And Then There Were Eight

And Then There Were Eight

French Open 2010 01 Jun 2010

Samantha Stosur downed heavily favored Justine Henin and Nicolas Almagro polished off a hard serving Fernando Verdasco to complete the quarterfinal pairings in Pairs.


Martina Navratilova – Singular Quality, Legendary Longevity

Martina Navratilova – Singular Quality, Legendary Longevity

Player Profiles 15 Feb 2010

Margaret Smith Court won more Grand Slam singles titles than Martina Navratilova. So did Steffi Graf. Chris Evert won just as many Major singles championships as her good friend managed to do. If you wanted to say that Navratilova is not the greatest singles player in the history of women’s tennis, you could make a [...]


Monica Seles – A Hall of Fame Journey

Monica Seles – A Hall of Fame Journey

Player Profiles 15 Feb 2010

Sixteen long years after having her career derailed, a renewed Monica Seles found reason to celebrate once again. The best ballstriker in the past 25 years of women’s tennis – for reasons beyond her control –could not become the single most accomplished champion in the history of her sport, but the nine-time Major champion was [...]


Monica’s Moment: Seles enshrined in Tennis Hall of Fame

Monica Seles 20 Jul 2009

Sixteen long years after having her career derailed, a renewed Monica Seles found reason to celebrate once again. The 35-year-old–for reasons beyond her control–could not become the single most accomplished champion in the history of women’s tennis, but the nine-time major champion richly deserved to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. After [...]


Intruder invaded Roland Garros during the French Open 2009 final match

Intruder invaded Roland Garros during the French Open 2009 final match

French Open 2009 09 Jun 2009

Cause for concern has been created within the tennis community after an intruder invaded the court during the French Open 2009 final match. In a match which saw Roger Federer go on to equal Pete Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slam titles, one person nearly ruined the occasion by running over to Federer and throwing [...]


Elton John def. Billy Jean King!

The 2008 finals of the World Team Tennis championships were held in Georgia this past weekend, with Sir Elton’s team evening the series at 8-8 with a win over Billy Jean King’s team. The real winner was Elton’s AID Foundation and the Atlanta AID’s Partnership which received over $400,000 in donations. For more than 28 [...]