For a quarter of a century, the women's tour stopped every autumn in Kockelscheuer, on the southern edge of Luxembourg City. The indoor tournament at the CK Sportcenter grew…
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WTA 250, 500 and 1000 events are the three regular tiers of the women's tour. They sit below the four Grand Slams and the season-ending WTA Finals, and the simplest way to…
A standard tiebreak is played when a set reaches 6-6. The first player or team to seven points wins the game and the set, provided they are two points clear. The ITF Rules of…
Every professional tennis draw is filled through a set of entry routes. Most places go to the highest-ranked players, a few are handed out by the tournament, and the rest are…
Tennis has no game clock, so a match lasts as long as it takes one player to win the required number of sets. You can still plan a day at a tournament well if you know the…
What Happens When a Tennis Player Retires During a Match?
What Is a Protected Ranking in Tennis and Who Can Use It?
What Is the Court Pace Index and How Is Tennis Court Speed Measured?Roll of honour, programmes, draws and access maps of the WTA event in Kockelscheuer, in French, German and English.
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How to Measure Your Tennis Grip Size (With a Size Chart)
How Often Should You Restring a Tennis Racquet?
Can You Play Tennis in Running Shoes?
A tennis draw sheet looks like a crowded bracket, but it follows simple rules. Once you know where the seeds sit and what the letters beside the names mean, you can follow…
When a tennis player stops during a match, the result is recorded as a retirement. It is one of three ways a match can end without the last point being played: retirement…
Coaching during a tennis match is now allowed on both professional tours, but only within firm limits. What a coach may say, from where and when depends on whether the event…
Indoor hard courts often feel quicker and more predictable than outdoor ones, even when the surface is made of the same material. The difference comes mostly from the…
Tennis court speed is not left to players' impressions. The ITF, the sport's governing body, measures surfaces with a Court Pace Rating and sorts them into five categories…
Tennis has no game clock, so a match lasts as long as it takes one player to win the required number of sets. You can still plan a day at a tournament well if you know the…
Watching professional tennis live is different from watching football. The players need quiet to serve and return, and the chair umpire has the authority to keep the crowd in…
Club tennis in Luxembourg is organised through the Luxembourg Tennis Federation (FLT), and in the capital the city council publishes a clear list of clubs and courts. Between…
The choice between polyester and multifilament strings comes down to what you need more: control and durability, or comfort and easy power. Natural gut is the premium…
The old rule of thumb is simple: restring your racquet as many times a year as you play in a week. If you play twice a week, restring twice a year. Wilson gives the same…
The right grip size makes a racquet easier to control and kinder to your arm. You can measure it at home in a minute with a ruler, or check it with a simple test while…
The short answer: you can hit a few balls in running shoes, but for regular play you should not, and many clubs will not let you. Tennis shoes are built for a different kind…
A WTA singles ranking is not an average of every event a player enters. It is the total of her best results from a limited number of tournaments inside a rolling 52-week…
First-round losers in professional tennis can earn anything from a six-figure cheque at a Grand Slam to a few hundred dollars at an ITF event. The headline number only makes…
A protected ranking lets a player who has been away from the tour through injury, illness or pregnancy enter tournaments using the ranking she had before she stopped. It is…
Champions of the Luxembourg tournament from the invitation years to 2006, and the organisers.
Road directions from Belgium, France and Germany and the site plan of the sports centre.
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