Irish Tennis Featuring interviews with Irish players and coverage of Ireland's international teams Interview | Michael Agwi The Irish no.1 on playing Davis Cup, the 2025 season so far and learning to "enjoy the suffering" of professional tennis By Stephen Higgins | 12 September 2025 China, P.R. beat Ireland 3-1 as Agwi picks up home point in singles Ireland will face a Davis Cup Group II relegation play-off in 2026 after the Chinese doubles pair clinch tie for the visitors By Stephen Higgins | 14 September 2025 Preview | Ireland v China With the Chinese no.2 absent, Conor Niland's side hope to pull off an upset in Abbotstown By Stephen Higgins | 12 September 2025 Gallery | 2025 Irish Open A collection of my photos from the 2025 Irish Open featuring Ida Wobker, Alastair Gray, Michael Agwi, Victoria Allen and more By Stephen Higgins | 4 August 2025 2025 Irish Open | Gray edges Agwi after Wobker lights up Carrickmines 14-year-old Ida Wobker and Great Britain’s Alastair Gray take the 2025 Irish Open titles By Stephen Higgins | 4 August 2025 Preview | 2025 Irish Open Alastair Gray and Michael Agwi lead a strong men's field while the women's draw looks very open By Stephen Higgins | 28 July 2025 Interview | Conor Niland on 'The Racket' From Bolletieri's to Berkeley and eventually Wimbledon, Ireland's greatest player talks to me about his new memoir By Stephen Higgins | 3rd September 2024 2024 Irish Open | Jones, Gillan Make It British Double Ben Jones and Alice Gillan take singles titles at reborn Irish Open By Stephen Higgins | 11 August 2024 Davis Cup | Austria Sweep Tenacious Irish Team Austria claim doubles and singles on day two to clinch Group I play-off By Stephen Higgins | 4 February 2024 Davis Cup | Thiem and Ofner Give Austria 2-0 Lead After Day 1 Austria on the cusp of victory in Limerick after Dominic Thiem and Sebastian Ofner win opening singles By Stephen Higgins | 3 February 2024 Preview | Ireland v Austria Irish team search for monumental upset against Thiem and co. at UL By Stephen Higgins | 2 February 2024 2019 Irish Open | Georgia on Irish Minds Georgia Drummy beats Alice Robbe 6-1 6-2 in final at Carrickmines By Stephen Higgins | 5 August 2019 2018 Irish Open | Bothwell Conquers Carrickmines Ulsterman defeats Ryan Storrie 5-7 6-3 6-3 in Irish Open final By Stephen Higgins | 6 August 2018 Interview | Richard Fahey Tennis Ireland's CEO on the strength of Irish clubs, the role of coaches and where Irish tennis should be in 2021 By Stephen Higgins | 16 October 2017 Interview | Dave Miley The former ITF Executive Director of Tennis Development on Irish tennis, developing players and what tennis should and shouldn’t change By Stephen Higgins | 26 August 2017 2017 Irish Open | Burrage, Bossel Claim Titles Jodie Burrage and Adrien Bossel are the 2017 AIG Irish Open singles champions By Stephen Higgins | 29 July 2017 Interview | Conor Niland Ireland's highest-ever ranked player on his major successes, injury lows and life beyond the court By Stephen Higgins | 2 September 2016 Interview | James Cluskey After announcing his retirement in October, I caught up with James Cluskey to talk about his career, plans for the future and how he finally beat Pierre-Hugues Herbert By Stephen Higgins | 11 December 2015 Interview | Jenny Claffey Having completed her debut season on the ITF Tour, the new Irish no.1 Jenny Claffey spoke to me about winning titles, learning from losing and her goals for 2016 By Stephen Higgins | 4 December 2015 Interview | James McGee Temporarily off tour after knee surgery, the Irish number one spoke to me about his best season to date, Davis Cup relegation and the trouble returning Sam Groth's serve By Stephen Higgins | 17 August 2015
