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Please read this page before creating or editing tennis articles.
When in doubt, ask your questions on the Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Tennis page.

Article types and recommended practices

While there are many articles within the scope of this WikiProject, they fall into a relatively small number of classes:

• Tournament articles

e.g. Australian Open, Brisbane International. These are listed at List of tennis tournaments and in Category:Tennis tournaments.

• Player articles

e.g. Novak Djokovic, Steffi Graf, Roger Federer, Martina Navratilova. These are collected in Category:Tennis players.

• Use common English spelling as found on the ITF website, the governing body for all tennis. For pre open era players we use the name most commonly found in reliable English sources: press releases, grand slam websites, other tournament sites, books, etc... See also WP:TENNISNAMES
• Use bolding on the player's name only once: on its first appearance in the introduction. Do not apply bolding to any world rankings (even if it's world number one), opponent's name, scores, etcetera...
• Update world rankings only beginning from Mondays, the day when the new weekly ATP and WTA rankings are published (do not pre-calculate them).
• Use WP:MOSBIO

• Coach Articles

e.g. Richard Williams (tennis), Category:Tennis_coaches, Category:American_tennis_coaches

• Single-year tournament articles

e.g. 2008 Wimbledon Championships or 2008 French Open. Many of these fall under the Grand Slam Project, though there are also non-Slam pages, like 2009 Sony Ericsson Open.

• When updating entry list and seeds, do not rely on gossip, Facebook accounts, fan pages of players, news editor speculations. Generally wait for the official announcements.
• Do not create these articles months in advance, they may get deleted per WP:CRYSTAL. Wait until there are announcements worth including in the article, for example the start of qualification play.

• Draws

e.g. 2008 US Open – Men's Singles, 2007 Brasil Open – Singles.

• Only update these pages when the match is finished. When doing so use bolding on the won set gamescore and the winner's name. For tie-break rules see below.
• Do not create standalone articles for the qualifying rounds of smaller tournaments. Just add them below the main draw in the Draw article.

• Davis/Fed Cup articles

e.g. Yugoslavia Davis Cup team, 2008 Fed Cup. These are similar to single-year tournament articles.

• Tennis by year

e.g. 2008 in tennis, 1995 in tennis

• These articles should give a concise overview of the year in tennis, without going in too much intricate details. The details can be kept in the articles about players and tournaments.

This list may not be exhaustive, so feel free to add to it. It's well within the scope of this WikiProject to produce guidelines and best practices for each of these article classes.

Please read WP:NOT and more specifically WP:NOTNEWSPAPER and WP:NOTSTATSBOOK.
We are not supposed to add everything found in routine news coverage about the players, that would lead to articles becoming overdetailed.
WP is also against excessive listings of statistics.
Keep that in mind when working on tennis articles.

Notability

Before creating a new article please check its notability.

• If it's a player :

Tennis players are notable if:

• 1. The player is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, either in the contributor or player category
  2. The player has competed in the Fed Cup, Davis Cup, Hopman Cup or similar international competition
  3. The player has competed in the main draw in one of these higher level professional tournaments:

     • Grand slam tournaments (the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, or the US Open)
     • Men: ATP World Tour tournaments (the ATP World Tour Finals, ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500, or ATP World Tour 250)
     • Women: WTA Tour tournaments (the WTA Premier, the WTA International, or the WTA Tour Championships)

  4. The player has won at least one title in any of the ATP Men's Challenger tournaments
  5. The player has won at least one title in any of the 2008–2012 ITF Women's $35,000–$100,000+ tournaments. From 1978–2007 the threshold for notability in the women's ITF circuit is winning a $25,000 event. It should be based on the lowest payout for men's Challenger tournaments in the same year. This will preserve relatively equal notability.
  6. The player holds a tennis record recognized by the International Tennis Federation, ATP or WTA

This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players. Junior players are presumed to be notable if they have won at least a junior Grand slam title, have been in the top 3 of the junior ITF world rankings or can be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG.

