Tennis
Australian Open
- ESPN and Tennis Channel have the contracts. Coverage is aired on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3, Tennis Channel and DirecTV.
French Open
- NBC Sports, ESPN and Tennis Channel have the contracts. Coverage is aired on NBC, ESPN2, ESPN3, Tennis Channel and DirecTV.
- Tennis Channel shows live coverage in the morning ET, while ESPN2 shows live coverage in the afternoon. NBC shows weekend morning early round matches in the afternoon via tape-delay. If a match is still being played, it will be shown live. ESPN2 or Tennis Channel cannot show NBC's tape-delayed matches. NBC also tape-delays the men's semifinal, broadcasting it in the late morning on the same day. They broadcast both finals live.
The Championships, Wimbledon
- ESPN and Tennis Channel have contracts through 2023. DirecTV also provides coverage. Coverage is as follows:
- Days 1-4: ESPN2, ESPN3 and DirecTV
- Days 5 and 6: ESPN, ESPN3 and DirecTV
- Day 7: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3 and DirecTV
- Days 8 and 9: ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN3
- Days 10-13 including the ladies' and gentlemen's singles finals: ESPN and ESPN3
- Same-day replays are aired on Tennis Channel throughout the tournament. Highlights of the first week are aired on the middle Sunday on ABC. Same-day replays of the ladies' and gentlemen's singles finals are aired on ABC.
US Open
- CBS Sports, ESPN, and Tennis Channel have contracts through 2014. DirecTV also provides coverage. Coverage is as follows:
- Qualifying: CBS Sports Network
- Days 1-5: ESPN2, ESPN3, Tennis Channel and DirecTV
- Days 6 and 7: CBS, CBS Sports Network, Tennis Channel and DirecTV
- Day 8: CBS, CBS Sports Network, ESPN2, ESPN3 and DirecTV
- Days 9-11: ESPN2, ESPN3 and Tennis Channel
- Day 12 including the men's doubles final: CBS
- Day 13 including the women's singles final: CBS
- Day 14 women's doubles final: ESPN2 and ESPN3, men's singles final: CBS
- Same-day replays are aired on Tennis Channel throughout the tournament.
US Open Series
- ESPN2, Tennis Channel and CBS
Davis Cup
- Tennis Channel
Fed Cup
- Tennis Channel
ATP World Tour Finals
- ESPN2 (final only) and Tennis Channel
WTA Tour Championships
- ESPN2 (final only) and Tennis Channel
World TeamTennis
- Tennis Channel and NBC Sports Network
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Famous quotes containing the word tennis:
“[My one tennis book] was very, very old. It had a picture of Bill Tilden. I looked at the picture and that was how I learned to hold the racket.”
—Maria Bueno (b. 1939)
“I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it’s hard to think of doing something else where you know you’ll never be the best. Tennis players are rare creatures: where else in the world can you know that you’re the best? The definitiveness of it is the beauty of it, but it’s not all there is to life and I’m ready to explore the alternatives.”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)