Tennis

It’s World Tennis Day, and the BNP Paribas Showdown tennis exhibition at New York City’s Madison Square Garden March 10 on ESPN networks has Monica Seles vs. Gabriela Sabatini (ESPN3) and Roger Federer vs. Grigor Dimitrov (ESPN3/ESPN2). ESPN3 presents the 2015 BNP Paribas Showdown live on Tuesday, March 10, at 7:30pm ET. ESPN3 airs the legends match between Seles and Sabatini, who mark the 25th anniversary of their memorable final at the 1990 WTA Championships played at Madison Square Garden. Then world No. 2 Federer faces 23-year-old Bulgarian Dimitrov, currently ranked No. 11. Federer-Dimitrov will also encore on ESPN2 at […]

The 2015 Australian Open finals are shaping up to be epic, with Serena Williams vs. Maria Sharapova on the women’s side early Saturday morning and Novak Djokovic vs. Andy Murray in the men’s final early Sunday morning. On paper, Williams holds a big advantage over Sharapova, going 16-2 head-to-head (2-1 in Grand Slam finals) and winning 15 straight against her. Sharapova hasn’t beaten Williams since 2004, and is 5-4 in Grand Slam finals. Williams is going for her 19th Grand Slam title, while Sharapova seeks her sixth. On the men’s side, Djokovic is 4-0 in Australian Open finals, and meets […]

Wimbledon finals 2014 TV coverage on ESPN includes the ladies’ final between Eugenie Bouchard and Petra Kvitova live on Saturday and the gentlemen’s final live on Sunday. Eugenie Bouchard defeated French Open runner-up Simona Halep to advance to the Wimbledon final against Petra Kvitova, who won the ladies’ singles title at the All England Club in 2011. Bouchard, playing in her first Grand Slam final, will try to claim her first major victory after losing in the semifinals at this year’s Australian and French Opens. ESPN will air the ladies’ singles final live on Saturday, July 5, at 9am ET. […]

Wimbledon TV schedule 2013 on ESPN and ESPN2 includes 140 hours of coverage from all rounds at the All England Club, plus additional online coverage. The third and most prestigious Grand Slam tennis tournament of the year returns to the All England Club for the Wimbledon Championships beginning with early-round action on Monday, June 24, at 7am ET on ESPN. As if winning the most prestigious tennis tournament isn’t incentive enough, the All England Club increased its total prize money for the Wimbledon Championships by 40 percent over last year. Fresh off her French Open win, reigning Wimbledon women’s singles […]