ROLAND GARROS, PARIS — After six days of tennis in the French capital, a new tournament started at Roland Garros. The players and the venue are the same. It’s still the French Open. But as the rain ...

This is the time of year when things can get a little awkward for American tennis players, especially the men. There’s no way to sugarcoat it. With a handful of exceptions, clay just isn’t really ...

Dave Bobb of Allentown uses a roller to smooth the red clay on a tennis court Wednesday, March, 19, 2025, at Oakmont Tennis Club in Allentown. Founded in 1919, the tennis club has the only clay tennis ...

Long before Rafael Nadal made clay courts around the world his playground, tennis had Bjorn Borg, who, alongside his ...

From Monte Carlo to Madrid, from Rome to Roland Garros, and a host of other venues along the way, watching the world’s best tennis players compete on clay is an exceptional showcase of physical and ...

The king is dead, long live the king. As tennis moves to clay courts for the next few months, one of the sport’s greatest on the surface will be abscent for the first time in two decades. A clay-court ...

Most of us grew up playing on the hard court, so we know what that's all about. But if you're looking to go pro one day, you'll have to fine tune your skills on other surfaces as well, and that ...

In Sept. 1995, a Bettendorf resident ordered 44 tons of crushed green stone to his home off Crow Creek Road. The final product: a green clay, or Har-Tru, tennis court in Billy Moylan's backyard. “I ...

WATCH: Tennis Channel Live make their men's and women's singles picks for Roland Garros. The time has come to retire the term “clay court specialist.” Certainly, there are some players who perform ...

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — It’s an annual ritual. Players descend on the California desert and almost universally declare it an ideal location for a major tennis tournament. The sun, the dry air, the luxe ...