• If it's a coach :

Since these are very rare article types, the most common case is when a player chose coaching after retirement. In all other cases reveal the coach's background to see if he/she notable. It is important as it could easily happen that a child player is coached by a non-professional or non-tennis-affiliated relative and cotton to him during his career (see Toni Nadal). The minimum requirement that can obviously qualify without doubt for coaches of players are:

• 1. The player has reached the final of or won one of the Grand Slam professional tournaments.
  2. The player has entered to ATP or WTA top 10 for a week at least.
  3. The player was member of a champion team competing in a Davis Cup, Fed Cup, Hopman Cup (reserve players and team captains don't count).
  4. The player has won an ATP Masters 1000 or WTA Premier event and has reached at least one other final in Masters 1000 or WTA Premier.

These also ensure that the notability of one-hit wonders' coaches doesn't automatically granted with his/her coachee's success. (See Roberto Carretero for example) This guideline applies equally to singles and doubles players. Junior players' coaches are to be omitted otherwise it has to be shown to meet the wider requirements of WP:GNG.

• If it's a tournament :

  Men: Any men's tournament is notable if it is part of the ATP World Tour (including qualifications) or the ATP Challenger Tour (excluding qualifications). Men's ITF tournaments are not considered notable. The Futures and and all lower ranked tournaments are not notable at all. Qualification tournaments on the ATP Challenger Tour are not notable. Qualification draws for ATP main tour should be placed near the bottom of the main draw page.

  Women: Notable tournaments include the WTA Premier tournaments (including qualifications) and WTA International tournaments (including qualifications). Some women's ITF tournaments are considered notable because the women's tour has no equivalent to the men's challenger tour. From 2008–2012 the ITF Women's $35,000–$100,000+ tournaments are considered notable. From 1978–2007 the threshold for notability in the women's ITF circuit is a $25,000 event. Qualification tournaments in ITF women's events are not notable. Qualification draws for WTA main tour should be placed near the bottom of the main draw page.

  Exhibition tournaments should also establish their notability on other grounds (e.g. several top 10 players present, notability in history, significant media coverage,...etc).

  When naming the new tournament page try to avoid the indication of sponsorship in the title and focus on commonly accepted/known name of the tournament (which is generally refers to the place, where it's held or a famous person that it is named after, though sometimes it is inevitable).

• If it's a match :

  Matches that deserve their own articles on Wikipedia include: mens and womens finals of the four Major tournaments (singles, doubles and mixed doubles), Olympic finals, and matches of record setting events. Other matches will be handled case-by-case but please consult WP:TENNIS before creating such articles. See Category:Tennis matches

• If it's a national tennis team :

  Every nation's Davis Cup and Fed Cup team are notable. Hopman Cup teams are also notable.

• If it's a rivalry :

  According to WP:NSPORTS, rivalries are not inherently notable. We can only have articles about tennis rivalries if there is significant media coverage about the rivalry. For example, great rivalries like Sampras-Agassi or Federer-Nadal warrant an article, but articles about rivalries like Agassi-Rafter and Federer-Hewitt have been deleted by the community. If in doubt, consult WP:TENNIS before creating a new rivalry article.

• If it is a tennis club or organization :

  Notability for clubs and organizations is established by the criteria set out in WP:ORG. Generally there needs to be in depth coverage in several reliable independent sources before a club or organization can be considered notable.

• If it's an equipment :

  Focus on its significance, usage, development and evolution, historical background and avoid advertisement and commercial purposes.

• For rules, court types, stadiums ...etc :

  For tennis venues, consider WP:NPLACE and WP:LOCAL.

  Though most of the possible articles exist, feel free to improve them. For a complete list see {{tennis box}}

• Wheelchair tennis :

  Wheelchair tennis tournaments: the four Grand Slams and the Wheelchair Tennis Masters are notable.

  Wheelchair tennis at the Summer Paralympics is also notable.

  Players are notable if they have won an ITF Masters Series event (in singles or doubles), or won a medal at the Paralympics. See also WP:NOLYMPICS

  Please do not create standalone draw articles for wheelchair tennis tournaments, include them in the main article.

