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Despite his Grand Slam play, Gottfried von Cramm is most remembered for his match against Don Budge during the 1937 Davis Cup. He was ahead 4–1 in the final set, when Budge launched a comeback, eventually winning 8–6 in a match considered by many as the greatest battle in the annals of Davis Cup play
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to a poor family in an eggplant farm where his father, Han Ting was the head of the village. He had three brothers and three sisters. After he had been dropped out of school he started playing tennis at the age of 14, while working in a sports equipment store. Kho won numerous tournaments in Europe,
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From 1927 to 1967, the International Lawn Tennis Federation, treated all amateur champions as though they no longer existed, from the moment they turned professional. Perry, who turned pro at the end of the 1936 season, suffered the same fate. Only in 1968, with the introduction of "Open Tennis" did
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A natural left-hander, he was taught by his father to play right-handed. Perhaps as a result of this unorthodox training (or in spite of it), he developed a powerful and effective backhand but never had anything more than an accurate but relatively soft serve. He was 1.70 m tall (5 ft 7 in) and
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newspaper in 2012, ranked Lew as the greatest player of the 'Past Champions' era of tennis. Laver described his strengths of "power, volleying and explosiveness" as justification of his accolade. Serious back problems plagued Hoad throughout his career, particularly after he turned professional, and
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Having started playing tennis at the age of seven, del Potro won his first senior match in 2004 at the age of 15. In 2008, he became the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments. He also completed the second longest winning streak in 2008, and the second
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titles places her fifth on the all-time list: 21 in singles, 13 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously and only the fifth woman in history to do so. Her 21 Grand Slam singles titles is
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A teenage sensation at the start of his career, Borg's unprecedented stardom and consistent success helped propel the rising popularity of tennis during the 1970s. As a result, the professional tour became more lucrative, and in 1979 he was the first player to earn more than one million dollars in
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has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002. She is considered to be one of the greatest women's tennis players of all-time in a career hampered by
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Venus has played her sister Serena in 25 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 14 of these matches. They have met in eight Grand Slam singles finals, with Serena winning six times. Beginning with the 2002 French Open, they met in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals, the first
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Wills was the first American woman athlete to become a global celebrity, making friends with royalty and film stars despite her preference to stay out of the limelight. She was admired for her graceful physique and for her fluid motion. She was part of a new tennis fashion, playing in knee-length
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ideology that put pressure on all German athletes to be superior. However, von Cramm steadfastly refused to be a tool for Nazi propaganda. Germany effectively lost its 1935 Davis Cup Interzone Final against the US, when von Cramm refused to take match point in the deciding game, by notifying the
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in women's doubles. She has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. Serena has played older sister Venus in 27 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 16 of these matches. They have met in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six times. Beginning
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titles and finishing runners up in numerous other Grand Slam finals, he is considered to be one of the greatest and most respected contemporary doubles and mixed doubles players in the world. He is among the most successful professional Indian tennis players and is also the former captain of the
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weighed 67 kg (145 pounds) and was ironically nicknamed "Muscles" by his fellow-players because of his lack of them. He was, however, fast, agile, and tireless, with a deadly volley. His sliced backhand was his strongest shot, and, along with the very different backhand of former player
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Originally from Czechoslovakia, she was stripped of her citizenship when, in 1975 at the age of 18, she asked the United States for political asylum and was granted temporary residency. At the time, Navratilova was being told by the Czechoslovakian Sports Federation that she was becoming too
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Laver was ranked as the best professional player in the world during the five-year period he was excluded from the Grand Slam tournaments. Rod Laver is the second and last male player to win each major title twice in his career. Only Roy Emerson and Margaret Court had won all four Grand Slam
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time in the open era that the same two players had contested four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals. The pair have won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles together. She is also one of only two active WTA players to have made the finals of all four Grand Slams, the other player being her sister
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Tilden dominated the world of international tennis in the first half of the 1920s, and during his 18-year amateur period of 1912–30, won 138 of 192 tournaments. He owns a number of all-time tennis achievements including a career match winning record and a career winning percentage at the
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After winning the 2008 French Open she endured an ongoing period of reduced success, failing to make a Grand Slam quarterfinal in her subsequent 17 Grand Slam tournaments, and dropping as low as No. 65 in the rankings during July 2010. 2014 was a resurgent year for Ivanovic, winning the
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titles in 2003. Clijsters announced her retirement with immediate effect on 6 May 2007, but almost two years later, on 26 March 2009, she publicly declared her intent to return to the WTA tour for the 2009 summer hard court season. In only her third tournament back, she won her second
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Americanized. Navratilova became a US citizen in 1981, but on January 9, 2008, had her Czech citizenship restored. She stated she has not renounced her American citizenship nor does she plan to do so and that the restoration of her Czech citizenship was not politically motivated.
