This greatly expanded profile of Maria Sharapova adds a biography and career history to a concise presentation of basic facts, playing style, greatest strengths, and areas needing improvement.

You might not hit any single specialty shot very often, but cumulatively, the specialty shots can form a highly valuable portion of your stroke portfolio. See whether your knowledge of these relatively rare shots is better than ordinary.

For much of the Northern Hemisphere, this is the time of year when it's starting to get cold, but it's still possible to play outdoors. Here's how you can use low temperatures to your advantage.

This greatly expanded profile of Rafael Nadal adds a biography and career history to a concise presentation of basic facts, playing style, greatest strengths, and areas needing improvement.

Each correct answer brings a new question of higher difficulty. See how far you can get.

This step-by-step, photo-based lesson will help you learn the most popular forehand among power hitters. Because it encourages topspin, this stroke can also improve consistency.

This greatly expanded profile of Roger Federer now includes a biography and career history. Basic facts about Roger and an analysis of his greatest strengths and weaknesses have also been updated.

Photos illustrate this step-by-step lesson on how to hit the one-handed backhand topspin lob. This shot is relatively difficult to execute, but it's usually a clean winner once it clears an opponent at the net, and it's handy in baseline rallies, too.

Contrary to a popular misconception, all serves should not be met at the same point of contact. Photos illustrate this tour of the ideal points of contact for the four most common spin serves and one exotic one.

If you're thinking about buying some new tennis gear soon, here's a fun way to test your knowledge of a few basics concerning racquets, strings, and balls. This quiz uses a game-show format and explains each answer.