Format

General format considerations

#1:Infobox

• Players: {{Infobox tennis biography}} which is redirected by Template:Infobox Tennis player
• Coaches: {{Infobox tennis coach}}
• Teams: {{DavisCupinfobox}}
• Grand Slam tournaments: {{Infobox GrandSlamTournaments}}
• Other tournaments: like {{Infobox joint Tennis Tournament}}, {{Infobox Exhibition Tennis Tournament}}, {{Infobox hopman cup}}
• Scores, Matches: {{DavisCupbox}}, {{infobox tennis match}}, {{GrandSlamTournamentsFinals}}

A full list can be found at Category:Tennis infobox templates

Scores

Tennis scores should be given in the following format, observing the use of the ndash separating the set scores, followed by a comma. Both winning and losing tie break scores should be added enclosed in ^{( )} tags, again using an ndash;.

• format: 7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 16–14
• note the using of an ndash instead of a hyphen. Ndashes should always be used, preferably with the ndash symbol "–" rather than the ndash script "&ndash,".
• 2009 Men's Singles final, Wimbledon

1. Scores should not be added to prose unless strictly necessary, in such cases the tiebreak score is omitted. Just report the round and whether the player won or lost the match, and whom they played.
2. In wikitables and infoboxes, the above format is to be used.
3. In tournament draw/bracket-type articles (2009 Wimbledon Championships), both winning and losing tiebreak scores are required in superscript.

Sections

What items, headers, infoboxes, navboxes, etc. should exist in certain articles?

#2:The Lead

The Lead should be a brief summary of WHO the person is, WHY they are here (accomplishments), potentially WHAT they are doing now.

“ Laura Robson (born 21 January 1994) is an English tennis player. She debuted on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior tour in 2007, and a year later won the Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship at the age of 14. As a junior, she also twice reached the final of the Australian Open, in 2009 and 2010. She won her first professional tournament in November 2008. As of 8 November 2010, Robson has a rank on the WTA singles tour of 206 and doubles tour of 127. ”

#3:History

• History - Childhood, where grew up, college.

“ Juan Martín del Potro was born in Tandil, Argentina. His father, Daniel del Potro, played semi-professional rugby union in Argentina and is a veterinarian. His mother, Patricia, is a teacher and he has a younger sister named Julieta. Del Potro speaks Spanish and knows some Italian and English. [...] Del Potro began playing tennis at the age of seven with coach Marcelo Gómez (who also coached Tandil-born players Juan Mónaco, Mariano Zabaleta and Máximo González). Del Potro's talent was discovered by Italian ex-tennis professional Ugo Colombini, who accompanied him through the initial phases of his young career, and is still today his agent and close friend. ”

• Early years - amateur playing career.

“ (Leander) Paes enrolled with the Britannia Amritraj Tennis Academy in Madras in 1985 where he was coached by Dave O'Meara. The academy played a key role in his early development. Leander shot into international fame when he won the 1990 Wimbledon Junior title and rose to No. 1 in the junior world-rankings. ”

#4:Career

• When they turned pro
• Grand Slam tournament and other important wins
• High point
• Later years - sometimes players are known more for what they did AFTER tennis.

“ (Michael) Boulding was both a skilled footballer and tennis player as a schoolboy, but he was persuaded to pursue a career in the latter sport when he was talent spotted by coach Tony Pickard at the age of 13. Boulding was part of the national squad and played in events across the world, including India, South America, the Far East, and also the junior Wimbledon Championships and the qualifying rounds of the main Grand Slam event. During his career he roomed with Tim Henman and was ranked the top 20 players in Britain. He held an ATP singles world ranking between 8 July 1996 and 1 November 1999, apart from between 25 August 1997 and 24 August 1998, which peaked at 1,119 with four world ranking points on 3 May 1999.[...]Boulding maintained his links with football and trained with Doncaster Rovers, and in 1998 he joined non-league Hallam near his home in Sheffield. His form at Hallam attracted the interest of a number of league clubs, and Boulding was offered a trial by Mansfield Town. He was given a contract by the Division Three side and turned professional in 1999, which brought an end to his tennis career. ”

• Results - If the scoreboard is more than {twenty?}; split out into a seperate article named "{personName} career statistics". Such as Novak Djokovic career statistics.

