2012 | Tennisphilia

Stanford 2012 Finals Live Stream: Serena Williams vs Coco Vandeweghe

>> Sunday, July 15, 2012

It will be a battle between a veteran American tennis star and an up-and-coming American player who is 10 years younger and is playing in her first ever WTA finals when top-seeded Serena Williams plays lucky loser Coco Vandeweghe in the 2012 BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC tennis tournament in Stanford, California. The premier level tournament will have it's championship match today Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 1pm local time. The doubles final will follow after the completion of the singles final. Watch the Stanford 2012 finals live online streaming here for non-US viewers. For fans within the United States, online live streaming links are available here.

2012 Newport Tennis Finals: Isner vs Hewitt Live Online Stream

It will be a battle between the American no. 1 and a former no. 1 player from Australia when John Isner and Lleyton Hewitt contest the finals of the 2012 Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport today Sunday, July 15, 2012. The men's singles final starts at 2pm local time followed by the men's doubles final between the Great Britain team of Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins vs the Mexican-American pair of Santiago Gonzalez and Scott Lipsky. Watch the 2012 Newport tennis finals featuring Isner vs Hewitt live through online streaming here.

Edberg and Becker Interview in Bastad - July 2012 (Video)

>> Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Growing up in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sweden's Stefan Edberg has been one of my favorite players. He was very mild mannered, and he had an elegant game. His main rivals were Boris Becker and Ivan Lendl, and to some extent, Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi. He reached all four Grand Slam finals winning twice at the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. He lost a memorable 1989 final at Roland Garros to a 17-year old Michael Chang. I was very excited to watch a recent interview video of Stefan Edberg with long-time rival Boris Becker at the 2012 Bastad ATP tournament. Watch the Edberg - Becker recent interview here.

2012 London Olympics: Men's Tennis Doubles Entry List

The gold and bronze men's tennis doubles teams at the 2008 Beijing Olympics will be returning to the 2012 London Olympics to lead 30 other doubles teams in pursuit of Olympic glory for the 25 countries represented in the draw. Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland won the gold medal four years ago defeating the pair of Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson of Sweden in the gold medal match. The Swedes will not be playing this year but the bronze medal of Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States will be returning with the Swiss team in this year's draw.

The top four men's singles players will be teaming up with countrymen to participate in the doubles event as well. Joining world no. 1 Roger Federer in the doubles event are world no. 2 Novak Djokovic, no. 3 Rafael Nadal and no. 4 Andy Murray. Djokovic is pairing up with fellow Serb Victor Troicki as one of two doubles teams from Serbia. Nadal is partnering with Marcel Granollers to represent Spain, and Andy Murray will be joined by his brother, Jamie, as one of two doubles teams representing Great Britain.

Watch ATP Newport Tennis 2012 Live Online Stream

After Wimbledon, the grass court season continues with the only professional tournament played on grass in North America at the 2012 Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships held from July 9 to July 15, 2012. The tournament is an ATP World Tour 250 level held at Newport, U.S.A and features a men's singles and doubles events. The total prize money is $398,250. The event has attracted several of the world's top 50 players led by defending champion and top American men's player John Isner. Watch the ATP Newport 2012 Campbell’s Hall of Fame Tennis Championships tennis matches 2012 live online streaming here.

Tennis Olympics 2012 - Men's Singles Entry List

2008 Olympic gold medalist and French Open champion Rafael Nadal, world no. 1 and Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, and 5-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic will lead an Olympic men's tennis singles field that consists of top ATP players from 33 different countries. Argentina, France, Russia, and the United States are the only four countries who will be sending the maximum number of four singles players into the men's draw. Brazil, India, Romania, Slovenia, Tunisia and Ukraine are countries that will be represented in the draw only because the ITF has extended wildcard entries to their top players. The other 56 players qualified based on their world ranking as of June 11, 2012. Fernando González of Chile, the 2008 silver medalist from 2008 will not be participating as he retired from tennis earlier this year. The 2008 bronze medalist is Djokovic, the current Australian Open and US Open champion.

Tennis Olympics 2012 - Who will win in London?

