Posted in Odds and Ends on Mar 28th, 2008
Andre Agassi, Apr/29/1970
Todd Woodbridge, apr/2/1971
Sandrine Testud, Apr/3/1972
Nicolas Escude, apr/3/1976
Tommy Haas, Apr/3/1978
Meghann Shaughnessy, Apr/13/1979
Jelena Dokic, Apr/12/1983
Daniela Hantuchova, Apr/23/1983
Dinara Safina Apr/27/1986
Maria Sharapova, Apr/19/1987
Nicole Vaidisova, Apr/23/1989
Posted in Odds and Ends on Mar 2nd, 2008
Ivan Lendl: March/29/1960
Thomas Johansson: March/24/1975
Jennifer Capriati: March/29/1976
Marc Gicquel: March/30/1977
Ivan Ljubicic: March/19/1979
Katarina Srebotnik: March/12/1981
Carlos Berlocq: March/2/1983
Rajeev Ram: March/18/1984
Juan Monaco: March/29/1984
Mario Ancic: March/30/1984
Anna Chakvetadze: March/5/1987
Aravane Rezai: March/14/1987
Agnieszka Radwanska: March/6/1989
Posted in Odds and Ends on Feb 29th, 2008
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Posted in Odds and Ends on Feb 19th, 2008
Bill Tilden: Feb/10th/1893
John McEnroe: Feb/16th/1959
Michael Chang: Feb/22nd/1972
Nathalie Dechy: Feb/21st/1979
Juan Carlos Ferrero: Feb/12th/1980
Lleyton Hewitt: Feb/24th/1981
Na Li: Feb/26th/1982
Jelena Jankovic: Feb/28th/1985
Posted in Odds and Ends on Jun 23rd, 2007
The only known example of a “golden set” (a set won 6-0 without losing a single point, i.e. winning 24 consecutive points) in professional tennis was achieved by Bill Scanlon (USA) against Marcos Hocevar (Brazil). The match was in the first round of the WCT Gold COast Classic, played at Delray,Florida on Feb,22nd/1983. The match [...]
Posted in Odds and Ends on Jun 23rd, 2007
“…I am a tennis player. I don’t know a tango from a mango…” (Monica Seles when asked about her role in the tv series “Dancing with the Stars” -Feb/2008)
“…All she does is serve, and I just stand there, sometimes I don’t even move. she plays all the points, my favorite word is ‘yours’…” [...]
