South Africa tennis has a new bright young star to celebrate after Connor Doig and his Bulgarian partner Dimitar Kisimov won the Australian Open junior boys doubles title in Melbourne. The duo proved too much for the Australian wildcard pairing of Ymerali Ibraimi and Cooper Kose, winning 6-3, 6-4. Doig, who became the…

South Africa's men's Davis Cup players will next compete in the World Group II playoffs early next year, after they lost 4-1 to while Morocco in their World Group II Davis Cup tie at Groenkloof Tennis Club in Pretoria. Having lost the first two singles matches the day before, the SA squad bounced back in the…

When Jessica Schilz was 12 years old, she was told by doctors that she would never play sport again after intensive spinal fusion surgery. However, her indomitable spirit is such that as we're talking she is a silver medallist for Team SA after reaching the singles tennis final at the recent Region 5 Youth…

South Africa's top-ranked tennis player Lloyd Harris won his opening match at a sweltering Wimbledon and will now face a familiar foe in Russian Andrey Rublev. The 28-year-old Harris is on the comeback trail and featuring in his second Grand Slam of the year. There, ironically given what's coming up, he came up against Rublev in…

Lloyd Harris, the only South African in the men’s singles draw of the French Open, was beaten in the first round by the No15 seed Andrey Rublev in four sets at Roland Garros. Harris, who is making his way back up the rankings after an extended absence due to injury, stretched the fancied Russian to…

South Africa has one representative in the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros, with Lloyd Harris coming up against the 17th seed Andrey Rublev of Russia in a tough opening round match on Sunday. The 28-year-old Harris booked his spot in the main draw by winning his way through the qualifying event, and stunned…

South Africa completed the job on Sunday when they eased to a 3-1 overall win over NIgeria in their Davis Cup World Group II Playoff tie in Pretoria, after the scores had been level at 1-1 after Saturday’s action.  South Africa’s top-ranked player Philip Henning finished the tie on Sunday, winning his reverse singles rubber…

South Africa head into Sunday’s reverse singles and doubles match of their World Group II Playofs tie against Nigeria with the score delicately balanced at 1-1 at the Groenkloof Tennis Cup on Pretoria. The hosts were expected to comfortably sweep aside their African opponents and were on track to doing so when Philip Henning cruised to…

While the first tennis Grand Slam event of the year is taking place in Melbourne, there are no South Africans in the draw for the men’s and women’s singles, nor in any of the doubles competitions. However, there is representation in the wheelchair tennis event at the Australian Open from next week. In the women’s singles…