Tennis players ring in the New Year

Author:
Courtney Nguyen
Publish date:
Jan 1, 2014

Andy Murray celebrated 2014 with his team in Doha, Qatar. (Photo via Twitter)

Chances are, most professional tennis players rang in 2014 before America even had lunch on New Year's Eve. With tournaments this week in Australia, New Zealand, India and Qatar, players stayed up past their typical bedtimes to welcome the new year (that is, if their competitive schedule allowed). You can't party too hard when you have to train early on New Year's Day. Such is the life of a tennis pro.

From Rafael Nadal to Andy Murray, from Serena Williams to Maria Sharapova, the players celebrated and sent their well-wishes upon the arrival of 2014:

Serena Williams: The WTA's No. 1 capped off her 2013 with a win (a 6-4, 6-4 defeat of Andrea Petkovic at the Brisbane International) and then struggled to fight off her jet lag.

https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/status/418143704306569217

https://twitter.com/serenawilliams/status/418143813853405184

Rafael Nadal: Nadal celebrated with friends and family in Doha.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151963939901026

Andy Murray: He celebrated New Year's with his team, a mask, and a feather boa.

https://twitter.com/andy_murray/status/418124560844595200

Novak Djokovic: Djokovic is finishing his Australian Open preparations in Dubai.

https://twitter.com/DjokerNole/status/418125540097527808

Maria Sharapova: Sending her New Year's wishes from Brisbane.

https://twitter.com/MariaSharapova/status/418154323227328512

Andrea Petkovic: Quoting an target="_blank">Arctic Monkeys song, because she's Petko.

https://twitter.com/andreapetkovic/status/418053791896715264

John Isner: Spiffed up for the Hopman Cup Ball with his girlfriend.

http://instagram.com/p/im8T2NRVYt/

Sloane Stephens: Team USA representing in Perth.

https://twitter.com/hopmancup/status/417976584545386496/photo/1

Laura Robson: It was a quiet evening for the teenager, who has already arrived in Melbourne for the Australian Open.

https://twitter.com/laurarobson5/statuses/417964764136869888

Eugenie Bouchard: Partying up with Milos Raonic at the Hopman Cup Ball.

https://twitter.com/geniebouchard/status/418061131966447617

Maria Kirilenko: Having withdrawn from the Australian Open, Kirilenko was back in the States ringing in the New Year with her fiancee, Alexander Ovechkin.

https://twitter.com/mkirilenko/status/418251698629783552

Petra Kvitova: Another Hopman Cup Ball attendee.

https://twitter.com/Petra_Kvitova/status/418005716373233666

Edouard Roger-Vasselin: The Frenchman gives us a glimpse at the party going on at the Chennai Open.

https://twitter.com/ERogerVasselin/statuses/418090850531299328

Svetlana Kuznetsova: Cristal, obviously.