VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 21, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) The atmosphere inside Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle Sunday evening was fantastic. Tennis fans, family and friends of Dominic Thiem had come to fete the 31-year-old Austrian star with a night in his honor. By […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) Qualifying draw No. 1 seed Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic defeated No. 70 Alexandre Muller of France, 6-3, 6-2, in 69 minutes Sunday afternoon to advance to the main draw of the ATP […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 20, 2024 (by Michael Dickens) With two million residents — many of them tennis fans — the Austrian capital city of Vienna is the hub of cultural, political and business activity and it’s the biggest city along the Danube […]
VIENNA/STARNBERG, October 10, 2024 The Pre-Opening of the “Official Tennis Experience” in Vienna’s Stadthalle on Tuesday evening attracted a large crowd and plenty of notable figures. From October 9 to November 3, visitors at Studio F can embark on an […]
VIENNA, October 3, 2024 Tennis fans in Vienna can look forward to an interesting 2024 edition of the Erste Bank Open, as four Top 10 players and 10 stars from the world’s top 20 will compete in the ATP 500 […]
VIENNA, September 26, 2024 50 years of tennis in Vienna! From October 19 to 27, the Erste Bank Open at the Wiener Stadthalle will celebrate a special anniversary under the title “Champions of Vienna.” Alongside the ATP 500 tournament, several […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON,October 30, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) From first ball to last ball, the 9,600 fans who packed Wiener Stadthalle for Sunday’s final of the 49th edition of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria, were treated to an epic Top-5 […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 29, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) There’s a meaningful lyric from the 1977 Billy Joel classic hit song, “Vienna,” which asks: “When will you realize that Vienna waits for you?” Well, as it turns out, it was the 9,600 […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 28, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Jannik Sinner did what no other Italian man has ever done in a single tennis season on Saturday. He won his 55th singles match of the year, breaking the Open Era record of […]
VIENNA/WASHINGTON, October 27, 2023 (by Michael Dickens) Stefanos Tsitsipas reached his 46th career tour-level semifinal and sixth of the season at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, Austria on Friday afternoon. But he had to earn his last-four berth; it […]
