The sport of tennis has been televised by the properties of ESPN since 1979.
Current tournaments and competitions covered by ESPN include Australian Open, The Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open. Non-Grand Slam events are no longer on ESPN.[1]
Tournaments
Current
- Australian Open (1984–present)[2]
- The Championships, Wimbledon (2012–present, full coverage, 2003–2011, partial coverage)
- US Open (2015–present, full coverage, 2009–2014, partial coverage)
Former
- French Open (1986–1993, 2002–2015; partial coverage)
- Miami Open (1985–2007, 2011–2019)[3]
- Indian Wells Masters (?–2007, 2011–2021)
- Atlanta Open (2010–2017)
- Citi Open (2004–2017)
- Silicon Valley Classic (2004–2017)
- Canadian Open (2004–2017)
- Winston-Salem Open (2004–2017)
- ATP Finals (2000–2019)[4]
Leagues
- World TeamTennis (2014–present)
ESPN Tennis announcers
- James Blake (2020–present)[5] (analyst)
- Darren Cahill (2007–present) (analyst)
- Mary Carillo (1988-1997, 2003-2010)[6] (analyst)
- Cliff Drysdale (1979–present)[7] (play-by-play)
- Chris Evert (2011–present) (analyst)
- Mary Joe Fernandez (2000–present) (analyst)
- Mardy Fish (2019) (analyst)
- Chris Fowler (2003–present)[8] (play-by-play)
- Brad Gilbert (2004–present) (analyst)
- Jason Goodall (2015–present)[9] (play-by-play/analyst)
- John McEnroe (2009–present) (analyst)
- Patrick McEnroe (1995–present) (play-by-play)
- Chris McKendry (2016–present)[10] (studio host)
- Tom Rinaldi (2003-2020)[11] (reporter)
- Jeremy Schaap (2021–present) (reporter)
- Alexandra Stevenson (2019–present) (analyst)
- Rennae Stubbs (2017–present)[12] (analyst)
- Pam Shriver (1990–present) (analyst)
References
- ^ "ESPN eases out of the regular-season tennis business as Tennis Channel takes over ATP". 13 October 2020.
- ^ "ESPN & Australian Open Agree to 10-Year Extension". 10 September 2010.
- ^ "Indian Wells & Miami Tennis Return to ESPN". 14 March 2011.
- ^ "Nadal, Djokovic to Battle for Year-End Top Ranking at Nitto ATP Finals from London - Weeklong Coverage on ESPN TV, ESPN3". 7 November 2019.
- ^ "ESPN Tennis Team Update: Eight Sign New Agreements, James Blake Joins". 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Mary Carillo".
- ^ "Cliff Drysdale".
- ^ "ESPN Serves First Ball to Last Ball Exclusively at the US Open". 19 August 2019.
- ^ "@ESPNTennis Team Takes New York for First Exclusive US Open". 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Chris McKendry jumps the net from SportsCenter to tennis full time". 30 March 2016.
- ^ "ESPN Serves First Ball to Last Ball Exclusively at the US Open". 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Rennae Stubbs".
