Tennis (magazine)

*Tennis*
	200px Cover of Jan/Feb 2015 issue featuring Eugenie Bouchard
Editor-in-chief	James Martin
Staff writers	<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Staff Publisher: Chris Evert; Managing Editor: Abigail Lorge; Executive Editors: Michael Bevans, Charlie Leerhsen; President and CEO: Robert L. Miller; General Manager: Andy Nelson; Executive Online Producer: Tino Persico; Group Publisher: Jeff Williams; Marketing Director: Lisa Buco; Senior Editors:; Contributing Editors: Steve Tignor, Sarah Unke, Peter Bodo, Tom Perrotta, Bill Gray, Sarah Thurmond
Categories	Sports magazine
Frequency	Monthly (8 per year)
Total circulation; (June 2012)	603,069
First issue	August 16, 1954
Company	Miller Publishing Group
Country	USA
Based in	New York, USA
Language	English
Website	Tennis.com

Tennis (styled as TENNIS)^[3]^[4] is an American sports magazine owned by the Miller Publishing Group. It is a monthly magazine – but publishes only 8 issues per year – which covers news from the world of tennis.

History

It has been published for over forty years and it has been available online for over ten years. It was purchased by The New York Times Company in 1967. Miller Publishing bought the magazine in 1997.

Aside from articles about the most recent events and most active players, the magazine also includes the recent ranking for both ATP and WTA, as well as brief summaries of the future tournaments, their participants and the past winners.

Content

Tennis legend Chris Evert became the publisher as of the March 2001 issue.^[5] She has her own personal section in the magazine—usually the first page—which is called "Chrissie's Page".

Aside from Chris Evert, other famous players and coaches also contribute to the magazine. Paul Annacone, former coach of Pete Sampras, is the Senior Instruction Editor and Brad Gilbert, former coach of Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, is Touring Instruction Editor. Pete Sampras is a part owner and special consultant to the magazine.

Personnel

Publisher: Jeff Williams 4/2000-3/2001, Chris Evert 3/2001-
Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor: Steve Tignor
Senior Editors: Peter Bodo, Jon Levey, Tom Perrotta
Online editor: Ed McGrogan

"The 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS Era" (2005)

In celebration of its 40th anniversary (1965–2005), TENNIS magazine published its opinion of the 40 best players of the last four decades. It should be noted that Pete Sampras became a part owner of TENNIS in 2003.^[6]