Otherwise the following wikitable is institutionalized (this one is for singles the doubles is the same format completed with an extra Partnering row before the Opponent in final row). Subsections containing this table should be named Titles / Career Finals / ATP Tour and Grand Slam finals or any other that refers to the content. Any other categorization is possible (Tour tpye, court type) only if this general table is also present.

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam tournaments (1/0) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0/1) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0/1) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3/1) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (3/0)

Titles by surface Hard (5/3) Clay (2/0) Grass (0/0) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	July 13, 2008	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Richard Gasquet	6–4, 7–5
Winner	July 20, 2008	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	6–2, 6–1
Winner	August 10, 2008	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Andy Roddick	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	August 17, 2008	Washington, D.C., United States (1)	Hard	Viktor Troicki	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	October 5, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Tomáš Berdych	1–6, 4–6
Winner	January 17, 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
Winner	August 9, 2009	Washington, D.C., United States (2)	Hard	Andy Roddick	3–6, 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	August 16, 2009	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Andy Murray	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Winner	September 14, 2009	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	Roger Federer	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Runner-up	November 29, 2009	ATP World Tour Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nikolay Davydenko	3–6, 4–6

Player Performance Timelines

For singles performance timelines, the following tables are acceptable for both ATP Players and WTA Players. There are complex and simplified versions depending on the player.

ATP Players' Performance Timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	4R	W	QF	QF	1 / 6	18–5
French Open	A	2R	QF	SF	SF	3R	QF	0 / 6	21–6
Wimbledon	A	3R	4R	SF	2R	QF	SF	0 / 6	20–6
US Open	A	3R	3R	F	SF	SF	F	0 / 6	21–6
Win–Loss	0–0	5–4	9–4	19–4	18–3	15–4	19–4	1 / 24	85–23
ATP World Tour Finals
Tour Finals	A	A	A	RR	W	RR	SF	1 / 4	8–7
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	A	Not Held			SF-B	Not Held		0 / 1	5–1
Davis Cup
Davis Cup Singles	Z1	Z1	PO	PO	1R	1R	W	1 / 7	19–6
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	F	W	QF	4R	1 / 5	16–4
Miami	A	A	2R	W	2R	F	2R	1 / 5	12–4
Monte Carlo	A	A	1R	3R	SF	F	SF	0 / 5	11–5
Madrid	A	Q1	QF	SF	3R	SF	A	0 / 4	9–4
Rome	A	A	Q2	QF	W	F	QF	1 / 4	13–3
Canada	A	Q2	A	W	QF	QF	SF	1 / 4	12–3
Cincinnati	A	1R	2R	2R	F	F	QF	0 / 6	11–6
Shanghai	NH	Not Masters Series				SF	SF	0 / 2	6–2
Paris	A	3R	2R	2R	3R	W	3R	1 / 6	9–5
Hamburg	A	A	2R	QF	SF	NMS		0 / 3	6–3
Win–Loss	0–0	2–2	5–7	24–7	25–7	33–8	16–8	9 / 48	127–39
Career statistics
Tournaments Played	3	9	19	22	19	22	19	Career total: 120
Titles	0	0	2	5	4	5	2	Career total: 25
Finals Reached	0	0	3	7	7	10	4	Career total: 38
Hardcourt Win–Loss	0–1	2–3	17–9	43–12	43–12	53–11	43–12	18 / 72	225–60
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	2–1	4–2	6–2	5–2	8–2	6–2	0 / 11	31–11
Carpet Win–Loss	1–0	3–2	5–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	10–4
Clay Win–Loss	1–2	4–5	14–5	18–5	16–3	17–6	12–4	7 / 33	95–30
Overall Win–Loss	2–3	11–11	40–18	68–19	64–17	78–19	61–18	25 / 120	361–105
Win %	40%	50%	69%	78%	79%	80%	77%	Career total: 77%
Year End Ranking	186	78	16	3	3	3	3	–

