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US Open Ceremony Anniversaries Abound
Aug. 25 | August 25 is an historic day for the United States Tennis Association and the U.S. Open as it was on this date in 1997 that the new Arthur Ashe Stadium was christened in a moving on-court ceremony, as documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS...
FISH TO PLAY ROCHUS IN NEWPORT FINAL IN REMATCH OF GREATEST TENNIS MATCH OF ALL-TIME YOU NEVER HEARD OF
Jul. 10 | By Randy Walker NEWPORT, R.I. – It could easily received consideration as “the greatest tennis of all time.” Except it was a second-round match at the lowest-level ATP World Tour event between two middle-ranked players. Prior to...
2010 US OPEN BASE PRIZE MONEY TOPS RECORD $22.6 MILLION WITH POTENTIAL $25.2 MILLION PAYOUT
Jul. 9 | WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 8, 2010 – The USTA today announced that the 2010 US Open purse will top $22.6 million, an increase of $1 million over last year’s record purse, and the richest purse in tennis history. In addition to the base purse...
MAHUT ON COURT FOR NINE HOURS, 42 MINUTES LESS THAN ISNER MATCH, WINS IN NEWPORT IN FIRST MATCH SINCE EPIC
Jul. 7 | Nicolas Mahut, who along with John Isner famously played in the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon, returned to the grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame Tuesday in his first competition since his epic match. He won his...
NADAL’S WIMBLEDON TITLE PLACES HIM IN “BEST-OF-ALL-TIME” CONVERSATION
Jul. 4 | By Charles Bricker And so at the precise age of 24 years, 1 month and 1 day, Rafa Nadal won his eighth Grand Slam title, exactly 10 months younger than when his elite contemporary, Roger Federer, won his eighth major back in 2006. Although statistically...
BERDYCH WILL LOOK TO “SHUSH” NADAL IN WIMBLEDON FINAL
Jul. 2 | By Randy Walker It will be Tomas Berdych and Rafael Nadal squaring off for the Wimbledon title on Sunday. Berdych followed up his quarterfinal upset of top-seed and six-time champion Roger Federer by defeating Novak Djokovic 6-3, 7-6 (9), 6-3 to advance...
MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: A SUMMARY OF THE FIRST WEEK OF WIMBLEDON
Jun. 28 | STARS (Wimbledon – First Week) John Isner won the longest-known match in tennis history, outlasting Nicolas Mahut 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7) 7-6 (3) 70-68 Vera Dushevina beat fifth-seeded Francesca Schiavone 6-7 (0) 7-5 6-1 Kaia Kanepi beat sixth-seeded Samantha...
70-68! JOHN ISNER WINS LONGEST TENNIS MATCH OF ALL-TIME
Jun. 24 | John Isner of the United States won the longest tennis match ever Thursday, taking the fifth-set of his first-round Wimbledon match with Nicolas Mahut of France 70-68. The final time of match was an incredible 11 hours, 5 minutes. Isner and Mahut...
THE LONGEST MATCH EVER PLAYED AT WIMBLEDON (AND IT’S NOT OVER YET!)
Jun. 23 | By Charles Bricker OK, it’s legendary. OK, these two warriors — spiky haired Nicolas Mahut (“mah-oo”) of France and 6-foot-9 John Isner — were out there nearly seven hours on Wednesday, unable to finish a match that was...
MY FAVORITE FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE STORY
Jun. 2 | By Randy Walker Francesca Schiavone is the first Italian woman to play in the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament in the Open era (since 1968). After looking through the pages of THE BUD COLLINS HISTORY OF TENNIS ($35.95, New Chapter Press, www.NewChapterMedia.com)...
DOWN MATCH POINT, LAVER GOES ON TO WIN 1962 FRENCH TITLE…AND THE GRAND SLAM
May. 27 | It was 48 years ago on Friday, May 28, 2010, that Rod Laver was down his only match point in either of his two historic Grand Slam runs (1962, 1969). In the quarterfinals of the French Championships of 1962, Laver faced fellow Australian Marty Mulligan,...
