Tom LacouxTom Lacoux
Inside Tennis's Quiet Season: The Data Gap and the Price of CertaintyAt four in the morning in Miami, I open a folder and find it empty. No...
Alcaraz in Vienna, Djokovic in Basel: The Last Indoor Hard Week Before the ATP Finals ThresholdThe Westchester practice courts were quiet. Court three, seven in the morning...
Djokovic and the Basel Wildcard: The Calculated Gamble of a 39-Year-OldIn the China Open final, there was a moment I watched five times. Novak...
Six Kings on an Empty Court: The Day the Six Kings Slam Was PostponedSome mornings, news does not arrive with a cheer but with a pause. On October...
Reading a Tennis Match Through Raw Data: Nine Layers of Analysis the Media SkipsThree in the morning in Melbourne, and I am sitting in front of a screen,...
The Rhythm of a New Era: Sinner, Alcaraz and the Silence Between PointsPeople watch the match; I watch the match's breathing. I first wrote that lin...
Sinner, Alcaraz and the Limits of Tennis Data in the Post-Big Three EraOn the Arthur Ashe court on the night of the 2026 US Open final, Carlos Alcar...
Serve, Return and the Throne: How Data Adjudicates the Transfer of PowerSecond set, seventh game, score 3-3. On my analysis screen, Jannik Sinner's...
The Empty Stadium and the Unnamed Off-Season: How Tennis Lives on What Never HappensArthur Ashe Stadium, a late-November afternoon, with no match on the schedule...
China Open 2026: Bu Yunchaokete meets Novak Djokovic — the line between opportunity and classBeijing, early October. On the hard court of the China Open, Novak Djokovic...
Djokovic and Bu Yunchaokete in Beijing: When a Legend Has to Look at His Own BodyOn the outdoor hard court of the China Open in Beijing, on a late-September...
Kei Nishikori Retires: The 1.78m Man Who Opened the Door for Asian TennisWhen the crowd at Ariake Coliseum had all gone home, the hard court still bor...
The Empty Data Room: Why the Best Tennis Analysts Sometimes Say NothingOn a Tuesday night at Indian Wells, I stayed behind in the data room after th...
Novak Djokovic Returns to China Open After 11 Years: Brand or Substance?Novak Djokovic has confirmed his return to the 2026 China Open in Beijing — a...
The Blank Dossier: The Temptation to Fill the GapsThe file arrived at eleven at night, exactly the hour when every message sent...
When the Data Goes Silent: The Line Between Analysis and Invention in Professional TennisThe extraction came back from the data desk at five in the morning, New York...
The Nine Dimensions of Tennis Analysis: When the Data Goes Silent, Narrative SpeaksIn the press room at Indian Wells, I sat next to an American colleague. His...
Referee's Eye: Wimbledon Ends 147 Years of Line Judges and the Grey Zones of Tennis Law Nobody Wants to TouchReferee's Eye: Wimbledon Ends 147 Years of Line Judges and the Grey Zones of...
Rybakina Seizes World No.1, Djokovic Falls from Top 10: US Open 2026 Rankings in Complete TurmoilWhen Elena Rybakina woke up on the morning of September 7, 2026, she was not...
Marijuana Smoke from the Park Next to US Open: Lessons from the Tennis CourtIn the third round of the US Open 2026, world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka had to st...
Swiatek's Seed No. 8 at the 2026 US Open: Sign of a Generational TransitionIn the third round of the 2026 US Open, seeded eighth Iga Świątek stepped ont...
Djokovic's US Open First-Round Exit: When a 39-Year-Old Body Stops Listening to WillpowerNew York, late night August 27, 2026. On the Arthur Ashe court, Novak Djokovi...
Djokovic falls at US Open, Raducanu returns: Two contrasting stories from the tennis worldNovak Djokovic just experienced one of the earliest defeats of his career at...
