Tennis (magazine)

Tennis is a U.S. print sports magazine devoted to the sport of tennis. It is published eight months per year, and operates a website, Tennis.com.

Tennis

Cover of Jan/Feb 2015 issue featuring Eugenie Bouchard
Editor-in-chief	James Martin
Staff writers	Staff Managing Editor: Abigail Lorge Executive Editors: Michael Bevans, Charlie Leerhsen General Manager: Andy Nelson Executive Online Producer: Tino Persico Marketing Director: Lisa Buco Senior Editors: Contributing Editors: Steve Tignor, Sarah Unke, Peter Bodo, Tom Perrotta, Bill Gray, Sarah Thurmond
Categories	Sports magazine
Frequency	Monthly (8 per year)
Publisher	Chris Evert Group: Jeff Williams
Total circulation (June 2012)	601,090[1]
First issue	May 1965[2]
Company	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Country	USA
Based in	New York, NY
Language	English
Website	www.tennis.com

History

The magazine was established in May 1965, published out of Chicago with a regional focus.^[2] Asher Birnbaum of Skokie, IL was the founder, editor and publisher. The tennis boom of the 1970s resulted in a rapid expansion of the magazine, both in scope and circulation. In addition to top tennis stars, celebrities like Johnny Carson and Farrah Fawcett appeared on the cover.^[2] It was owned by Golf Digest / Tennis Magazine and sold to the New York Times Company.

Miller Publishing bought the magazine in 1997 from The New York Times Company.^[3] It brought on two retired champions as part owners and contributors: first Chris Evert in 2000 then Pete Sampras in 2003.^[4] In the early 2010s the circulation was 600,000 subscriptions, the majority of which were purchased by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) for its members.^[1][5]

In 2014, publisher and USTA board member Jeff Willams purchased controlling interest in Tennis Media Company, owner of the magazine and its offshoot website.^[5] In 2017, Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Tennis Channel, acquired Tennis Media Company for $8 million, seeking to build synergies between the properties.^[6]

Content

Aside from articles about the most recent events and most active players, the magazine also includes the recent ranking for both ATP and WTA, as well as brief summaries of the future tournaments, their participants and the past winners.

Chris Evert has her own personal section in the magazine—usually the first page—which is called "Chrissie's Page". Aside from Evert, other famous players and coaches also contribute to the magazine, Pete Sampras, Paul Annacone, former coach of Sampras, is the Senior Instruction Editor and Brad Gilbert, former coach of Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, is Touring Instruction Editor.

"The 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era" (2005)

In celebration of its 40th anniversary (1965–2005), Tennis published a series rating the 40 best players of those four decades.^[7][8]

1. Pete Sampras
2. Martina Navratilova
3. Steffi Graf
4. Chris Evert
5. Björn Borg
6. Margaret Court
7. Jimmy Connors
8. Rod Laver
9. Billie Jean King
10. Ivan Lendl
11. John McEnroe
12. Andre Agassi
13. Monica Seles
14. Stefan Edberg
15. Mats Wilander
16. John Newcombe
17. Serena Williams
18. Boris Becker
19. Roger Federer
20. Ken Rosewall
21. Roy Emerson
22. Martina Hingis
23. Evonne Goolagong
24. Guillermo Vilas
25. Venus Williams
26. Jim Courier
27. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
28. Ilie Năstase
29. Lindsay Davenport
30. Arthur Ashe
31. Justine Henin
32. Tracy Austin
33. Hana Mandlíková
34. Lleyton Hewitt
35. Stan Smith
36. Jennifer Capriati
37. Gustavo Kuerten
38. Virginia Wade
39. Patrick Rafter
40. Gabriela Sabatini

"The 50 Greatest Players of the Open Era" (2018)

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Open Era in tennis (1968–2018), the magazine published a series rating the 50 best players of those five decades (25 men and 25 women).^[9]

• Active players are marked in boldface.

Men 1. Roger Federer 2. Rod Laver 3. Rafael Nadal 4. Pete Sampras 5. Novak Djokovic 6. Björn Borg 7. Ken Rosewall 8. Ivan Lendl 9. John McEnroe 10. Jimmy Connors 11. Andre Agassi 12. Mats Wilander 13. Boris Becker 14. Stefan Edberg 15. John Newcombe 16. Guillermo Vilas 17. Jim Courier 18. Andy Murray 19. Ilie Năstase 20. Arthur Ashe 21. Gustavo Kuerten 22. Lleyton Hewitt 23. Stan Smith 24. Stan Wawrinka 25. Andy Roddick

Women 1. Serena Williams 2. Steffi Graf 3. Martina Navratilova 4. Margaret Court 5. Chris Evert 6. Billie Jean King 7. Monica Seles 8. Venus Williams 9. Justine Henin 10. Evonne Goolagong 11. Martina Hingis 12. Maria Sharapova 13. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 14. Kim Clijsters 15. Lindsay Davenport 16. Virginia Wade 17. Jennifer Capriati 18. Tracy Austin 19. Hana Mandlíková 20. Gabriela Sabatini 21. Amélie Mauresmo 22. Victoria Azarenka 23. Angelique Kerber 24. Caroline Wozniacki 25. Na Li

See also

• Tennis portal

• Inside Tennis
• Tennis Week