Out of all our tennis greats was Lew Hoad “the best player to ever pic up a racquet” as Rod Laver believes? Grantlee Kieza reports Now 80, Rocket Rod told me recently that Lew Hoad, that fair haired ...

WIESBADEN, Germany, May 14 — Lew Hoad, the powerful Australian who is regarded as a prime favorite to win at Wimbledon this year, knocked over American Art Larsen to sew up the singles championship in ...

Australia is a large island-continent with a small population of 8,750,000, all of whom seem to become rabid tennis fans as soon as they can hold a racket. Last week Australia’s tennis bugs were ...

Centre Court turns 100 this year. During that time, this bastion of propriety and tradition has also borne witness to a century’s worth of progress and tennis democratization. For its centennial, we ...

The winds in Wellington, New Zealand, last week were every bit as bad as their reputation, and the visiting tennists were every bit as good. Despite blustering westerlies that whipped through the ...