Tournament	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open							SF		QF	NH			QF	4R		QF	0 / 5	18–5	78.26
French Open	2R			3R	QF		QF	F	SF		1R	4R			1R	1R	0 / 10	25–10	71.43
Wimbledon	SF	1R	4R	F	W	F	W	W	QF			2R	SF	1R	4R	SF	3 / 14	59–11	84.29
US Open	4R	SF	W	W	W	SF	4R	W	F	1R	QF	2R	2R	SF	3R	4R	4 / 16	66–12	84.62
Win–Loss	9–3	5–2	9–1	15–2	18–1	11–2	18–3	20–1	18–4	0–1	4–2	5–3	10–3	8–3	5–3	12–4	7 / 45	168–38	81.55
Year End Championships
The Masters			W	SF	RR	SF	F	W	W	RR			SF				3 / 9	19–11	63.33
WCT Finals			W	F	W	F	W	W	QF		F		W				5 / 9	21–4	84.00
Win–Loss			8–0	4–3	3–3	4–3	5–1	6–0	3–1	0–1	2–1		5–2				8 / 18	40–15	72.73
Year End Ranking	21	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	2	14	10	11	4	13	28	20	$12,547,797

WTA Players' Performance Timeline

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career W-L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R1	3R	SF	SF	F	W	A	1R	4R	1 / 8	31–7	82%
French Open	A	A	1R1	QF	QF	4R	SF	4R	QF	3R	SF	0 / 9	33–9	79%
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	W	SF	SF	4R	2R	2R	4R	F	1 / 9	34–8	81%
US Open	A	A	2R	3R	SF	W	3R	A	3R	4R	3R	1 / 8	24–7	79%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	10–4	15–3	19–4	20–3	16–4	11–2	7–3	8–4	16–4	3 / 34	122–31	80%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held				Not Held				Not Held			0 / 0	0–0	0%
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	W	SF	SF	F	A	A	A	RR	1 / 5	13–7	65%
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	2R	1R	4R	SF	W	4R	SF	A	3R	SF	1 / 8	24–8	75%
Key Biscayne	A	A	1R	4R	F	F	4R	A	A	A	F	0 / 6	19–6	76%
Madrid	Not Held								A	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Beijing	Not Held			Not Tier I					3R	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Tier I								A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Rome	A	A	A	3R	SF	A	A	SF	A	A	W	1 / 4	13–3	81%
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	A	3R	F	A	3R	0 / 6	8–4	70%
Cincinnati	Not Held			Not Tier I					A	F	W	1 / 2	10–1	88%
Tokyo	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	SF	A	W	1R	QF	2 / 7	17–5	83%
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Doha	Not Tier I							W	Not Held			1 / 1	5–0	100%
Charleston	A	A	1R2	A	A	A	A	QF	NM5			0 / 2	4–2	67%
Berlin	A	A	A	3R	QF	A	A	A				0 / 2	4–2	67%
Moscow	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	A				0 / 3	2–2	50%
Zurich	A	A	A	F	A	W	A	NT1	Not Held			1 / 2	7–1	88%
San Diego	Not Tier I			QF	A	W	W	Not Held		NM5		2 / 3	12–1	92%
Career Statistics
Tournaments played	1	8	16	20	15	15	13	9	10	13	11	Career total: 128
Titles	0	0	2	5	3	5	1	3	1	2	2	Career total: 24
Finals	0	0	2	6	4	7	4	3	2	5	4	Career total: 37
Hardcourt Win–Loss	0–0	23–5	20–9	34–11	29–7	45–5	24–5	19–1	20–5	19–7	25–9	17 / 81	258–64	80.1%
Clay Win–Loss	0–1	5–0	9–2	8–3	9–3	3–1	7–2	12–2	6–2	7–2	12–2	3 / 23	78–20	79.5%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	9–2	12–0	10–1	8–2	7–2	1–1	5–2	7–2	6–1	3 / 16	65–13	83.3%
Carpet Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	5–1	3–1	2–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1 / 6	11–5	68.8%
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	28–5	38–13	55–15	53–12	59–9	40–11	32–4	31–9	33–11	43–12	24 / 133	412–102	80.16%
Win %	0%	85%	75%	79%	82%	87%	78%	89%	78%	75%	79%	Career total: 80.16%
Year End Ranking	N/A	186	32	4	4	2	5	9	14	18	4	Career money: $14,738,611

