The so-called 'Ryder Cup of tennis' pits the best players in the world in a rare team event designed to decide which region ...

Those losses happen at all levels, from high school challenge matches to NTRP league play, college tennis—and even to the greatest players of them all. Just ask the one and only Rod Laver.

The competition is named after Rod Laver, a man considered by some to be the greatest player in the history of the men's game and a pioneering figure in tennis and Australian sport. The Sporting ...