Tennis

4/16/2026 |  French Open prize money up 10% to $72 million overall (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — French Open prize money has increased by about 10% for an overall pot of 61.7 million euros ($72.1 million).
The total amount is up 5.3 million euros from last year. Play begins on Sunday, May 24 at Roland Garros in western Paris.

4/15/2026 |  EuropeItalyLatest NewsSportsTennis Italy to launch Wimbledon warm-up event after ATP licence acquisition By Newsdesk - April 15, 2026 (Insider Sport) The Italian federation’s purchase of a Brussels-based tournament licence signals further expansion of the country’s footprint on the ATP calendar, with Milan and San Siro under consideration.
Italy will host a new Wimbledon warm-up event from 2028 after acquiring the licence for an existing ATP 250 tournament currently staged in Brussels.

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.