Australian tennis star Sam Groth has earned a wildcard into the men’s main draw for next month’s Sydney International. The Newcombe Medallist only missed direct entry by three rankings spots …

AUSTRALIA’S SUMMER OF TENNIS: Hopman Cup, Perth Arena, Jan 3-9 Format: mixed teams’ round robin and finals (men’s singles, women’s singles, mixed doubles) Prize money: $1 million Drawcards: Serena Williams, …

Tennis great John McEnroe is urging Andy Murray to lighten up and take a leaf out of Roger Federer’s book as the Scot bids to break Novak Djokovic’s grand slam …

Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams have been named ITF World Champions for 2015, after both players won three grand slam titles this year. Djokovic won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and …

Australia’s 12-time grand slam doubles champion Mark Woodforde has been appointed to the board of directors of the International Tennis Federation. Woodforde, along with two-time grand slam winner Mary Pierce …

Four months after Nick Kyrgios served up his infamous sledge to Stan Wawrinka, the Australian says they’ve mended their relationship to the point “it’s almost like nothing happened”. French Open …

A bacterial infection appears to be responsible for forcing French Open finalist Lucie Safarova to pull out from January’s Hopman Cup. The Czech star will be replaced by world No.11 …

Teenager Maddison Inglis will make her maiden appearance in the Australian Open main draw after beating Arina Rodionova 6-4 6-2 in the final of the women’s wildcard playoff. Rodionova was …

James Duckworth has earned a place in the main draw of next month’s Australia Open after Ben Mitchell withdrew from their scheduled wildcard playoff final. Mitchell joined his partner in …

Arina Rodionova made it a wedding day to remember on Saturday, winning her semi-final at the Australian Open wildcard qualifying tournament. Rodionova beat Storm Sanders 1-6 6-4 7-5 to advance …

Top seed James Duckworth will do battle with good mate Ben Mitchell in Sunday’s Australian Open wildcard play-off final. Mitchell, the fourth seed, was the first player through to the …

Queenslander Ben Mitchell has progressed to the final of the Australian Open wildcard play-offs with a tough four-set win over South Australian Bradley Mousley. With the temperature approaching 37 degrees …

As Lleyton Hewitt’s near-two-decade career on the world tennis stage draws to a close, the former No.1 admits he’s been distracted in the lead up to his last hurrah at …

Arina Rodionova still has a chance to achieve her perfect love match this weekend – with a little help from Australian Open wildcard play-off organisers and semi-final opponent, Storm Sanders. …

Andy Murray says he’s ready to leave the Australian Open early so as not to miss the birth of his first child. His wife Kim Sears isn’t expecting until mid-February, …

Marinko Matosevic can talk the talk and the fiery Victorian is starting to walk the walk at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs. The seventh seed seemed at odds with himself …

Arina Rodionova received just the birthday present she was after at the Australian Open wildcard play-offs on Tuesday, and with a bit of luck she might get the perfect wedding …

Olivia Rogowska must hope for a discretionary invitation into the main draw of the Australian Open after the top seed suffered a shock defeat at the hands of unranked teenager …