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Arthur Géa
Arthur Géa (born 2005, Carpentras) is a French right-handed tennis player, ATP career-high No. 56 in 2026, winner of the Los Cabos ATP 250 and Nouméa Challenger, US Open round-of-16 lucky loser.
Arthur Wentworth Gore
Arthur Wentworth Gore (1868–1928) was a British tennis player, three-time Wimbledon singles champion (1901, 1908, 1909), 1908 Olympic indoor singles and doubles gold medalist, oldest Wimbledon champion, and record 35-appearance competitor.
Aryna Sabalenka
Aryna Sabalenka, Belarusian tennis player (born 1998, Minsk), four-time Grand Slam singles champion (Australian Open 2023, 2024; US Open 2024, 2025), year-end WTA No.1 in 2024 and 2025, coached by Anton Dubrov, rival of Iga Swiatek.
Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty is an Australian former tennis player, an Indigenous Ngaragu woman who won three Grand Slam titles and retired in 2022 at 25 while world No. 1.
Aslan Karatsev (Аслан Казбекович Каратцев)
Aslan Karatsev (Аслан Казбекович Каратцев), Russian tennis player; first man in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam semifinal on debut (2021 Australian Open, ranked No. 114); career-high No. 14, three ATP titles.
Association of Tennis Professionals
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), men's professional tennis governing body founded 1972 at the US Open; first executive director Jack Kramer; runs ATP Tour, Challenger Tour, Champions Tour, and PIF ATP Rankings.
ATP Challenger Tour
ATP Challenger Tour: the second-highest tier of men's professional tennis, below the ATP Tour, founded 1978. Five categories (Challenger 175 to 50), 32-draw events, record $28.5m prize money in 2025, over 200 events in 2024.
ATP Finals
ATP Finals (Nitto ATP Finals), men's tennis year-end championship since 1970; eight qualifiers in round-robin groups; Turin since 2021; Djokovic record seven titles; Sinner champion 2024.
ATP rankings
PIF ATP Rankings (formerly Pepperstone ATP Rankings): official men's tennis ranking since 23 August 1973, first No. 1 Ilie Nastase. Rolling 52-week points system from 4 Slams, 8 Masters 1000, and best other results, used for entry, seeding, and No. 1 recognition.
ATP Tour
ATP Tour: the men's professional tennis circuit run by the Association of Tennis Professionals (formed 1972). 2026 season: 59 tournaments in 29 countries plus Grand Slams; Masters 1000, ATP 500, ATP 250 tiers; Nitto ATP Finals in Italy.
ATP Tour records
ATP Tour records: statistical bests in men's tennis since 1973. Djokovic 428 weeks at No. 1 and 24 majors, Federer 237 consecutive weeks at No. 1, Nadal 912 straight top-10 weeks and 14 French Opens, Connors 109 titles and 1,274 wins.
Australian Open
Australian Open: first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year, held each January on hard courts at Melbourne Park, Melbourne. Formerly Australasian Championships (1905) and Australian Championships; record 2026 attendance 1,368,043 and AUD 111.5m prize pool.
Barbora Krejčíková
Barbora Krejčíková (Czech tennis player, born 1995 in Brno): two Grand Slam singles titles (Roland Garros 2021, Wimbledon 2024), seven women's doubles majors with Katerina Siniakova, three Australian Open mixed doubles titles, and Tokyo 2020 Olympic doubles gold.
Barbora Strýcová
Barbora Strýcová (Strycova), Czech tennis player, former WTA doubles World No. 1 with 32 doubles titles, two-time Wimbledon doubles champion with Hsieh Su-wei (2019, 2023), 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, retired 2023, now Czech Billie Jean King Cup captain.
Battle of the Sexes (tennis)
Battle of the Sexes (tennis): 1973 exhibition at the Houston Astrodome where 29-year-old Billie Jean King beat 55-year-old Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 for $100,000, watched by about 90 million viewers worldwide.
Beals Wright
Beals Coleman Wright (1879-1961), American left-handed tennis player; first American Olympic tennis champion with 1904 singles and doubles golds, 1905 U.S. champion, Wimbledon All-Comers finalist 1910, Hall of Fame 1956.
Beatriz Haddad Maia
Beatriz Haddad Maia, Brazilian left-handed tennis player born 1996 in São Paulo; first Brazilian woman in the WTA top 10, 2023 Roland Garros semifinalist, four WTA singles titles, 2022 Nottingham and Birmingham champion.
Belinda Bencic
Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player born 1997 in Flawil; Olympic singles gold medalist Tokyo 2020, former world No. 4, ten WTA singles titles, 2019 US Open semifinalist, and 2025 comeback after maternity leave.
Ben Shelton
Ben Shelton (born 2002, Atlanta) is an American left-handed tennis player, 2022 NCAA singles champion for Florida, son of coach Bryan Shelton; career-high No. 4, two-time Canadian Masters 1000 champion, 2026 US Open finalist.
Ben Shelton career statistics
The Ben Shelton career statistics cover the American tennis player's rise to No. 4 in ATP singles, two Masters 1000 titles, and his first major final at the 2026 US Open.
Benoît Paire
Benoît Paire (Benoit Paire), French tennis player born 1989 in Avignon; career-high ATP No. 18 (2016), 3 singles titles, 2013 Chennai doubles title with Wawrinka, 2015 Comeback Player of the Year.
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic, Australian tennis player, career-high No. 17 (2016), four ATP titles including 2018 Chengdu, 2011 Wimbledon quarterfinalist; won 2026 Lincoln Challenger, his biggest title since 2018.
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, American tennis player, WTA doubles world No. 1 (January 2017), 30 doubles titles, five women's doubles Slams with Lucie Safarova, five mixed doubles titles, 2016 Rio Olympic mixed doubles gold with Jack Sock.
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Andreescu, known as Bibi Andreescu, is a Canadian tennis player who won the 2019 US Open, beating Serena Williams to become Canada's first Grand Slam singles champion.
Big Three (tennis)
Big Three (tennis) refers to Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic, who won 66 Grand Slam titles between 2003 and 2023; Djokovic holds the record 24 majors and Nadal a record 14 French Opens.
Bill Tilden
Bill Tilden (William Tatem Tilden II, 1893-1953), "Big Bill," American tennis champion: seven US National and three Wimbledon singles titles, world No. 1 1920-25, Davis Cup leader, then pioneering professional from 1931.
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King (born 1943), American tennis champion and equality activist; 39 Grand Slam titles, record 20 at Wimbledon, founder of the WTA, winner of the 1973 Battle of the Sexes against Bobby Riggs.
Billie Jean King Cup
Billie Jean King Cup, formerly Federation Cup (1963–1995) and Fed Cup (1995–2020), is the ITF's women's World Cup of Tennis, the largest annual women's international team competition, with a record 148 nations in 2026 and the United States holding a record 18 titles.
Billie Jean King Cup zones and group competitions
The Billie Jean King Cup zones and group competitions are regional qualifiers for the Billie Jean King Cup, run in three zones across Groups I to IV.
Björn Borg
Björn Borg (born 1956), Swedish tennis champion known as the Ice Man; won 11 Grand Slam titles (6 French Open, 5 Wimbledon 1976-80), 109 weeks at No. 1, retired at 26 in 1983.