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The Volvo International, also known as the Pilot Pen International, was a professional tennis tournament founded in 1972 as the Bretton Woods WCT [1] it was played on clay courts to 1984 and on outdoor hard courts from 1985 to 1998.
Reilly Opelka faces potential discipline for his post-match comments about a chair umpire he called the “worst ump on tour,” the ATP said in a statement Friday. Opelka was angered that he ...
Reilly Opelka (born 28 August 1997) is an American professional tennis player. At 6 feet 11 inches (2.11 m), he is tied (with Ivo Karlović ) for the tallest-ever ATP -ranked player, and can produce serves that measure over 140 miles per hour (225 km/h). [ 3 ]
Paddles and balls used in platform tennis. A spongy ball measuring 2.5 inches (64 mm) in diameter is used. The ball can be served overhand. The ball is struck with a paddle that extends 18 inches (460 mm) and which may have up to 87 holes measuring no more than 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) in diameter to improve its aerodynamics.
Alex T. Michelsen (born August 25, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 33, achieved on 17 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 90, achieved in January 2025. [ 1 ]
Paddle tennis (sometimes branded as POP Tennis since 2015) [1] is a racket sport adapted from tennis and played for over a century. Compared to tennis, the court is smaller, has no doubles lanes, and the net is lower. Paddle tennis is played with a solid perforated paddle, as opposed to a strung racquet, and a lower pressure tennis ball.
The company was founded in 1970 by Robert Hirt McClure (1893–1991) of Princeton, New Jersey (the origin of the company's name) as a manufacturer of tennis-ball machines, and soon after, rackets. Howard Head , founder of the Head sporting goods company, took tennis lessons following his retirement and used a Prince tennis ball machine, but was ...
Reilly Opelka and Tommy Paul will play in a charity tennis exhibition Thursday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. at The Boulevard Tennis Club in Vero Beach.