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May 15, 1994: The day Pete Sampras won Rome title, his best ever result on clay

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On May 15th, 1994, Pete Sampras achieved his best ever result on clay.

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Elina Svitolina, Rome 2026

Svitolina outlasts Swiatek to reach first Rome final in eight years, beating Nos. 2 and 3 in 24 hours

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Daniil Medvedev, Rome 2026

Clay-court Daniil as we like him: Medvedev grinds past Landaluce in Rome

Daniil Medvedev (No 7) lost the opening set 6-1 in 22 minutes, missed three match points at 5-4 in the third, and still walked off Campo Centrale a Rome semi-finalist. The Russian outlasted Spanish lucky loser Martin Landaluce 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Sinner now.

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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026

Writing his “own story” rather than “chasing records”: dominant Sinner pulls back from the legacy machinery in Rome

Jannik Sinner has broken Djokovic's Masters 1000 record. He doesn't want to talk about it. In front of his home crowd, the world No. 1 asks for the conversation to be about something else. Something trivial, or something greater? He hasn't let us know clearly enough yet.

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Coco Gauff, Rome 2026

Gauff reaches back-to-back Rome finals with straight-sets win over Cirstea

Coco Gauff (No 4) reached a second straight Rome final with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sorana Cirstea (No 26), ending a run of three consecutive three-set wins in the Italian capital. It is the American's seventh WTA 1000 final at 22 – and her second of 2026 after Miami.

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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
17 hours ago

Sinner’s 32-match Masters 1000 winning streak: The full list of victories that surpassed Djokovic’s All-Time record

Jannik Sinner has broken Novak Djokovic's all-time ATP Masters 1000 record with 32...
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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
17 hours ago

Sinner breaks Djokovic’s record with 32nd straight Masters 1000 win against Rublev in Rome

top seed Jannik Sinner defeated Russian No. 12 seed Andrey Rublev 6-2, 6-4...
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Sorana Cirstea, Rome 2026
18 hours ago

“In a way it freed me up”: Sorana Cirstea on the late-career breakthrough she didn’t expect

Sorana Cirstea announced this would be her last year on tour. It is...
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Andrey Rublev, 2026
21 hours ago

Andrey Rublev says he “completely lost” himself – and that the worst is now behind him, thanks to Marat Safin

The world No. 14 Andrey Rublev has given his most personal account yet...
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Luciano Darderi, Rome 2026
23 hours ago

Darderi outlasts Jódar after smoke, rain and a 2 a.m. finish to reach first Masters 1000 semi-final

Luciano Darderi (No 18) became the eighth Italian in the Open Era to...
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Elina Svitolina, Rome 2026
1 day ago

Svitolina turns it around against Rybakina to reach first Rome semi-final since 2018, Swiatek next

Elina Svitolina (No 7) turned the Foro Italico quarter-final around against Elena Rybakina...
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Casper Ruud, Rome 2026
1 day ago

Rain, a 6-1 reversal, and a Ruud reset: Norwegian into Rome semi-final just in time to boost confidence before Roland-Garros

Casper Ruud (No 13) reached a first Rome semi-final since 2023 with a...
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Iga Swiatek, Rome 2026
2 days ago

“More like a clay-court player”: Swiatek is rediscovering the version of her game that won three Roland-Garros titles

Iga Swiatek is into the Rome semi-finals, hasn't faced a break point in...
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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
2 days ago

“When they come at me, no problem. When they come at my family – that bothers me”: Jannik Sinner on the price of being Italy’s biggest sports star

In a sport built on tennis parents who became inseparable from the story,...
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Iga Swiatek, Rome 2026
2 days ago

Swiatek’s level surges before Roland-Garros as Pegula falls in straight sets

Iga Świątek (No 4) dismantled Jessica Pegula (No 7) 6-1, 6-2 in Rome...
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May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis...
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Lorenzo Musetti, Rome 2026
2 days ago

“The future of the season is foggy”: Lorenzo Musetti loses his top-10 status in the same Rome where he first claimed it

The future of the season is foggy." Twelve days before Roland-Garros, Lorenzo Musetti...
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Alexander Zverev, Rome 2026
3 days ago

“The worst court I’ve ever played on”: exhausted Alexander Zverev hits back at the Foro Italico after Rome upset

Beaten by Darderi in Rome, Alexander Zverev blamed inconsistent bounces on "the worst...
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Luciano Darderi, Rome 2026
3 days ago

Unbelievable: Darderi saves four match points and bagels Zverev to knock out the world No. 3 in Rome

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Jannik Sinner, Rome 2026
3 days ago

Sinner equals Djokovic’s all-time Masters 1000 win streak with Pellegrino dispatch in Rome

Jannik Sinner (No 1) eased past compatriot Andrea Pellegrino (No 155) 6-2, 6-3...
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