It's a once-in-four-years experience for tennis players in the world's greatest sporting event - the Olympics. For the 2012 London Olympics, the top players in both the ATP and WTA professional tours will be in attendance led by current world no. 1 players Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka. The Olympic tennis tournament will be held at the grass courts of the All England Club in Wimbledon, England from 28 July to 5 August 2012. The men's gold medalist in singles will be awarded 750 ranking points while the women's gold medalist will be given 685 ranking points. In perspective, these ranking points are more than what a Grand Slam quarter-finalist would receive but less than that of a Grand Slam semi-finalist.

Who are the favorites to win in London? For the men's singles tournament - current Wimbledon champion and world no. 1 Federer, 2008 Olympic gold medalist Rafael Nadal, Australian and US Open champion Novak Djokovic and hometown favorite and 2012 Wimbledon finalist Andy Murray are expected to contend for the gold medal. In women's singles, the prohibitive champion is 2012 Wimbledon titlist Serena Williams. Top ranked Azarenka - the reigning Australian Open champion, French Open champion Maria Sharapova, US Open champion Samantha Stosur, world no. 2 Agnieszka Radwanska and 2011 Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova are expected to challenge Williams for the gold medal.

Don't forget to return in two-weeks time as this blog will be covering the 2012 London Olympics tennis events. Five gold medal events are going to be contested - the men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and the mixed doubles, a new event being played for the first time in 2012.

Related Links: Women's Singles Entry List | Men's Singles Entry List | Women's Doubles Entry List | Men's Doubles Entry List | Mixed Doubles Entry List | Watch Tennis Olympics 2012 Live Streaming | 2012 London Olympics - Tennis TV Schedule

Tennis Olympics 2012 - Women's Singles Entry List

Thirty four countries will be represented at the London Olympics 2012 women's singles tennis tournament that starts on July 28. 56 women tennis players gained direct entry into the draw based on their world rankings as of 11 June 2012, after the 2012 French Open. 8 other players were given wildcard entries - 6 ITF final qualification places and 2 tripartite commission invitation places. 2008 Olympic gold medalist in singles Elena Dementieva will not be competing as she resigned from tennis in 2012.

Russia swept all three women's singles medals in 2008 but only Vera Zvonareva is returning for the London Olympics. Last Olympics' silver medalist, former world no. 1 Dinara Safina doesn't have a world ranking due to inactivity - she ended 2011 ranked no. 129 in the world. All four current Grand Slam champions - Victoria Azarenka, Maria Sharapova, Serena Williams, and Samantha Stosur - will be in attendance along with world no. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska. The venue for the Olympic women's tennis tournament is at the All England Club where the yearly Wimbledon grand slam championship takes place.

Watch WTA Stanford Tennis 2012 Live Online Stream

>> Tuesday, July 10, 2012

After three weeks on grass, the WTA tour shifts to the hard court season in preparation for the year's last Grand Slam in Flushing Meadows, New York this coming September. The first tournament on the North American summer calendar is the Bank of the West Classic held in STANFORD, USA from JULY 9 - 15, 2012. The tournament is a WTA premier-level and for 2012, it has attracted four of the world's top 20 players. The surface is hard courts and the tournament director is Kim Hall Uliasz. The total 8prize money for the tournament is $740,000. TennisTv.com will start broadcasting tennis matches starting July 13 to July 15. Watch WTA Stanford tennis matches live online here.

Serena, Azarenka, Sharapova's Next Tournaments - July 2012

Where will the WTA tennis stars play next? Wimbledon champion and 14-time Grand Slam titlist Serena Williams is defending her Stanford title by participating in the $640,000 Bank of the West Classic tournament starting on July 9. Other top 25 players joining Serena in California are #10 Marion Bartoli, #15 Dominika Cibulkova, and #20 Jelena Jankovic. This same week at the $220,000 XXV Italiacom Open in Palermo, Italy, French Open finalist Sara Errani is joined by #24 Julia Goerges in the red clay tournament.

ATP Men's Tennis Rankings as of July 9, 2012

>> Sunday, July 8, 2012

For the third time in his career, Roger Federer rises up to the world no. 1 ranking after a historic Wimbledon 2012 singles title that raised his record of Grand Slam wins to 17. On Sunday, Federer dashed the Grand Slam hopes of Andy Murray and all of Britain who was waiting for the first ever local hero champion at Wimbledon with a commanding 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 victory. With the win, Federer overtakes Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to jump from world no. 3 to world no. 1 in the newest ATP tour rankings as of Monday, July 9, 2012. In the process, he now ties Pete Sampras' record of 286 total weeks as world no. 1.

