Tennis

3/27/2026 |  USA: Rain exposed weaknesses of Hard Rock Stadium. Trouble during Miami Open (StadiumDB.com) The Miami Open tournament was supposed to be a showcase of a modern approach to organizing major events. Instead, heavy rains showed that playing tennis in a football stadium brings immense technical problems, causing chaos. 

3/23/2026 |  Wimbledon wins High Court battle to expand its facilities (Insider Sport) Wimbledon host, The All England Club, has cleared a major legal hurdle in its plans to build 28 new courts and a public park, after a judge ruled Victorian-era recreation law does not apply to golf course land

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) has won a High Court ruling which clears the way for its planned expansion at Wimbledon, after a judge found the former Wimbledon Park Golf Club site is not subject to a statutory public recreation trust.

3/10/2026 |  Indian Wells $1M Mixed Doubles Purse Successfully Attracts Singles Stars (Front Office Sports) The BNP Paribas Open is the latest tournament to significantly increase its mixed doubles prize money to attract singles stars. While it didn’t attract the sport’s A-tier players, it was still able to lure in some notable names.
The tournament at Indian Wells in California announced the draw for its third annual mixed doubles event Monday night, which included Venus Williams, Maria Sakkari, Karen Khachanov, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Leylah Fernandez. The event starts Tuesday. 

3/7/2026 |  ‘Insane’: Packed Women’s Tennis Schedule Has No Easy Solution (Front Office Sports) The women’s tennis calendar, everyone seems to agree, is too crowded.
In January, Aryna Sabalenka, the best player in the world, called it “insane.” No. 2 Iga Świątek said it’s “too intense.”

3/7/2026 |  Alex Eala Has Become One of the Biggest Draws in Tennis (Front Office Sports) As the clock approached midnight Friday, much of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden was ready to call it a night. The grounds were empty and staff had been cleaning up for hours after matches at Stadium 1, the 16,000-seat center court, wrapped up around 8:30 p.m., as with most of the other nine courts.
But the lights stayed on at Stadium 3, where a few thousand fans sat in the cool night for a second-round match.