By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 13 February 2012 The three-way rivalry in men’s tennis between Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer is the closest to perfection the sport has ever seen, according to new analysis by Sportingintelligence of every result in the 175 men’s singles Grand Slam tournaments of […]

. By Sportingintelligence  9 January 2012 . This article is a companion feature to the article posted here today about tennis players’ earnings. . In 2011, Novak Djokovic’s on-court earnings in tennis were $12.6m, which made him the Barcelona (highest earners in football) of the tennis world. Using the same logic, comparing a player’s on-court […]

By Alexandra Willis in Indian Wells 20 March 2011 Novak Djokovic out-fought the game’s prize fighter to win the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, coming from behind to defeat Rafael Nadal 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and extend his figures for the 2011 season to 21-0. Despite coming out of the blocks marginally slower than his […]

By Alexandra Willis 26 January 2011 The cost of raising the next Rafael Nadal or Maria Sharapova has been estimated to be over $400,000, according to a report by Bloomberg. Based on the example of 12-year-old Mia Smith, whose parents have sold their house in order to send their daughter to the prestigious $68,495-a year […]

By Alexandra Willis at the O2 Arena 27 November 2010 Rafael Nadal defeated Andy Murray in a spectacular three hours and 11 minutes of edge-of-the-seat tennis in the first semi-final at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena. The Brit, competing against the world No.1 for the 13th time, showed no signs […]

By Alexandra Willis at the O2 Arena 26 November 2010 Andy Murray will meet Rafael Nadal in the first semi-final of the Barclays ATP World Tour at London’s O2 Arena after the world No.1 blistered through his final round robin match against Tomas Berdych. Producing the kind of unrivalled shot-making that we have come to […]

By Alexandra Willis 17 November 2010 Some of the most famous names in tennis have predicted who they think will emerge victorious at the end of next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals at London’s O2 Arena. Speaking ahead of the AEGON Masters Tennis at the Royal Albert Hall, which takes place the week following […]

By Alexandra Willis 12 October 2010 Rafael Nadal has poured cold water over the suggestion that he is nigh on certain of becoming the first man since Rod Laver to complete the calendar Grand Slam. Speaking at a press conference during the ATP World Tour Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000,  the world No.1 reminded members of […]

By Alexandra Willis 17 September 2010 . Rafael Nadal may be on his way to becoming the most marketable tennis player in the world, striking a chord for Spanish tennis by completing a career Grand Slam at the US Open in New York, but it appears that all is not rosy in the Spanish game. […]

By Alexandra Willis 16 September 2010 . Rafael Nadal is set to surpass Roger Federer as the top-earning tennis player after becoming the youngest player to complete the career Grand Slam since tennis turned professional in 1968. The Spaniard, who defeated Novak Djokovic in a bruising rain-delayed encounter to lift the US Open trophy for […]