Once upon a time—i.e., for the entirety of clay-court history until last year ... the ball leaves a tangible trace of itself in the earth. What other playing surface serves as its own referee?

In Madrid, No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev used his phone to take a photo of a trace after a shot he believed ... who’s not a clay-court player, stopping points and looking at marks mid-point ...

Though differences among the surfaces are still significant, the gaps between the lightning-quick speed of a grass court, the plodding, slow pace of red clay and the middle-ground hard court have ...

Jannik Sinner sent a message on Thursday evening at the Foro Italico in Rome by obliterating Casper Ruud, one of the top clay-court players ... testing positive for trace amounts of clostebol ...

Clay court season is underway, and there have already been plenty of exciting highlights and storylines. However, it is impossible to see tennis played on clay and not think of Rafael Nadal.

Osaka has two Australian Open and two U.S. Open crowns on hard courts but has a poor record at the French Open and pulled out of the clay-court tournament in 2021 before the second round to take a ...

Carlos Alcaraz got his clay-court season off to a winning start by claiming his first title at the Monte-Carlo Masters. The Spaniard had to come from behind to defeat Lorenzo Musetti 3-6 ...