Stars still on show

NOV 28th: The world number one and two tennis players, Serena and Venus Williams, have commanded almost €500,000 in appearance fees for the Trilogy event to be staged in Dublin over three days from December 5th.

Hewitt defends Masters Cup title

Hewitt

NOV 17th: Lleyton Hewitt emerged from a five-set marathon to win the Masters Cup final against Juan Carlos Ferrero today to put a fitting stamp on another glorious season.

Hewitt and Ferrero into Masters Cup final
NOV 14th: World number one Lleyton Hewitt used every ounce of his fighting spirit to hold off an equally courageous Roger Federer in a pulsating Masters Cup semi-final today.

Hewitt claims top rank after Agassi loss

Hewitt

NOV 14th: Australian Lleyton Hewitt claimed his second consecutive year-ending number one ranking today after Andre Agassi bowed out of the race with an epic three-set loss to Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Tennis Ireland only consulted out of courtesy
NOV 14th: Propriety Management, the organisers and creators of The Trilogy, yesterday clarified the role of Tennis Ireland in the tennis element of their event next month, which also includes a fashion and music element.

Top three ousted in Shanghai
NOV 12th: The world's three highest ranked players, Lleyton Hewitt, Andre Agassi and Marat Safin, all suffered upset losses in a dramatic day of tennis at the Masters Cup in Shanghai today.

Dublin event awaits sanction
OCT 31st: Despite the large-scale imagination and attractiveness of the star-laden RDS tennis event, which starts on December 5th and involves six of the top 10 players in the world, the competition still has to get the support of the governing body of tennis in this country, Tennis Ireland.

Sanchez-Vicario calls it a day

Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario

NOV 12th: Former women's tennis world number one Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario announced her retirement today.

Costly defeat for Henman in Paris
OCT 31st: Tim Henman will almost certainly be absent from the year-ending Masters Cup after crashing out of the Paris Masters in straight sets to Frenchman Nicolas Escude today.

'Relieved' Becker remains a free man

Boris Becker

OCT 24th: Boris Becker avoided a prison term yesterday after a Munich court found him guilty of tax evasion and imposed a two-year suspended sentence.

Henman defeats Pioline in Basle
OCT 23rd: Tim Henman today became the million-dollar man as his bid to qualify for the lucrative Masters Cup received a welcome boost in Basle.

Dokic dismisses dad

Jelena Dokic

OCT 23rd: Jelena Dokic has taken the first steps to distance herself from her controversial father Damir and has asked the organisers of this week's Generali Open in Austria not to issue her parents with accreditation.

Agassi gifted Madrid Masters title
OCT 20th: Andre Agassi was handed the Madrid Masters Series title today when Czech Jiri Novak pulled out injured before the final.

Stars to light up Dublin stage

Anna Kournikova

OCT 16th: The top world tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, Anna Kournikova and Lindsay Davenport are scheduled to play in a tournament in Dublin from December 4th to 8th in what is being billed as a match between Europe and the USA.

Strategy in place to create elite players
OCT 16th: Ireland may be chasing the rest of Europe in developing elite players capable of competing at world level, but over the next few years Tennis Ireland are hopeful renewed efforts at bringing some of their 50,000 players through to a higher level might be rewarded.

Maleeva beats Venus in Kremlin Cup
OCT 3rd: Top seed Venus Williams was beaten 2-6 6-1 7-6 by unseeded Bulgarian Magdalena Maleeva at the Kremlin Cup today.