WTA Women's Tennis Rankings as of July 9, 2012

Before the start of Wimbledon, there were three players with the chance of emerging as the world no. 1 player. French Open champion Maria Sharapova, Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka, and Poland's no. 1 player Agnieszka Radwanska all had a chance to be the WTA tour no. 1 player. Sharapova was upset in the fourth round and because she wasn't able to defend her ranking points from last year when she reached the finals of Wimbledon, she would lose the top ranking to either Azarenka or Radwanska. Azarenka lost her semifinal match to eventual winner Serene Williams but just had enough points to regain the top ranking from Sharapova after Radwanska lost in the final. When the new WTA rankings are released on Monday, July 9 - Azarenka would be the new no. 1 while Radwanska will rise to no. 2, a career high ranking. Seven-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams rises to world no. 4, a year after making a comeback following foot surgeries and an emergency hospitalization.

Andy Murray cries in Wimbledon Finals Speech (Video)

Andy Murray, the first finalist in Wimbledon from the United Kingdom in over 70 years, cries as he gave his runner-up speech after the Wimbledon 2012 men's final. Murray lost a tough 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 to new world no. 1 Roger Federer and he lost control of his emotions during the awards ceremony. Murray fought tears and struggled to speak - his first words were "I'm getting closer..." before he fought again to regain composure. The crowd cheered and clapped while Murray spoke through tears, "I'm going to try but it's not going to be easy..." he stammered before losing composure again. It is probably one of the more recent memorable speeches as a young tennis player lets his emotions out after the pressure of being the best hope to end Britain's drought of not having a men's champion since Fred Perry in 1936. Say what you will, this blogger just became an Andy Murray fan today. Watch the video below:

Wimbledon 2012 Winners List, Prize Money Earnings

The Wimbledon 2012 has now come to a close and the biggest prizes went to a pair of 30 year old tennis legends who won their first Grand Slam titles in more than two years. Roger Federer won a record equaling 7th Wimbledon title to increase his record Grand Slam titles to 17. With his title win, Federer becomes the new world no 1 in ATP men's tennis rankings. Serena Williams won her 5th Wimbledon title and has the most Grand Slam titles amongst active women players with 14. Serena also won the ladies doubles title with her sister, Venus Williams, and so she will take home the most prize money earnings from this year's Wimbledon amongst all the players who participated, both men and women. Below is a list of this year's Wimbledon 2012 winners and their prize money earnings.

Federer wins 7th Wimbledon title, takes no. 1 Ranking

Roger Federer won the Wimbledon 2012 men’s singles title to extend his record to 17 Grand Slams when he beat local favorite Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4. The win enabled Federer to equal Pete Sampras' record of 7 Wimbledon titles and also to grab the world no. 1 ranking from Novak Djokovic. Federer started the tournament ranked third in the world but jumped two spots after the top two players and last year's Wimbledon finalists - Djokovic and Rafael Nadal - failed to reach the finals this year. Nadal was eliminated in the second round while Federer eliminated Djokovic in the semifinals. Federer will take home the £1,150,000 men's singles champion prize money while Murray will take home the runner-up prize money of £575,000.

Murray's Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money Earnings

7/8 Update: Andy Murray lost the final to Roger Federer and will take home the Wimbledon men's singles runner-up prize money of £575,000. | Preview: How much will world no. 4 Andy Murray take home as his prize money earnings for his Wimbledon 2012 effort? By virtue of reaching the finals, Murray is assured of the runner-up prize of £575,000. If he wins his first ever Grand Slam title by beating world no. 3 Roger Federer, Murray will take home £1,150,000. Murray has reached three Grand Slam finals before and has lost all three of them at the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open, and the 2011 Australian Open. He lost the first two Grand Slam finals he played to Federer and the last one to world no. 1 Novak Djokovic. Murray is attempting to become the first British man to win the title since Fred Perry triumphed in 1936.

Federer's Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money Earnings

7/8 Update: Roger Federer defeated Andy Murray in four sets and will take home the Wimbledon men's singles champion prize money of £1,150,000. | Preview: Before the start of Wimbledon, world no. 3 Roger Federer holds the record of $71,126,377 in men's career prize money. He stands way ahead of the top 10 players who have earned the most prize money earnings in tennis history. The second place player is Rafael Nadal who passed the $50 million mark when he won his 7th French Open title last month. To put Federer's lead in perspective, the $20 million difference that separates him and Nadal is the total career earnings of Andy Murray, the #10 player in the list. By reaching the finals of Wimbledon, Federer assured himself of the runner-up prize money earnings of £575,000. If he wins his 7th Wimbledon title, Federer will take home £1,150,000 and become the world no. 1 player when the new rankings are announced on Monday, July 9.

