Author

Steen Kirby

Senior Tennis Writer

Steen Kirby is a sports journalist with more than a decade of experience covering the biggest moments in world sport, and tennis has been at the heart of his work since he was a teenager. He has followed the professional game closely since the age of 13 — his earliest tennis memory is the marathon five-set 2009 Australian Open semifinal — and turned that fandom into a career, starting out at Tennis East Coast in 2012 before becoming a co-owner and contributing editor at its successor, Tennis Atlantic. He has reported on the sport at every level, from the elite ATP Tour to the grind of the ATP Challenger circuit, and his work has appeared at Last Word on Sports and Tennis View Magazine, including on-site coverage of marquee events such as Indian Wells, the Davis Cup and the Australian Open. Beyond the baseline his interests span football, cricket, rugby league, baseball and Formula 1, and he follows Barcelona, Monterrey Rayados, Atlético Nacional, the New York Mets and Florida State. He draws much of his inspiration from the competitive fire of Andy Murray and Lleyton Hewitt.

Also published at Last Word on Sports, Tennis Atlantic, Tennis View Magazine