TNT Sports (formerly Turner Sports) has occasionally televised tennis coverage on its networks in the United States, primarilyTNT. Both of its broadcast packages to-date have been rights toGrand Slam events, including holding rights toWimbledon from 2000 to 2002, and acquiring American rights to theFrench Open in 2025 in conjunction with the BritishTNT Sports networks and pan-EuropeanEurosport networks.
From2000 to2002, Turner Sports held cable rights to theWimbledon Championships alongside broadcast networkNBC; TNT would broadcast 61 hours of daytime coverage over the length of the tournament, whileCNN/SI would carry a nightlyprime time block. At the time, it was the third major sports property to be split between NBC and Turner, including theNBA andNASCAR.[1] In 2002, with the closure of CNN/SI earlier in the year, its share of the coverage moved toCNNfn.[2] The package replaced coverage that had been carried by sister divisionHBO Sports for 25 years.[3][1] The cable rights moved toESPN2 in 2003, followed by exclusive rights to the entire tournament in 2012.[4]
In June 2024, TNT Sports acquired the American rights to theFrench Open, in a multi-year deal (through 2034[5]) that also includes a renewal ofWarner Bros. Discovery's pan-European rights to the tournament withTNT Sports (UK),Eurosport, and WBD-owned free-to-air channels in some European territories.[6][7][8] The coverage is being co-produced by TNT Sports' European and American operations, with talent and resource sharing between the divisions, and separate studio segments being produced for the American and British telecasts. The majority of television coverage is airing on TNT, with all matches streaming onHBO Max, andTruTV carrying a daily "whiparound" show carrying rolling coverage from across all courts.[9][8]
