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Posted by WTM on March 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By Randy Walker
How would you feel – and how would the tennis world be better or worse – if the finals of the Australian Open were played today? Well that was the case 39 years ago when the men’s and women’s singles finals at the 1971 Australian Open were played in Sydney. [...]
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Posted by WTM on March 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On March 7, Ivan Lendl will celebrate being on this earth for a half-century. A half-century was how long it felt that this towering Czech dominated tennis, reaching eight straight U.S. Open finals from 1982-1989, holding the No. 1 ranking for 269 weeks and winning 94 singles titles.
The following profile on Lendl is featured in [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 5, 2010 · 1 Comment
Ivan Lendl announced this week that he will return to play competitive tennis when he will face Mats Wilander in an April 10 exhibition match in Atlantic City, N.J. in an event that will also feature Andy Roddick and Marat Safin. It was 25 years ago today, on February 5, 1985, that Lendl and Andy [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 4, 2010 · 1 Comment
Nine years ago, on February 4, 2001, Roger Federer finally broke through and won his first ATP singles title. As documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, Federer, then relatively uncertain19-year-old struggling to live up to the heavy expectations thrust upon him, defeated Julien Boutter of France 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in Milan, [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
February 2 is an historic day in the life and career of Roger Federer. As documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, it was February 2, 2004 when Federer first became the No. 1 player in the world. It was one day after Federer won his first Australian Open title – and [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment
It will be 50 years ago on Monday, February 1 that Rod Laver won his first major championship – the Australian Open.
The man whose name now graces the Center Court at the national championship of his homeland finally broke through and won the 1960 Australian Championships, that year played at the Milton Courts in Brisbane. [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On the current career resume of Roger Federer, the Australian Open stands as his most elusive major. The Swiss maestro has gone three years without winning Australia’s Grand Slam tournament, an eternity by the standards of Federer, the reigning French and Wimbledon champion who last won the U.S. Open in 2008. Federer last won in [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 19, 2010 · 1 Comment
Barbora Zahlavova Strykova of the Czech Republic and Russia’s Regina Kulikova created tennis history Tuesday playing the longest women’s match in the history of the Australian Open and the second longest match of all time.
Strykova won the first-round match, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (10-12), 6-3, in 4-hours-19 minutes, played over two days because of Monday’s rain [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 20, 2009 · Leave a Comment
December 20 marked the end of a career for Roger Federer. It was on this day, on December 20, 1998, as documented in the book “ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY” ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.TennisHistoryBook.com), that Federer’s career as a junior tennis player came to an end as he won the prestigious Orange Bowl [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment
1983: WILANDER WINS GRASS-COURT MAJOR DOWN UNDER
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Posted by WTM on December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It is a full six weeks before the start of the 2010 Grand Slam tennis season with the start of the Australian Open in mid-January. Many may have forgotten that the Australian Open used to be played in December, sometimes over the Christmas holidays that keep away many of the world’s best players. This week, [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
It is a full six weeks before the start of the 2010 Grand Slam tennis season with the start of the Australian Open in mid-January. Many may have forgotten that the Australian Open used to be played in December, sometimes over the Christmas holidays that keep away many of the world’s best players. This week, [...]
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