Tennis

Best Matches of the Year (ATP and WTA Tour Reviews)

• 2013 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2013 Best Women's Matches of the Year
• 2012 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2011 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2011 Best Women's Matches of the Year
• 2010 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2010 Best Women's Matches of the Year
• 2009 Best Women's Matches of the Year
• 2009 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2007 Best Women's Matches of the Year
• 2006 Best Women's Matches of the Year.
• 2006 Best Men's Matches of the Year
• 2005 Best Women's Matches of the Year

I am a huge tennis fan. I both play it and watch it. A lot. (More watching than playing these days.)

I have been to the sites of all four Grand Slam tournaments: Melbourne (2000), Paris (2000, 2018), Wimbledon (2010) and New York (2000, 2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022).

I have also been to ATP Masters level tournaments in Rome (2012), Madrid (2012), Toronto (2012), and Indian Wells (2006, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023). I have also attended the CitiOpen in Washington, D.C. (2016, 2018).

I generally blog about the latter rounds of the major tournaments and try to predict the results of matches. Below you can access my coverage of the four grand slams by clicking on each of the logos below, or by individual year.

2024

• Australian Open 
• Men: Sinner d. Medvedev
• Women: Sabalenka d. Zheng
• French Open 
• Men: Alcaraz d. Zverev
• Women: Swiatek d. Paolini
• Wimbledon
• Men: Alcaraz v. Djokovic
  
• Women: Krejcikova d. Paolini
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Champion d. Finalist
• Women: Champion d. Finalist

2023

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Tsitsipas
• Women: Sabalenka d. Rybakina
• French Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Ruud
• Women: Swiatek d. Muchova
• Wimbledon
• Men: Alcaraz d. Djokovic
• Women: Vondrousova d. Jabeur
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Medvedev
• Women: Gauff d. Sabalenka

2022

• Australian Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Medvedev
• Women: Barty d. Collins
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Ruud
• Women: Swiatek d. Gauff
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Kyrgios
• Women: Rybakina d. Jabeur
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Alcaraz d. Ruud
• Women: Swiatek d. Jabeur

2021

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Medvedev
• Women: Osaka d. Brady
• French Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Tsitsipas
• Women: Krejcikova d. Pavlyuchenkova
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Berretini
• Women: Barty d. Pliskova
• Tokyo Olympics
• Men: Gold (Zverev), Silver (Khachanov), Bronze (Carreno Busta d. Djokovic)
• Women:  Gold (Bencic), Silver (Vondrousova), Bronze (Svitolina d. Rybakina)
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Medvedev d. Djokovic
• Women: Raducanu d. Fernandez

2020

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Thiem
• Women: Kenin d. Muguruza
• Wimbledon (cancelled!)
• Tokyo Olympics (postponed to 2021) 
• U.S. Open
• Men: Thiem d. Zverev
• Women: Osaka d. Azarenka
• French Open 
• Men: Djokovic v. Nadal
• Women: Swiatek d. Kenin

2019

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Osaka d. Kvitova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Thiem, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Barty d. Vondrousova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Halep d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open
• Men: Nadal d. Medvedev, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Andreescu d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2018

• Australian Open 
• Men: Federer d. Cilic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Wozniacki d. Halep, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Thiem, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Halep d. Stephens, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Anderson, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kerber d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open
• Men: Djokovic d. del Potro, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Osaka d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2017

• Australian Open 
• Men: Federer d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals.
• Women: Serena d. Venus, Final, Semifinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Wawrinka, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Ostapenko d. Halep, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Federer d. Cilic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Muguruza d. Venus, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open
• Men: Nadal d. Anderson, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Stephens d. Keys, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2016

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kerber d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals (part 1 and part 2).
• Women: Muguruza d. Serena, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals (part 1 and part 2).
• Wimbledon
• Men: Murray d. Raonic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Kerber, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals
• Rio Olympics
• Men: Gold (Murray), Silver (del Potro), Bronze (Nishikori d. Nadal)
• Women:  Gold (Puig), Silver (Kerber), Bronze (Kvitova d. Keys)
• U.S. Open
• Men: Wawrinka d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kerber d. Pliskova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2015

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Sharapova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Wawrinka d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Safarova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Muguruza, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open
• Men: Djokovic d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Pennetta d. Vinci, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2014

• Australian Open 
• Men: Wawrinka d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Li d. Cibulkova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Sharapova d. Halep, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kvitova d. Bouchard, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals (part 1 and part 2).
• U.S. Open
• Men: Cilic d. Nishikori, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Wozniacki, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2013

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Azarenka d. Li, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Ferrer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Sharapova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Murray d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Bartoli d. Lisicki, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open
• Men: Nadal d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Azarenka, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2012

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Azarenka d. Sharapova, Final,  Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men:  Nadal d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women:  Sharapova d. Errani, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Federer d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women:  Serena d. A. Radwanska, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• London Olympics
• Men: Gold (Murray), Silver (Federer), Bronze (del Potro d. Djokovic)
• Women:  Gold (Serena), Silver (Sharapova), Bronze (Azarenka d, Kirilenko)
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Murray d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals Part 1, Quarterfinals Part 2.
• Women: Serena d. Azarenka, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals

2011

• Australian Open 
• Men: Djokovic d Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Clijsters d. Li, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Li d. Schiavone, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Djokovic d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kvitova d. Sharapova, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Djokovic d. Nadal, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Stosur d. S. Williams, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2010

• Australian Open 
• Men: Federer d. Murray, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Henin, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Soderling, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Schiavone d. Stosur, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Nadal d. Berdych, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Zvonareva, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Djokovic, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Clijsters d. Zvonareva, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

2009

• Australian Open 
• Men: Nadal d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Safina, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• French Open 
• Men: Federer d. Soderling, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Kuznetsova d. Safina, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Wimbledon
• Men: Federer d. Roddick, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Serena d. Venus, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• U.S. Open 
• Men: del Potro d. Federer, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.
• Women: Clijsters d. Wozniacki, Final, Semifinals, Quarterfinals.

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Wimbledon

U.S. Open