Pietrangeli was the first Italian to win a Grand Slam singles trophy, at the French Championships in 1959 and repeated in ...

Italian tennis champion of the 1950s and 1960s Nicola Pietrangeli whose records were only recently broken by Jannik Sinner ...

Dancing with the Stars has had a love affair with tennis at times, with Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles both appearing, at least fleetingly, as competitors on the hit American TV program. DWTS ...

Son, Filippo Pietrangeli, lays a tennis racket as the coffin of Italian tennis champion of the 1950s and 1960s Nicola ...

Tony Trabert, one of the biggest tennis stars of the 1950s, who won five major singles championships and five more in doubles play before a long career in broadcasting, died Feb. 3 at his home in ...

Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme draws heavily from the real-life legacy of table-tennis icon Marty Reisman, shaping a bold and fictional 1950s sports saga.

Known for his style as much as his forehand volley, he was one of only three Americans to win the French and Wimbledon men’s singles in the same year. By Richard Goldstein Budge Patty, one of only ...

*** new tennis queen was born Althea Gibson of New York known for her strong serve in lightning fast feet. Althea Gibson took the tennis world by storm in the 19 fifties. She cemented herself in ...