Wimbledon 2012 Men's Finals ESPN Live Stream: Federer vs Murray

>> Saturday, July 7, 2012

Tennis fans around the world can watch the Wimbledon 2012 men's singles finals live stream through the ESPN.com website here. Whatever the result will be, it is going to be a historic moment. World no. 3 Roger Federer is aiming to tie Pete Sampras record of 7 Wimbledon titles and at the same time, he will have a chance to rise up to become the world no. 1 tennis player and again tie Sampras record of 287 weeks at the top ranking. His opponent, world no. 4 Andy Murray is carrying the hopes of the whole United Kingdom who has not seen a local men's champion since Fred Perry won in 1936.

Serena Williams' 14 Grand Slams compared to Other #1 Players

By winning her 14th Grand Slam trophy, Serena Williams now trails three other tennis greats in the Open era who have won more majors than her. Steffi Graf's haul is 22, while Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova have won 18 each. But those three other players were from different generations, and in Serena's generation, she is considered unanimously - by peers, critics, experts, and fans alike - as the best player of her generation. So, what does 14 Grand Slam wins mean in terms of the current generation of WTA players?

Watch Serena vs Radwanska Wimbledon 2012 Finals Highlights, Interviews

American Serena Williams defeated Poland's no. 1 player and world no. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska to win her fifth Wimbledon crown and the 14th Grand Slam tournament in her career. Williams scored a 61 57 62 victory in just over two hours. With the win, Serena rises up to become world no. 4 while Radwanska reaches her top career ranking of no. 2. Victoria Azarenka, the Australian Open winner becomes the new no. 1 while Maria Sharapova, the French Open champion falls from no. 1 to no. 3. Watch the highlights of the Wimbledon 2012 women's singles finals here featuring Serena vs Radwanska. Other featured videos in the above link include: Agnieszka Radwanska Press Conference - 07/07/2012 || Serena Williams Press Conference - 07/07/2012.

Serena Williams wins Wimbledon 2012; 14 Grand Slam title

Exactly two years ago in July 2010, Serena Williams was no. 1 in the world and recently won her 13th Grand Slam title in the Championships at Wimbledon. Earlier in the year, she won her 12th Slam by taking the Australian Open title in January. But, things unraveled fast and because of a freak accident and an emergency hospitalization, Serena would be out and away from the WTA tour for 11 months. Then, she started her comeback. In last year's Wimbledon, the usually steely Serena poured her out when she cried on court during her first round match. It was her first Grand Slam in a year, and though she failed to make the quarterfinal round, her comeback has started.

Golf Career Prize Money Leaders - Top 100

Tiger Woods leads golf's career prize money leaders with almost $100 million in career prize money earnings and stands way ahead of any of the other top 10 earners. He is followed by Vijay Singh (#2 - $66.4 million), Phil Mickelson (#3 - $66.3 million), Jim Furyk (#4 - $51.1 million), and Ernie Els (#5 - $43 million). All career earnings are updated as of July 2012. Woods is currently having a resurgence in his career this year winning 3 titles and earning $4.2 million for the 2012 season so far. Last year, he didn't win any titles and earned "just" $660K. Overall, Tiger Woods has won 74 PGA Tour titles in his career and finished runner-up in 28 other tournaments. He has an official world golf ranking of #4.

Wimbledon 2012 Women's Final Live Stream: Serena vs Radwanska

>> Friday, July 6, 2012

Will Agnieszka Radwanska become the first ever Polish tennis player to win a Grand Slam and reach the world no. 1 ranking? Or, will Serena Williams win her 14th Grand Slam title and first since 2010? Who will take home the top prize money of £1,150,000 and be sketched in history as the Wimbledon 2012 women's champion? These questions will be answered on Wimbledon's Centre Court starting 2pm on Saturday, July 7. Watch the Wimbledon 2012 women's singles final live online video stream here.