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995– 2003	2004	WR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	F	A	A / A	A	A	SF	W	F	W	SF	W	NH	F	SF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3 / 10	46–7
French Open	QF	QF	F	A	A	A	A	A	QF	W	4R	W	F	F	F	4R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2 / 13	51–11
Wimbledon	3R	1R	QF	SF	QF	W	W	SF	SF	W	W	W	W	W	W	F	F	W	QF	SF	SF	F	A	2R	9 / 23	120–14
US Open	1R	3R	SF	1R	SF	SF	SF	4R	F	QF	W	W	F	W	W	QF	F	4R	F	2R	4R	A	A	A	4 / 21	89–17
Win–Loss	5–3	5–3	17–4	5–2	9–2	11–1	11–1	11–3	19–3	20–2	23–1	25–1	25–2	20–1	25–2	18–4	16–3	10–1	10–2	6–2	8–2	6–2	0–0	1–2	N/A	306–49

For Davis Cup matches of a player please use:

American Group I
Round	Date	Opponents	Final match score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
QF	9–11 February 1996	Chile	3-2	Santiago	Clay	Doubles (with Jaime Oncins)	Rebolledo/Ríos	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 (W)
SF	5–7 April 1996	Venezuela	4-1	Santos	Clay	Singles 2	Nicolas Pereira	6–2, 6–7(7–2), 6–1, 6–2 (W)
						Singles 5 (dead)	Jimy Szymanski	6–2, 6–7((8–6), 6–0 (W)
World Group
Round	Date	Opponents	Final match score	Venue	Surface	Match	Opponent	Rubber score
QR	20–22 September 1996	Austria	4-1	São Paulo	Carpet	Singles 2	Markus Hipfl	4–6, 3–6, 7–6(7–0) , 7–6(7–5), 6–1 (W)
						Doubles (with Jaime Oncins)	Muster/Plamberger	7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–0 (def.)*

Remember to link all of the opponents even if the link turns red since every player chosen to play in the Davis Cup is notable and add {{Performance key}} to the bottom of the table.

• Awards or Records - Just a summary with links to the awarding organization or a list of records. (The reference should be on the "LINKED TO" article; not the "Person" article).

Such as List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal.

• Retirement - Notable achievements outside of playing; often not related to tennis.

“ (Martina) Hingis played an exhibition match at the Liverpool International tournament on 13 June 2008. Although this event was a warm-up for Wimbledon, it was not part of the WTA Tour. This allowed Hingis to participate without breaching the rules of her ban. In a rematch of their 1997 Wimbledon final, Hingis defeated Jana Novotná.

In 2009 Hingis partook in the BBC's dancing event, Strictly Come Dancing, where she was the bookies favourite for the television show. But she went out in the first week after performing a Waltz and a Rumba, despite vowing to win the competition. 'She promised to apply the same gritty approach to the dance show that had taken her to five grand slams on the tennis court. "Everything I do I do to win. I am very competitive."

”

#5:See also

The "See also" section should/could include:

1. {{Portal|Tennis}}
2. Lists (Top Men, or Top Women)
3. [Country] Davis Cup team (if a member of it)
4. Rivalries (if any)
5. Olimpics-related links (if participated)

#6:References

• No standard: either <references/> or {{reflist|2}} (2 for two columns).

#7:External links

Please include the following parameters (usage description is at the template page)

• {{ATP}}
• {{ITF male profile}}
• {{DavisCupplayerlink}}

and consider using {{Commons category}} (if any)

Footers

Also called "navboxes". These are located after "External References", but before any category section.

