Dominic Thiem heads a field that includes a slew of unseeded claycourt challengers including Benoit Paire, last year’s finalist Florian Mayer, Andreas Seppi, Gilles Simon, David Ferrer, and Gael Monfils.

GERMAN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
HAMBURG, Germany; surface: clay

Seeds: Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartzman, Pablo Carreno Busta, Damir Dzumhur, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Marco Cecchinato, Richard Gasquet, Fernando Verdasco

Floaters: Benoit Paire, Florian Mayer, Andreas Seppi, Gilles Simon, David Ferrer, Gael Monfils

Notes:

Thiem the lone Top 20 player in …

Fabio Fognini returns as the top seed to defend his championship, and in his opening-round match could meet his opponent in last year’s final, Yannick Hanfmann who qualified to the main draw.

SWISS OPEN GSTAAD
GSTAAD, Switzerland; surface: clay

Seeds: Fabio Fognini, Roberto Bautista Agut, Borna Coric, Andrey Rublev, Robin Haase, Joao Sousa, Guillermo Garcia Lopez, Feliciano Lopez

Floaters: (WC) Nicolas Almagro, Federico Delbonis, Roberto Carballes Baena

Notes:

No Top 10 players but the hot-handed Fognini …

David Ferrer defends his championship from last year and goes for a fourth career title at the SkiStar Swedish Open, where No. 11 Diego Schwartzman heads a field of claycourt veterans.

SKISTAR SWEDISH OPEN
BASTAD, Sweden; Surface: clay

Seeds: Diego Schwartzman, Pablo Carreno Busta, Fabio Fognini, Richard Gasquet, Fernando Verdasco, Leonardo Mayer, David Ferrer, John Millman

Floaters: none

Notes:

No Top 10 players in the field, and the Top 4 seeds receive opening-round byes…

Wildcards went to …

Kyle Edmund heads the claycourt field that includes French Open breakout player Marco Cecchinato and defending champion Andrey Rublev.

PLAVA LAGUNA CROATIA OPEN UMAG
UMAG, Croatia; Surface: clay

Seeds: Kyle Edmund, Damir Dzumhur, Marco Cecchinato, Andrey Rublev, Albert Ramos Vinolas, Robin Haase, Joao Sousa, Benoit Paire

Floaters: Pablo Cuevas

Notes:

No Top 15 players in the field, but strong claycourters among the seeds…

The Top 4 seeds receive opening-round byes…

Not a lot of talent in the field …

Adrian Mannarino leads the field at the final grasscourt tournament of the season, where former champions Ivo Karlovic and Nicolas Mahut lead the unseeded floaters.

DELL TECHNOLOGIES HALL OF FAME OPEN
NEWPORT, R.I., USA; Surface: grass

Seeds: Adrian Mannarino, Mischa Zverev, Steve Johnson, Matthew Ebden, Ryan Harrison, Gilles Muller, Alex De Minaur, Denis Kudla

Floaters: Marcos Baghdatis, Ivo Karlovic, Nicolas Mahut

Notes:

No Top 25 players in the draw, and the Top 4 seeds receive opening-round …

Novak Djokovic officially marked his return to the upper echelons of tennis winning his first Grand Slam title in over two years Sunday at Wimbledon, with a convincing victory over Kevin Anderson 6-2, 6-2, 7-6(3) for his fourth title at the Championships.

“I would like to congratulate Kevin,” Djokovic said after. “I was quite lucky to get through. I’m very grateful to everyone who has been supporting me. The last couple …

Now only the French Open stands between Angie Kerber and a career Grand Slam.

On Saturday the German stopped Serena Williams from tying the Grand Slam record in only her second Slam back after the birth of her first child, beating the American 6-3, 6-3.

“I was quite nervous before the match,” Kerber said. “But I was trying to told myself, go out there and play your best match, because I know …

Novak Djokovic had to dig deep, real deep, to earn one of his best wins in a very long beating, besting rival Rafael Nadal 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(9), 3-6, 10-8 today in a tight, gripping Wimbledon semifinal that was in doubt until the very end, just like it should have been.

“It really could have gone either way,” Djokovic said following the five hour, 15 minute battle. “It was very clear that …

For tournaments without a final set tiebreaker, put John Isner on Centre Court at your own peril. The American giant did it again, smashing records at Wimbledon with another epic marathon. Eight years after his 11 hour, 3 minute saga with Nicolas Mahut, Isner found himself on Centre Court for a first time and facing another big server in Kevin Anderson.

Isner had led his collegiate rival 8-3 winning their last …

Serena Williams and Angie Kerber dispatched of their opponents in straight sets on Thursday to set up a Wimbledon final featuring two former No. 1s and two players looking to reestablish a grip on the top of the game.

Williams, the No. 25 seed returning from the birth of her first child, will be looking for an eighth Wimbledon singles title and a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title.

She defeated No. 13 …

And here we are, a Federer-less final four at Wimbledon. The 8-time champion Roger Federer was stunned Wednesday by Kevin Anderson who wouldn’t fold during a 5-set thrilling win. The upset still left two of the Big 4 in the hunt and squarely as the tournament favorites.

Novak Djokovic has seen a bit of a rebirth this event, though we seem to be saying that every tournament. But he has been …

What a quarterfinal day at Wimbledon. With the Big 3 – Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic – there were high hopes of another all-star semifinal with the greats of the game. But it wasn’t meant to be as Djokovic and Nadal both advanced, but Federer blew a third set match point and lost in five sets to the 6-foot-8 Kevin Anderson.

The day began with Djokovic and Federer split on …

We are winding down at the season’s third Slam, and just seven men’s matches remain at Wimbledon as the quarterfinals are set to be played Wednesday.

While upsets hit the women’s draw hard, really hard, other than the collapse of Marin Cilic, the favorites in the men’s draw for the most part got through.

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both have reached the quarters without losing a set. Novak Djokovic and Juan …

Both Serena Williams and her next opponent brought their fans to the brink on Tuesday at Wimbledon, coming from a set down to advance into the semifinals at the All England Club.

The No. 25-seeded Williams was stunned in the first set by a groundstroke barrage from the diminutive hard-hitting Italian Camila Giorgi before recovering to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

“I never thought I was in danger of losing this match,” Williams …

Manic Monday at Wimbledon had all the stars as advertised and they didn’t disappoint. What did were the one-sided matches.

Former champions and fan favorites Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic all cruised to victory with relative ease.

Federer opened play on Centre Court and after just 16 minutes, he was already up a set on Adrian Mannarino. Struggling with a groin, the Frenchman still managed to make a push, even …