Watch Murray vs Tsonga, Federer vs Djokovic Wimbledon 2012 Match Highlights

Two explosive men's semifinals, two losers - but more importantly, two winners who will look to this Sunday to lift the Wimbledon 2012 men's singles championship trophy. World no. 3 Roger Federer surprised defending champion and top-ranked Novak Djokovic to reach a record 8th Wimbledon final. In the second semifinal, world no. 4 Andy Murray carried the hopes of the entire United Kingdom when he advanced to the finals of Wimbledon for the first time with a four-set victory over the top Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Watch the match highlights featuring Murray vs Tsonga and Federer vs Djokovic here.

Serena Williams vs Agnieszka Radwanska: Who will win Wimbledon 2012

When the two Wimbledon 2012 women's singles finalists step at Centre Court on Saturday, at 2pm, it will not just be a battle for a Grand Slam title. World no. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland is going against world no. 6 Serena Williams of the United States for her first ever Grand Slam title, and a chance to be the top-ranked player for the first time in her career. Williams is gunning for her 14th major title, and first since Wimbledon 2010. The head-to-head between the two has Williams leading 2-0 but both their encounters were in 2008.

Serena Williams Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money Earnings

July 7 Update: Serena Williams wins her 14th Grand Slam title, her 5th Wimbledon title, and the top prize of £1,150,000. On top of her singles prize money, Serena will split the ladies doubles top prize of £260,000 with sister Venus. | Preview: Serena Williams holds the all-time record of prize money won by a woman professional athlete. As of June 25, 2012, her career total is a staggering $36,046,313. By reaching the finals of both the Wimbledon 2012 singles and doubles tournament, she is assured of pushing her record prize money earnings beyond the $37 million mark. On Saturday, Serena is chasing two titles. If she wins the singles title, she takes home the champion's prize money of £1,150,000. If she and sister Venus takes home the doubles trophy, they will split the £260,000 champions purse.

Radwanska's Wimbledon 2012 Prize Money Earnings

By reaching the finals of the Wimbledon 2012 women's singles tournament, Agnieszka Radwanska assured herself of having her best year in terms of money earned. Before the tournament started, Radwanska's prize money for 2012 is an impressive $2,088,433 haul putting her on third spot behind Victoria Azarenka and Maria Sharapova. She participated in both the women's singles and doubles tournament. By reaching the third round of the doubles with sister Urszula, Radwanska takes home £8,000. By reaching the finals of the women's singles, she assured herself of £575,000. If she wins the whole tournament, she takes home the champion's prize money of £1,150,000. | 7/7 Update: Radwanska lost in three sets in the recently concluded 2012 Wimbledon women's singles final.

Wimbledon 2012 TV Coverage - Men and Women's Finals Live

It's down to the last weekend at Wimbledon 2012 and there are two intriguing match-ups to identify the men's and women's singles champion at the Championships. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, winners of a combined total of 29 Grand Slam titles, will be facing first time Wimbledon finalists who are carrying their nations expectations to breakthrough for their first ever Grand Slam title. Federer is going up against local hope Andy Murray with the whole of the United Kingdom waiting for a local men's champion since 1936. Williams will be facing Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, a country who has never seen a tennis Grand Slam champion at all.

Murray vs Tsonga in Wimbledon 2012 Men's Semifinal Live Online

It's Murray-mania time in the whole United Kingdom. After world no. 4 Andy Murray reached the Wimbledon semi-final for the fourth time in the past four years, all of the kingdom's morning newspapers featured the Scot in the headlines. On Friday, in the second match at Centre Court, Murray will attempt to reach a milestone by gunning for his first ever Wimbledon final against the best player from France in world no. 6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Watch the Wimbledon 2012 men's semifinal live online stream here.

Wimbledon 2012 Mens Semifinal Live: Djokovic vs Federer

>> Thursday, July 5, 2012

There is plenty at stake when world no. 1 Novak Djokovic meets world no. 3 Roger Federer in the Wimbledon 2012 men's singles semifinals. If Djokovic loses, Federer will be the first ever player to reach eight Wimbledon finals. Furthermore, it provides the opportunity for Federer to supplant Djokovic at the top of men's tennis world rankings, a position he hasn't held since May 2010. This will only happen if Federer wins his seventh Wimbledon title, tying Pete Sampras with the most Wimbledon wins. Watch Wimbledon 2012 men's semifinal live online stream featuring Djokovic vs Federer here.

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