Is Tennis the Easiest Sport in the World to Fix?
Tennis clearly stands out among major sports for its susceptibility to match-fixing and corruption. As an individual sport dominated by singles matches, it only requires corrupting one or two players to manipulate outcomes with near certainty—unlike team sports, where bribing multiple athletes raises costs, risks detection, and lowers success rates.Continue Reading
ITF Tour Results – Week of 27th April 2026
ITF Women’s Tour: Wiesbaden 100, Clay: Noma Noha Akugue (GER) def. Mia Pohankova (SVK), 6-2, 7-6(3) Springs 100, FL, Clay: Angela Fita Boluda (ESP) def. Akasha Urhobo (USA), 6-3, 6-1 Gifu 100, Hard: Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) def. Emerson Jones (AUS), 7-6(2), 6-3 Lopota 75, Hard: Alexandra Shubladze (RUS) def. VivianContinue Reading
ATP Challenger Tour Results – Week of 27th April 2026
Seven Challenger events last week, and some big names on the winners list, as well as plenty of first-time winners. Alejandro Tabilo won his 7th Challenger title with a hard-fought win over Zizou Bergs. The former top 20 player finds himself back up to 35 in the world, after startingContinue Reading
ATP Challenger Results – Week of 20th April
No big Challenger events last week, but some important results anyway. Kwon Soon-Woo takes out his second Challenger title of the year, and continues his climb back up the rankings after his military hiatus last season. Andrea Guerrieri broke through for his first ever Challenger Tour win, and he didContinue Reading
ITF Tour Results – Week of 20th April 2026
A huge amount of ITF events going on last week, with Renata Zarazua and Taylah Preston taking out the big W100 events. Zarazua now has 12 professional titles, and Preston has 8, as she gets back towards her career high of 134. Welles Newman, Ksenia Smirnova, and Rinko Matsuda allContinue Reading
ATP Challenger Results – Week of 13th April 2026
The ATP Challenger Tour was again spread around the globe for another week. Great to see Leandro Riedi win his first title in nearly two years. He’s a player who has had top 100 potential, but hasn’t quite got there yet. ROman Safiullin continued his remarkable run of seven ChallengerContinue Reading
ITF Tour Results – Week of 13th April 2026
Two debut winners on the ITF Tour, with Margaux Maquet, and Valentina Ivanov lifting their first trophy. Sara Sorribes Tormo won her first title since coming back from a 6 month layoff last season. With 2 WTA titles under her belt, this is her 11th ITF title. Alice Tubello movesContinue Reading
ATP Challenger Tour Results – Week of 6th April 2026
James Duckworth came from a set down, and an extended rain delay at 5-5 in the second set, to take the Mexico City title, and move back into the top 70. Raphael Collignon took out his second Challenger title of the year, and 6th overall, as he tries to breakContinue Reading
ITF Tour Results – Week of 6th April 2026
Plenty of ITF tournaments and results last week, as usual. On the women’s side, Jeline Vandromme cruised through her W75 final without dropping a game to take her 6th ITF title, reaching a career high ranking of 222. Only one debut title winner last week, which was Carson Tanguilig, whoContinue Reading
ATP 500 Events: Will They Become the New Fan Favourites?
The ATP has long had a clear hierarchy about where the various level of events sit: Grand Slams at the pinnacle, followed by the nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments as the premier non-major stops. The ATP 500’s and 250’s get shuffled down the pecking order. Yet in the last coupleContinue Reading