Staff

Tennis Grandstand’s team consists of some of the most knowledgeable people on the subject of tennis and keeps you up to date on the latest tennis news around the globe.

EDITORS

WRITERS

Melissa Boyd
Melissa Boyd is the Social Media Coordinator for Tennis Canada and the Rogers Cup ATP/WTA tournaments in Montreal and Toronto. She earned a Journalism degree from Concordia University and has written articles for several Canadian tennis magazines including OTA and MatchPoint. She covered the 2007 Canada-Israel Fed Cup tie for the ITF, writing daily articles for www.fedcup.com. She also covered the joint ATP/WTA event in Memphis for Tennis Canada in 2011. Melissa lives in Montreal and provides coverage of Tennis Canada events happening throughout the province of Quebec. Melissa can be reached by email at: boydmel@gmail.com or follow her tennis musings on twitter @boydmel.
Romana Cvitkovic
Romana Cvitkovic is the managing editor of both Tennis Grandstand and World Tennis Magazine, and has covered ATP, WTA, World TeamTennis, and Champions Series tennis events in the Washington, DC area. Her work has been featured on USA Today, On The Baseline Tennis, and linked to from Tennis.com and SI.com. Having played competitive tennis in high school, she will rarely turn down the opportunity to step on court for an engaging battle. She can be reached at Romana.Cvitkovic@gmail.com or on twitter @TennisRomi.
Lindsay Gibbs
Lindsay Gibbs is a freelance writer and filmmaker living in New York City. Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina she attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she studied screenwriting, directing, and producing. An avid tennis fan, Lindsay writes for Tennis Grandstand and has been a contributor for OnTheGoTennis and Racquet Required. Her first book, “Titanic: The Tennis Story”, a historical novel about Dick Williams and Karl Behr, the two Hall of Fame Tennis Players who survived the Titanic, is available on April 1st: You can read her writing and player interviews at Ballinz and see her tennis videos on YouTube. She would love to hear from you either by e-mail, LindsayJGibbs@gmail.com or on twitter: @LinzSports.
Andrea Lubinsky
Andrea Lubinsky is an avid tennis fan who has followed the sport for many years. Currently residing in New York, she has covered several ATP and WTA events around the United States and has attended numerous tennis events around the world. In an effort to share her experiences and opinions with other tennis fans, Andrea writes a blog called A Change of Ends in addition to her contributions to Tennis Grandstand. She can be reached at achangeofends@gmail.com or on twitter @achangeofends.
Van Sias
Van Sias is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, NY, and a member of the United States Tennis Writers Association. He is the creator of the long-running blog Tennis Talk, Anyone? and his latest site, The Doubles Alley, which focuses on professional and amateur doubles. He is a regular contributor to Tennis View Magazine and Bleacher Report, as well as the blogs GoToTennis and Down the Line!, where he writes the “Serves and Returns” and “VANtage Point” features, respectively. In other words, if it involves his two biggest passions—tennis and writing—he’s going to do it! He can be reached at vancsias@yahoo.com or you can follow him on Twitter,@ttanyone or @dubsalley.
Kelyn Soong
Kelyn Soong is a freelance tennis writer and photographer. He has covered tennis and other sports as an intern for Voice of America and is a regular contributor to USTA/Mid-Atlantic, USTA/Maryland and On The Baseline Tennis News. Kelyn plays USTA league tennis but spends most of his efforts beating friends for bragging rights. He has covered ATP and WTA Tour events, World TeamTennis and junior tournaments in the Mid-Atlantic area. Kelyn currently lives in Maryland and plans on pursuing a master’s degree in journalism. To view more of Kelyn’s work, visit his blog at www.kelynsoong.blogspot.com. He can be reached at KelynSoong@gmail.com or on twitter @KelynSoong.

PHOTOGRAPHERS

  • Rick Gleijm
  • Ralf Reinecke

CONTRIBUTORS