# \#tennis **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/tag/tennis/35.md [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) --- ## [Tennis 2026 General Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026-general-thread/1026788 "2026-09-17T15:23:01Z")
A new year has started. Australian Open - local (Montreal) boy Gabriel Diallo (raked 41st) won the first set off Zverev (ranked 3rd) - but lost the next three. Looks like a good event. --- ## [Wimbledon 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2026/1031320)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2026/1031320 "2026-07-01T00:43:30Z")
Another Wimbledon under way. Always had a somewhat jaundiced view of comeback bids - Serena Williams lost her first round match in three sets to Maya Joint, an American currently ranked 87 (ATP). The singles match was th… --- ## [Grass Court All set Up!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grass-court-all-set-up/1031031)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grass-court-all-set-up/1031031 "2026-06-20T14:51:10Z")
Just finished painting the lines and setting up the net. (perimeter netting goes up tomorrow) In its 52nd year, it used to be my old man’s, who passed away in '22, but strangely enough the new occupants like the aestheti… --- ## [Tennis 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2026/1026805 "2026-01-18T21:02:18Z")
Australian Open for 2026 is underway and I find myself watching: Federer-Agassi vs Rafter-Hewitt A very fun exhibition. Agassi correctly pointed out that the only non-hall-of-famer is actually Federer at this point. Ha… --- ## [Tennis 2025 General Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2025-general-thread/1012891)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2025-general-thread/1012891 "2025-12-28T20:10:21Z")
Starting our usual annual tennis thread. The Australian Open is on the first round. --- ## [Wimbledon 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2025/1020298)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wimbledon-2025/1020298 "2025-07-14T19:34:51Z")
The first day and #9 Medvedev has already crashed out. He departed in the first round at Roland Garros as well. Second round at AO. Not a great year for Daniil so far. #20 Ostapenko also out. Probably didn’t enjoy the c… --- ## [Tell me about strawberries and yogurt with pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-strawberries-and-yogurt-with-pasta/1020715 "2025-07-13T16:55:55Z")
Not going to judge, but never heard of this dish which has shocked Wimbledon. --- ## [French Open 2025](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-open-2025/1018768)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-open-2025/1018768 "2025-06-01T22:33:03Z")
YAY! teen Canadian compatriot Victoria (good name!) Mboko wins her first match in the Majors, beating last year’s Wimbledon quarter-finalist. A good way to start your first season on tour. Even in the quali’s she won all… --- ## [How do you know you're getting old? Andre Agassi, 55, plays pickleball!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-getting-old-andre-agassi-55-plays-pickleball/1017726)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-getting-old-andre-agassi-55-plays-pickleball/1017726 "2025-04-30T23:02:07Z")
Not surprisingly, he’s also playing in the world championships. I just saw this on NBC News. --- ## [What less popular sports and games do you like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-less-popular-sports-and-games-do-you-like/1014168 "2025-02-25T02:09:43Z")
American Football, Baseball, Soccer, Hockey, Boxing, UFC, Basketball, Tennis, and even Cricket are all very popular. What not-as-popular sports or competitive games do you enjoy, that you think should be more popular an… --- ## [Djokovic's Medical Exemption](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovics-medical-exemption/957283)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovics-medical-exemption/957283 "2025-01-10T14:40:26Z")
Novak Djokovic is probably unvaccinated, and has to be vaxxed in order to compete in the Australian Open, unless he gets a medical exemption. So, he got a medical exemption and the Open will let him compete. Not so fas… --- ## [Tennis 2024 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2024-discussion/996053)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2024-discussion/996053 "2024-10-10T20:01:26Z")
It looks like no one has started this years tennis chat, so here goes. Australian Open is starting in the next hour. We’ve been watching the Netflix series Break Point in anticipation. --- ## [What's the best material for making handles for crochet needles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-material-for-making-handles-for-crochet-needles/1002213)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-material-for-making-handles-for-crochet-needles/1002213 "2024-06-04T18:35:14Z")
So, I make lace shawls with small (3mm diameter) crochet hooks. It’s possible to buy hooks with handles, but they don’t really fit my hand, and tend to be hard plastic. I’ve made them in the past from sugru, and that w… --- ## [British Dopers: How Popular, Really, Is Association Football In Your Country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-how-popular-really-is-association-football-in-your-country/1001366 "2024-05-11T14:28:04Z")
Growing up, I believed (based on news reports of rampant football hooliganism at the time, combined with a young mind that couldn’t separate hyperbole from reality) that every last Briton was 100 percent all-in on associ… --- ## [Bad bad bad Forest fires, Fly infestations and a TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-forest-fires-fly-infestations-and-a-tv/994390)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-forest-fires-fly-infestations-and-a-tv/994390 "2023-12-13T20:38:55Z")
