … Maybe
The sports world’s job-well-done salute to Serena Williams will be staged this week at the U.S. Open in New York, not far from Broadway’s mesmerizing [...]
Major Records Set or Major Change at-the-Top in Play at Wimbledon
An intriguing mixture of tennis superstars, including Serena Williams (40), Poland’s Iga Swiatek (21), Rafael Nadal (36) and Novak Djokovic (35), and rising stars Coco [...]
Ora Washington: A gifted champion long ignored
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Over the years, the sports world has witnessed and paid tribute to superstar athletes [...]
Jimmie McDaniel vs. Don Budge: A Milestone Match
Don Budge (left) and Jimmie McDaniel played a barrier-breaking tennis match in 1940. Seven years before Jackie Robinson crossed the color line in [...]
Hubert A. Eaton, MD: A Key Althea Gibson Benefactor
Dr. Hubert A. Eaton and Althea Gibson. Photo from the NHC Library Star News Collection, courtesy of One Love Tennis. Two well-dressed physicians [...]
Whirlwind Johnson: A Legacy of Leadership
Photo courtesy of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson acquired his nickname and a modicum of national [...]