1,588 articles
USA Table Tennis
USA Table Tennis, also known as the United States Table Tennis Association, is the national governing body for American table tennis, founded in 1933 and recognized by the USOPC.
USBC Masters
USBC Masters: annual tenpin bowling major championship, founded 1951, run by USBC as a PBA Tour major. 15-game qualifying, 64-player double-elimination match play, $100,000 first prize; 2026 champion Boog Krol. Distinct from local association Masters events.
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, formerly USTA National Tennis Center, is the Flushing Meadows, Queens public tennis facility and US Open home since 1978, with Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, and Grandstand show courts.
Valderrama Golf Club
Valderrama Golf Club, also known as Real Club Valderrama, is a private golf club in Sotogrande, southern Spain, whose course hosted the 1997 Ryder Cup, the first in continental Europe.
Vane Pennell
Vane Hungerford Pennell (1876–1938), English racquets and real tennis player; won 1908 Olympic racquets doubles gold with John Jacob Astor, British racquets doubles champion 1901 and 1908, real tennis champion 1904.
Vasek Pospisil
Vasek Pospisil, Canadian tennis player (born 1990, Vernon, BC), 2014 Wimbledon doubles champion with Jack Sock, 2022 Davis Cup winner, PTPA co-founder with Djokovic, career-high No. 25 singles, retired at 2025 National Bank Open.
Vendula Valdmannová
Vendula Valdmannová, Czech tennis player (Valdmannova), born 2007, right-handed; WTA career-high singles No. 147, ITF girls year-end No. 38 in 2025, and 2026 WTA 250 semifinals at Istanbul and Warsaw.
Venus Williams
Venus Williams (Venus Ebony Starr Williams), American tennis player born 1980, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, 14-time doubles champion with sister Serena, four Olympic golds, first Black woman ranked world No. 1, still competing in her 40s.
Vera Zvonareva (Вера Игоревна Звонарёва)
Vera Zvonareva (Вера Игоревна Звонарёва), Russian tennis player born 1984 in Moscow; former world No. 2, 2010 Wimbledon and US Open finalist, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist, and multiple Grand Slam doubles champion still active in 2026.
Veronika Kudermetova (Вероника Эдуардовна Кудерметова)
Veronika Kudermetova (Вероника Эдуардовна Кудерметова), Russian tennis player born 1997 in Kazan; career-high No.9 singles, No.2 doubles; 2025 Wimbledon and two WTA Finals doubles titles with Elise Mertens; coached by husband Sergey Demekhine.
Vicky Wright
Vicky Wright, born Victoria Louise Wright in 1993 in Dumfries, Scotland, is a Scottish curler and NHS nurse who won gold in women's team curling at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Victor Lai
Victor Lai (born 2004) is a Canadian men's singles badminton player from Scarborough, Ontario; first Canadian World Championships medallist (bronze 2025, 2026) and first Canadian Super 1000 champion (Indonesia Open 2026), career-high world No. 7.
Victoria Azarenka (Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко)
Victoria Azarenka (Виктория Азаренко), Belarusian tennis player born 1989 in Minsk; former world No. 1 (51 weeks), 2012 and 2013 Australian Open champion, 21 singles titles, London 2012 Olympic bronze and mixed doubles gold.
Vijay Amritraj (விஜய் அமிர்தராஜ்)
Vijay Amritraj (விஜய் அமிர்தராஜ்), born 1953 in Madras, Indian tennis player, broadcaster, and actor; ATP top-20 player, two Davis Cup finals (1974, 1987), Hall of Fame class of 2024.
Vijay Singh
Vijay Singh, Fijian golfer born 1963 in Lautoka; 34 PGA Tour wins, three majors (1998, 2004 PGA, 2000 Masters), 32 weeks world No. 1, $71.3m earnings, 2004 nine-win season, 2013 deer-antler spray case settled 2018.
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (Viktor Lundager Axelsen, born 1994, Odense) is a retired Danish badminton player, two-time Olympic gold medalist (Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024), two-time world champion (2017, 2022), and two-time All England winner; retired 15 April 2026 at 32 with a back injury.
Viktor Hovland
Viktor Hovland, Norwegian golfer from Oslo, 2018 U.S. Amateur champion, Oklahoma State graduate, 2023 FedExCup winner, and eight-time PGA Tour winner; distinguished from others by his Pebble Beach amateur title and Tour Championship victory.
Virginia Wade
Virginia Wade (Sarah Virginia Wade, born 1945) is a British tennis champion who won the 1968 US Open, 1972 Australian Open, and 1977 Wimbledon, plus four doubles majors with Margaret Court; career-high world No. 2 with 55 singles titles.
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vitas Gerulaitis (Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis, 1954-1994), American-Lithuanian tennis player, 1977 Australian Open champion, world No. 3, 26 singles titles, famous 'Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row' quote; died of carbon monoxide poisoning; not in the Tennis Hall of Fame.
Walter Egan
Walter Eugene Egan (1881–1971), American amateur golfer, 1904 Olympic team gold medalist with the Western Golf Association; cousin and rival of Chandler Egan, 1903 Western Amateur champion.
Walter Hagen
Walter Hagen (1892-1969), American professional golfer nicknamed Sir Walter; won 11 majors including 5 PGA Championships and 4 British Opens, first American-born Open champion, captain of first six U.S. Ryder Cup teams, first unattached touring pro.
Wang Chi Lin
Wang Chi Lin (王齊麟), born 1995, is a Taiwanese men's doubles badminton player who won Olympic gold with Lee Yang at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, a first in the event, and now partners Chiu Hsiang-chieh.
Wang Liqin
Wang Liqin (王励勤), born 1978 in Shanghai, Chinese table tennis great; three World Championship singles titles (2001, 2005, 2007), Olympic gold in 2000 doubles and 2008 team, two singles bronzes, 25 months as world No. 1.
Wang Qiang (王蔷) (tennis)
Wang Qiang (王蔷), Chinese tennis player born 1992 in Tianjin; former world No. 12, two-time WTA titlist (2018 Nanchang, Guangzhou), 2019 US Open quarterfinalist, and 2020 Australian Open conqueror of Serena Williams; retired from international play.
Warren Wood
Warren Kenneth Wood (1887–1926), American amateur golfer of Homewood/Flossmoor Country Club, Chicago; won 1904 Olympic team golf gold with the Western Golf Association, lost his 1904 individual first-round match, and reached the 1910 U.S. Amateur final.
WCT Finals
The WCT Finals, also known as the World Championship Tennis Finals, was a tennis tournament in Dallas for the top eight players of the WCT rankings.
Webb Simpson
Webb Simpson (James Frederick Webb Simpson), American pro golfer, 2012 U.S. Open champion and 2018 Players winner, seven PGA Tour titles, Wake Forest alumnus, later LIV Golf member and US team vice-captain.
Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics
Wheelchair curling at the Winter Paralympics is a mixed-gender curling competition for athletes with lower-body impairments, first held at Torino 2006 and played without sweeping.
Wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis, founded by Brad Parks in California in 1976, is a Paralympic sport played under standard tennis rules except the two-bounce rule; governed by the ITF since 1998, with Open and Quad divisions and Grand Slam events.
Wheelchair tennis at the Grand Slam tournaments
Wheelchair tennis events at the Grand Slam tournaments are held at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open, first staged in 2002 and at all four majors since 2007.