SI

What I did on my summer vacation: Tennis players kick back and relax

What I did on my summer vacation: Maria Sharapova, Grigor Dimitrov, other players kick back and relax

Courtney Nguyen

What I did on my summer vacation: Tennis players kick back and relax
What I did on my summer vacation: Tennis players kick back and relax /

The month after Wimbledon is the slowest time of the tennis season, and it comes at just the right time. For the players, it's been non-stop action since March, when the tennis tour returned to North America with Indian Wells and Miami. It then quickly transitioned to European clay through the French Open, and finished with the four-week grass season, culminating with Wimbledon. With no ATP Masters 1000 or WTA Premier 5 events until August, now is the time to leave the rackets in the bag and relax.

Here's what the top tennis players are doing on their summer vacations:

Twice as nice: Kvitova proves she belongs with second Wimbledon title

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova is back home in the Czech Republic. Staring at trees and rocking out.

Dekuji Vam vsem,kteri jste me prisli dnes privitat do Fulneku. Bylo to zabavne :) Thanks everyone for coming to see me in Fulnek tonight, was so much fun #airguitar

Posted by Petra Kvitová on Sunday, July 13, 2014

Rafael Nadal, who won his ninth French Open title in June, hit up Ibiza before heading back home to Mallorca.

Maravillosa la Sierra de Tramuntana en Mallorca Wonderful Tramuntana Mountains in Mallorca

Posted by Rafa Nadal on Saturday, July 12, 2014

Speaking of Mallorca, Ana Ivanovic hung out on the beach with friends before flying back to England to attend her brother's graduation.

Happy graduation @ivanovicmilosh !!!!! #proud 🎓🎉

Posted by Ana Ivanovic on Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Sharapova bests Halep in a classic French Open women's final

One French Open title and a Wimbledon semifinal? Yeah, Grigor Dimitrov and Maria Sharapova have earned their beach time.

Milos Raonic, fresh off his first Grand Slam semifinal, went for a hit with Steve Nash (and yes, that's Gus Wenner, former Rolling Stone editor and now head of digital for Wenner Media).

Jelena Jankovic, well, who knows where she is. But she brings the party (and the light and joy).

Donna Vekic is doing what Donna Vekic does:

I guess everyone's at the beach.

Jeden z tych 25tich dni v roku kedy mozem pracovat na mojom "ponozkovom opaleni" hahaha :) One of these 25days in a year where i can work on my "sock tan" hahaha :)

Posted by Dominika Cibulkova on Thursday, July 3, 2014

Caroline Wozniacki hit the beach with friends to celebrate her 24th birthday and she's back on court this week, headlining the Istanbul Cup. 

Beach time with the girls! #celebrating #birthday #sun

Posted by Caroline Wozniacki on Friday, July 11, 2014
Published
Courtney Nguyen
COURTNEY NGUYEN

Contributor, SI.com Nguyen is a freelance writer for SI.com, providing full coverage of professional tennis both on and off the court. Her content has become a must-read for fans and insiders to stay up-to-date with a sport that rarely rests. She has appeared on radio and TV talk shows all over the world and is one of the co-hosts of No Challenges Remaining, a weekly podcast available on iTunes. Nguyen graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1999 and received a law degree from the University of California, Davis in 2002. She lives in the Bay Area.

Home/Tennis