#8:Grand Slam "succession" box

Say you are on an "Australian Open" article...This sequence:

• {{start box}}
• {{succession box|title=[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam Tournament]]|before=[[US Open (tennis)|]]|after=[[French Open]]|years='''January'''|}}
• {{end box}}

Produces:

• • previous = US Open (Notice the Help:Pipe trick)
    • Main article is year IN-specific
  • next = French Open (in May/June)
  • Use the "Years" field for the Month the tournament is played: "January"

Year Article

• Year article shows THIS tournament from one year to another: {{succession box | before=[[2008 US Open (tennis)|]]| title=[[US Open (tennis)|]] | years= | after=[[2010 US Open (tennis)|]] }}
• Year article showing one Grand Slam to the next: {{succession box | before=[[2009 Wimbledon Championships|2009 Wimbledon]]| title=[[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam Tournaments]] | years= | after=[[2010 Australian Open]] }} * Year article showing ''tennis'' sequence: <nowiki>{{succession box | before=[[2009 Pilot Pen Tennis|New Haven]]| title=[[2009 US Open Series]] | years= | after=None}}

#9:Bottom Navboxes

If we stay with the Australian Open...

• Pre-"Open-Era" version of the tournament
  • {{Australian Championships (tennis)}}
• "Open-Era" version of the tournament
  • {{Australian Open tournaments}}
• If newer tournament
  • {{Indian Wells Masters tournaments}}
• Tournament Grouping
  • {{Grand Slam Tournaments}}
  • {{ATP World Tour Masters 1000}} and the previous name {{ATP Masters Series tournaments}}
  • {{WTA Premier tournaments}}
  • {{WTA Tier I tournaments}}
• Other local sporting events; Town, State, or Country
  • {{Melbourne events}}

#10:Categories

• Watch for templates (especially within the footers) that may have already included a category.
• If people constantly add things they should not; place a comment at that spot

<!-- Category:Tennis is within {{TennisPortal}} -->

Davis Cup / Fed Cup

Teams

#1: Introduction

Small presentation of the team: when they first played in the cup, how many titles they've won, the group/zone they compete in, their national governing body and the current coach.

#2: Current team

List of current squad (it should not be limited to the squad of their last match but the biggest extent of players who are frequently invited to play and available for the coach to draft)

#3: History

It could be a longer chronological description of major breaktrhoughs, titles, finals, big achievements, highest world ranking (of nations).

#4: Players

All the players who played for the team during the years.

#5: Results

Tables could be implemented:

Year	Competition	Date	Location	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	World Group, 1st Round	5–7 March	Bree (BEL)	Czech Republic	1–4	Lost
	World Group Play-offs	17–20 September	Cairns (AUS)	Australia	3-2	Won

#6: See also

Use {{davisfedseealso}} (see template documentation for usage information)

#7: External links

Make sure the following are listed and categories present:

• {{DavisCupteamlink}}
• {{Davis Cup}}
• (country) national teams template if exists
• Category:Davis Cup teams
• National sports teams of (country) category
• Tennis in (country) category

Draws

See 2010 Davis Cup for sections, links, arrangement; ordering of draws, matches, teams.

Linking

It is obvious that we need some Tennis specific guidelines with regard to wiki-linking. Please see this page's discussion thread. When consensus is reached, they should be placed here.

General Linking

Guidelines for linking general text.

• the word tennis should only be linked the FIRST time it is used and only when reference to the Tennis article would enhance the reader's understanding.

Dates

• Do not link dates unless linked in a tennis context, as in: [[yyyy in tennis]].
• Only link dates as above once on an article.

People

• Players - should not be referenced every single time they are mentioned, but it is usually appropriate to link them the FIRST time they are referenced with a specific context.
• Tournaments - Only if the player was in the Final, it was their highest achievement, or it was recently played (within the current year).

Wiki-Links

Lists

When links to lists are appropriate, which lists are appropriate.

• Current Top Players - Navbox, Category
• Player records
• Current Top tournaments

Categories

What categories should be linked and where.

• Add the most specific category possible.

Categories that are in templates and should NOT be added directly:

• Born in 'year'
• Died in 'year'
• Retired Tennis players

Photos

When adding photos to the articles the easiest way to have a clear copyright status is to use photos that you made yourself. Otherwise you can upload free pictures but in most of the cases pictures found on internet are not free or in the public domain. Try to use Flickr but be careful and follow the steps written here and don't forget to make it reviewed. Also try to browse Tennis on Commons for possibly free images. The basic concepts of uploading and further reading can be found here:

• Wikipedia:Media copyright questions
• Wikipedia:Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Uploading images