“I played Kiki Bertens on the old Court One in the rain, and I was not having a good time,” she said in an interview last month. “The clay is so heavy and it sticks to your shoes.

Clay-court tennis is dialogue between players, the ball, the court and the weather. In springtime Paris, the conversation is like no other. Few people know this better than Casper Ruud.

The French Open is one of the most iconic tennis tournaments in history with its red clay courts, boisterous crowds and plenty of celebrities. Here’s everything you need to know about Roland Garros.

Clay court season is officially over, and tennis immediately shifts its focus to grass. For Iga Swiatek, that could provide a fresh start or yet another new challenge. The WTA Rankings were ...

I played on clay with Williams' old coach - here is how I got on Mail Sport's Luke Augustus (left) had the privilege of a lesson with tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou ...

Before that, she had made only one clay-court final. Within a year of the coaching change, she captured her first title on the surface at the 2021 Madrid Open, a WTA 1000 tournament.

AMES, Iowa — A rare indoor red clay tennis court in Ames offers tennis enthusiasts the chance to play on the same surface used at the French Open, completely free of charge. Vitaly Pecharski ...

Clay makes up just a small part of the tennis court, with 1-2 millimeters of crushed red bricks giving them their famous red hue. Playing on clay is considerably different to playing on grass or ...

A history beginning in the 19th century Starting out as the “ French Clay-Court Championships ” in 1891 – allowing only players from France to compete – the French Open was officially ...