Beware of fire in the woods. We had one. It was on the state land that abuts our land. No hunky forest firemen or exciting water drops from helicopters. Nah. They just had the local yokel timber company goofs plow up a … --- ## [Tennis Elbow - advice for sleeping?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow-advice-for-sleeping/991879)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-elbow-advice-for-sleeping/991879 "2023-10-25T12:29:01Z")
Obligatory acknowledgement: You are not my doctor. I have an ortho appointment on Monday, but I’d like to be a little less of a zombie between now and then. I am 99.9% sure that tennis elbow is the right diagnosis. T… --- ## [Tennis 2023 Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2023-discussion/977929 "2023-10-23T20:11:05Z")
A new tennis season has started with the new year. Did anyone else watch the United Cup? It’s a new team tennis competition; this is the first year. It’s played in Australia, to give players practicing for that Open som… --- ## [How is pickleball different than tennis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-pickleball-different-than-tennis/987418)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-pickleball-different-than-tennis/987418 "2023-07-26T22:01:05Z")
I’ve been hearing a lot about pickleball recently. And yeah, it looks kind of fun. But why is it so popular? It started as a casual backyard game for kids and families, but I don’t see why it’s more popular than badmi… --- ## [Tennis 2022 discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2022-discussion/965460)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 188\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-2022-discussion/965460 "2023-01-09T17:21:49Z")
French Open is underway and we discussed the Australian Open in another thread. Currently see that Nadal, who I don’t think is fully 100% healthy now, is leading over Djokovic. Realize, they have met in the Quarterfinal… --- ## [Nick Bollettieri dies at 91](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-bollettieri-dies-at-91/976056)
**Author:** [@icon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/icon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nick-bollettieri-dies-at-91/976056 "2022-12-05T13:51:37Z")
I am not sure if it goes here or not since I guess he was a celebrity, but it does seem appropriate: There is no question that he had big impact on the way Tennis players were developed, and the list of his pupils who… --- ## [Indian Wells Tennis 2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-wells-tennis-2022/960835)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-wells-tennis-2022/960835 "2022-05-10T02:51:05Z")
It’s started! I’m especially excited this year because it’s safe enough to actually attend again. My kids play competitively and Indian Wells is great for watching professionals up close and personal. The opening Tiebre… --- ## [Disappearance (?) of Peng Shuai](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530 "2022-02-09T01:34:32Z")
Peng Shuai, a prominent professional tennis player from China, recently made a post on her social media account regarding a sexual assault by a former leader of the Communist Party in China. The post was removed in short… --- ## [Australian Open 2022 (no Djokovic talk please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-open-2022-no-djokovic-talk-please/957912)
**Author:** [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-open-2022-no-djokovic-talk-please/957912 "2022-02-08T07:31:42Z")
Just setting this up. Please keep all discussion of the Djokovic episode in the existing thread. Right now I’m fuming because ESPN has gone 20 minutes without showing a single point being played, while a dozen matches a… --- ## [Tennis - Dean Martin jr at Wimbledon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-dean-martin-jr-at-wimbledon/954720)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-dean-martin-jr-at-wimbledon/954720 "2021-11-21T20:31:59Z")
Various sources state that Dean Martin jr (1951-1987 - son of actor/singer Dean Martin) - also known as “Dino” or “Dean Paul” or “Dean Paul Martin” - birth name “Dean Paul Crocetti jr” - played in a junior event at Wimbl… --- ## [One bonkers US Open (tennis)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bonkers-us-open-tennis/950426)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-bonkers-us-open-tennis/950426 "2021-09-14T14:32:02Z")
Without question the most cray-cray major, period, I’ve ever seen. The women’s final this Saturday will have Emma Raducanu, an 18 y.o. who’s the first-ever qualifier to make the final of a major in the open era, against… --- ## [Djokovic gets his 20th slam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-gets-his-20th-slam/946217)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/djokovic-gets-his-20th-slam/946217 "2021-07-14T16:57:23Z")
Djokovic joins Federer and Nadal at 20 slams surely one of the most insane group of career stats of any sport. And there is every possibility of him getting many more, 25 slams is quite likely and even an insane 30 is n… --- ## [Should athletes be compelled to talk to the media?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-athletes-be-compelled-to-talk-to-the-media/943351)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 418\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-athletes-be-compelled-to-talk-to-the-media/943351 "2021-07-02T23:54:13Z")
The latest controversy involves Naomi Osaka being fined for not talking to reporters, and then dropping out of the French Open. I’ve never understood why leagues and professional associations mandate media availibilit… --- ## [Tennis balls in major events](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-balls-in-major-events/932608)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tennis-balls-in-major-events/932608 "2021-02-10T22:04:37Z")
In major events, are tennis balls reused? For example, in the Australian Open, the ball boy/girl will give a player three balls; the player will reject one or two, and keep the rest. What happens to the “rejected” ball…