Sloane Stephens, the winner of the 2016 Volvo Car Open, is returning to Charleston for the 2020 tournament. She's joining a pool that includes Madison Keys and Simona Halep.

Bertens defeated Goerges in the singles finals of the 2018 VCO. They currently hold a 2-2 head-to-head record and recently played one another in the third round of the U.S. Open, with Goerges winning that match.

Former Wimbledon champion Garbiñe Muguruza has committed to the 2020 Volvo Car Open. She joins 2019 winner Madison Keys, who committed earlier this month to the Daniel Island tournament.

When the U.S. Open qualifying tournament begins in New York next week, Charleston's Shelby Rogers and Emma Navarro will be competing.

Madison Keys will return next April to defend her Volvo Car Open, the WTA tournament announced Wednesday.

Ben Cook is wrapping up his 11th year as the Daniel Island Club's tennis director and he is seeing tennis maybe starting to rival golf there

From a broken down, over-grown dilapidated two-court facility a decade ago, St. George tennis has blossomed into a scenic complex all of its own, thanks to the hard work of many and especially New York City transplant Barbara Jones

Emma Navarro, a rising senior at Ashley Hall School in Charleston, teamed with Chloe Beck to win the girls doubles championship and finished runner-up in the singles competition at the Junior French Open in Paris over the weekend.

Emma Navarro is a singles finalist in the Junior French Open. The 18-year-old rising star is Charleston's first player to make a Junior Grand Slam singles final in the Open era of professional tennis.

Madison Keys did it.

While the bigwigs and ballkids assembled on stadium court for the trophy presentation, Madison Keys pulled her cellphone from her tennis bag.

Surprise - Madison Keys actually does have a "total focus" button.

Volvo Car Open semifinalist Monica Puig credits meditation for her revival this week, and more notes

Caroline Wozniacki and Madison Keys are only four years apart in age, but that can be a lifetime in women's professional tennis.

The crowd was there. The 17-year-old junior champions were there.

When Sloane Stephens trounced Madison Keys in the U.S. Open final two years ago, the two hugged at the net for what seemed like minutes as the new Grand Slam champion consoled her tearful friend.

Charleston teenager Emma Navarro got a glimpse this week at what her future life might look like.

Former Volvo Car Open champs Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki avoided a run of upsets at the Daniel Island tennis tournament.

Former Mount Pleasant resident Jessica Pegula was among the young Americans who pulled off upsets at the Volvo Car Open on Wednesday, but Shelby Rogers' VCO return came to an end.

Charleston teenager Emma Navarro acquitted herself well in a first-round loss in her pro debut at the Volvo Car Open.

Players battled wind, rain, cold and "snow" and top-seeded Sloane Stephens advanced in the Volvo Car Open on Tuesday.

During her year away from the game she loves, Shelby Rogers tried to fill the void.

Don't look twice. Nadiia and Lyudmyla Kichenok are twins.

Lauren Davis may look like one of those slim and rather short basketball players we are seeing so much on TV with tape on their legs. But this 5-2 wonder has amazing power for a player her size.

It's as defending Volvo Car Open champion Kiki Bertens said Saturday.

Shelby Rogers will make her return to competitive tennis this week in Charleston after being absent from the WTA Tour for more than a year with a knee injury.

Making the big leagues in any sport is difficult and an almost impossible dream for most athletes. But that's life in general for the vast majority of people.

As spectacular as Peyton Stearns was in the first seven games with a display of bold, powerful and precision shot-making, little 22-year-old Jessica Ho was just as brilliant the rest of the way in Saturday afternoon's final of the Volvo Car Open Wild Card Qualifying Event at Family Circle Te…

Charleston's 16-year-old Lara Schneider is confident and looking forward to the Volvo Car Open Wild Card Event that starts on Thursday at Family Circle Tennis Center.

The road to the Volvo Car Open is a tough one for all but the top tier of women's tennis.

Competition is getting stronger for the Volvo Car Open as three more top-15 players have added their names to the list of entries for the WTA event in Charleston.

The Volvo Car Open is partnering with UTR in a pre-qualifying wild card tournament at Family Circle Tennis Center and the winner will receive a wild card into the VCO qualifying tournament.

Charleston's Shelby Rogers received a wild card into the main draw of this year's Volvo Car Open.

Men's professional tennis returns to Volvo Car Stadium in April with four former world No. 1 players, including Andy Roddick.

The Volvo Car Open has added 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko and No. 12-ranked Elise Mertens to the field for the WTA tournament set for March 30-April 7 next year on Daniel Island.

Kiki Bertens, the 2018 Volvo Car Open champion, committed to playing in the 2019 tournament, along with Julia Goerges, who Bertens played in the final.

Fan favorite Madison Keys will play in the 2019 Volvo Car Open, joining Grand Slam champions Sloane Stephens and Caroline Wozniacki in the high-profile all-women's tennis tournament on Daniel Island.

What impact will the changing of the guard at Family Circle Tennis Center and the Volvo Car Open to an all-local management have on Charleston tennis?

The businessman and philanthropist has acquired the 46-year-old WTA Tour event, along with the operations of Family Circle Tennis Center and Volvo Car Stadium on Daniel Island.

Two of the biggest stars in professional tennis will return to Charleston next year to compete in the annual, Volvo Car Open on Daniel Island.

The Post and Courier picks the Top 25 sports venues in South Carolina, from Kiawah Island golf to Gaffney High School football via lots of University of South Carolina and Clemson  

Naomi Osaka sat courtside at the Volvo Car Open, a towel over her head and her coach crouched at her feet.

Shortly after winning the Volvo Car Open on Sunday, Kiki Bertens was presented with a cell phone and a dilemma as a curious crowd watched on stadium court on Daniel Island.

The Volvo Car Open keeps getting better.

The 2018 Volvo Car Open champion will have to work overtime on Sunday.

In a day or two, when Bernarda Pera has a chance to reflect on her week at the Volvo Car Open, she knows that she’ll look back on her time in the Lowcountry with fondness.

The Volvo Car Open will not have a repeat champion this year.

Getting ready for Friday's quarterfinal action at the Volvo Car Open at the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island:

Reilly Wilson motioned to defending Volvo Car Open champion Daria Kasatkina, asking her which way she wanted him to hit the serve — down the middle or out wide to the corner?