Professional Tennis Mindset Articles

Pro tennis mindset articles and strategies for junior to professional tennis players to improve mental performance in tennis matches.

Winning The Mental Game Battle

How to Get into a Rhythm When Playing a Tennis Match

Why is Your Mental Game Important? Tennis is a mental game. You’ve probably at some point in your tennis career lost focus, composure, or had trouble regaining confidence and momentum during a match. If you’ve struggled with any of these mental challenges, you know how important the mind

Kim Clijsters Wins the Mind Game

Tennis Psychology

How Strong is Your Mental Game? Kim Clijsters was an unlikely champion at the 2009 U.S. Open defeating Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 6-3 in the final. After a long absence from the game, Clijsters returned to tennis with a new outlook and a new mental game for tennis. Her

Melanie Oudin’s Weapon: Mental Toughness

Tennis Psychology

Improving Your Tennis Mental Toughness Is 17 year old Melanie Oudin the real deal? Most experts, such as Brad Gilbert think so. Read on to discover her biggest weapon… I’m sure you’ve heard about Melanie Oudin’s remarkable 3-set wins in which she made big-time comebacks against a few

Early US Open Exits – Mental or Physical?

Tennis Psychology

Are Early Exits Mental or Physical Errors? Have you watched the action at the U.S. Open? A lot of surprises this year. We’ve seen some early exits by top seeded players… Are these early exits caused by a poor mental game or physical game? For example, Ana Ivanovic

Dementieva: Having a Game Winning Plan

Tennis Psychology

Developing a Winning Game Plan Elena Dementieva’s success at the Rogers Cup in Toronto hadn’t been great – until now. Dementieva hadn’t made it past the second round (besides her semi final loss in 2003) since playing on the professional tour. Putting her record aside, Dementieva was able

Even Roger Federer Loses Focus

Tennis Psychology

Staying Focused in Matches Roger Federer demoralized Novak Djokovic at the Cincinnati Masters Tournament recently winning easily 6-1, 7-5. “It looks convincing, 6-1, 7-5, but a few points here or there, your focus is not right on break point, maybe you are the better man, but you end