Shahida Jacobs

From teenage star to an all-time tennis great, Rafael Nadal's career was nothing short of remarkable and he has inspired many a tennis player along the way, including youngsters Alex Michelsen and Joao Fonseca.

Coco Gauff has been labelled as one of the favourites to win next year's Australian Open following her excellent end to the 2024 campaign.

The addition of a new coach to Carlos Alcaraz's team ahead of the 2025 tennis season means Juan Carlos Ferrero won't travel to all tournaments in future, but there is no doubt about who is “the boss”.

There is potentially good news and bad news for Jannik Sinner following the World Anti-Doping Agency's (WADA) decision to appeal against the International Tennis Integrity Agency's (ITIA) decision not to suspend him after his failed anti-doping tests.

Barbora Krejcikova won one of the four biggest titles in women's tennis during the 2024 season, but she was still overlooked for the Czech Republic's top sports award of the year.

Joao Fonseca started the 2024 Next Gen ATP Finals with career prize money of $292,146, but he will have more than double that once the tournament is completed.

Rafael Nadal has the record for longest win streak of clay, Roger Federer has the longest unbeaten run on the other two surfaces, but Novak Djokovic trumps the two in terms of longest overall match-winning streak.

Rafael Nadal's astonishing streak on clay will be hard to break.

Coco Gauff has been backed to become WTA world No 1 with ATP player Chris Eubanks suggesting she could achieve the feat for the first career during the 2025 tennis season.

Former world No 7 Marion Bartoli admits at some point “you just get fed up” with Nick Kyrgios' “provocative statements” with her comments coming on the back of his latest attack on Jannik Sinner.