Tennis on ESPN

The sport of tennis has been televised by the properties of ESPN since 1979 and for ABC since 2006.

Tennis on ESPN
Created by	ESPN
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	N/A
Production
Running time	120 minutes+
Original release
Network	ESPN ESPN2 ESPN3 ESPN on ABC ESPN+
Release	1979 (1979) – present

Current tournaments and competitions covered by ESPN include Australian Open, The Championships, Wimbledon and the US Open. After hosting many non-Grand Slam events throughout the years, ESPN has greatly pared back its non-Grand Slam coverage.^[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)
• U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships^[3]

Former

• French Open (1986–1993, 2002–2015; partial coverage)^[4][5][6]
• Miami Open (1985–2007, 2011–2019)^[7]
• 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)^[8]

Leagues

• World TeamTennis (2014–2021)

ESPN Tennis announcers

• James Blake (2020–present)^[9] (analyst)
• Darren Cahill (2007–present) (analyst)
• Mary Carillo (1988–1997, 2003–2010)^[10] (analyst)
• Cliff Drysdale (1979–present)^[11] (play-by-play/analyst)
• Dick Enberg (2004–2011) (play-by-play)
• Chris Evert (2011–present) (analyst)
• Mary Joe Fernandez (2000–present) (analyst)
• Mardy Fish (2019) (analyst)
• Chris Fowler (2003–present)^[12] (play-by-play)
• Brad Gilbert (2004–present) (analyst)
• Jason Goodall (2015–present)^[13] (play-by-play/analyst)
• Luke Jensen (1994–present) (host/analyst)
• John McEnroe (2009–present) (analyst)
• Patrick McEnroe (1995–present) (play-by-play/host/analyst)
• Chris McKendry (2016–present)^[14] (studio host)
• Tom Rinaldi (2003–2020)^[15][16] (reporter)
• Jeremy Schaap (2021–present) (reporter)
• Alexandra Stevenson (2019–present) (analyst)
• Rennae Stubbs (2017–present)^[17] (analyst)
• Pam Shriver (1990–present) (play-by-play/analyst/reporter)
• Caroline Wozniacki (2020–present) (analyst)

References

1. "ESPN eases out of the regular-season tennis business as Tennis Channel takes over ATP". 13 October 2020.
2. "ESPN & Australian Open Agree to 10-Year Extension". 10 September 2010.
3. "ESPN3 to Exclusively Stream U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship".
4. Nagle, Dave (January 2, 2003). "ESPN, Inc.: 2002 in Review". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
5. Nagle, Dave (May 21, 2012). "ESPN at the French Open: New TV Schedule Live Every Day; Evert's ESPN/Paris Debut". ESPN Press Room. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
6. Ourand, John; Kaplan, Daniel (3 August 2015). "ESPN bids French Open adieu after 13 years". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
7. "Indian Wells & Miami Tennis Return to ESPN". 14 March 2011.
8. "Nadal, Djokovic to Battle for Year-End Top Ranking at Nitto ATP Finals from London - Weeklong Coverage on ESPN TV, ESPN3". 7 November 2019.
9. "ESPN Tennis Team Update: Eight Sign New Agreements, James Blake Joins". 16 January 2020.
10. "Mary Carillo".
11. "Cliff Drysdale".
12. "ESPN Serves First Ball to Last Ball Exclusively at the US Open". 19 August 2019.
13. "@ESPNTennis Team Takes New York for First Exclusive US Open". 24 August 2015.
14. "Chris McKendry jumps the net from SportsCenter to tennis full time". 30 March 2016.
15. "ESPN Serves First Ball to Last Ball Exclusively at the US Open". 19 August 2019.
16. Gleeson, Scott (December 17, 2020). "ESPN reporter Tom Rinaldi signs with Fox Sports". USA Today. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
17. "Rennae Stubbs".

External links

• Official website