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pleated skirts rather than the longer ones of her predecessors. Unusually, she practiced against men to hone her craft, and she played a relentless game, wearing down her female opponents with power and accuracy. In 1933 she beat the 8th-ranked male player in an exhibition match.
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and one of the pre-eminent matches in all of tennis history. In a later interview, Budge said that von Cramm had received a phone call from Hitler minutes before the match started and came out pale and serious and had played each point as though his life depended on winning.
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player for a number of years in the early 1960s. He was ranked among the top 20 players, amateur or professional, every year from 1952 through 1977. Rosewall is the only player to have simultaneously held Pro Grand Slam titles on three different surfaces (1962–1963). At the
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Nalbandian began playing tennis at age five when his Iranian grandfather built a cement court in his backyard, that's why he had a preference for fast surfaces, unlike other Argentinian players, who prefer clay courts. Once in a TV show, when asked about his success at
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Djokovic is the first Serbian player to win multiple Grand Slams and the first Serbian player to rank No. 1 for more than 100 weeks. He is the first male player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title. Djokovic has won numerous awards, including the 2011
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and has two children. He is the founder of the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation, which has raised over $ 60 million for at-risk children in Southern Nevada. In 2001, the Foundation opened the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, a K-12 public
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for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4. Soon after attaining this ranking, however, del Potro had to withdraw from most of the tournaments in 2010 due to wrist injury, and his ranking plummeted.
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due to a wrist injury picked up early in the 2014 season. A career high singles ranking of world number 27 was reached on 8 July 2013. She has a career high doubles ranking of number 82 but is currently unranked. She won a silver medal playing with
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about his amateur status and income derived from newspaper articles, won his last Major title in 1930 at Wimbledon aged 37. He turned professional on the last day of that year and toured with a handful of other professionals for the next 15 years.
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titles and a record 35 Major finals overall. He won the Pro Grand Slam in 1963. Rosewall won 9 slams in doubles with a career double grand slam. He is considered to be one of the top male tennis players of all time. He had a renowned
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tournaments twice before Laver in the history of tennis. In 1967 he also won the Professional Grand Slam (only Ken Rosewall did the same in 1963). Laver is universally regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
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singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his tennis career aged 18, he was also a
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singles final 12 times, including 9 consecutive years from 1982 through 1990, and won the women's singles title at Wimbledon a record 9 times. She and King each won 20 Wimbledon titles, an all-time record.
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he contributed significantly to his team's first Davis Cup title against the United States by winning the doubles match and the decisive singles match. Doherty won the Davis Cup trophy a further three times
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records that still stand, most notably winning 41% of the Grand Slam singles tournaments he entered, winning both the French Open and Wimbledon for three consecutive years, and winning three Grand Slams
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which made him the first and only player ever from New Zealand to win an Olympic medal in tennis in the Summer Olympics,a record which still remains unbroken as of 2016. He still holds a number of
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in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936 and was the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title until Andy Murray won the 2012
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Federer has appeared in an unprecedented 22 career Grand Slam finals, of which 10 were consecutive appearances, and he has appeared in 18 of 19 finals over the four and a half years from the
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Navratilova is one of just three women to have accomplished a career Grand Slam in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam "boxed set") a record she shares with
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player. He held the top ranking for 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 through August 29, 1977, and an additional eight times during his career (a total of 268 weeks). He won eight
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until 1926 when she turned professional. A flamboyant, trendsetting athlete, she was the first female tennis celebrity and one of the first international female sport stars, named
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Safin began his professional career in 1997, and held the No. 1 world ranking for a total of 9 weeks between November 2000 and April 2001. He won his first Grand Slam title at the
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prize money in a single season. He also made millions in endorsements throughout his career. The downside, however, was the constant attention and pressure eventually caused
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couldn't touch her. I think she'd beat the Williams sisters." In the early 1960s she also became the first black player to compete on the women's professional golf tour.
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on three separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first African American woman to achieve the feat during the
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and enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Rosewall was one of the two best male players for about nine years and was the
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for more than 180 weeks. By winning three Grand Slam titles in 2011, Djokovic became the sixth male player to win three Grand Slams in a calendar year. By reaching the
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for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008). He is often referred to as The Federer Express or abbreviated to Fed Express, the Swiss Maestro or simply Maestro.
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Andy Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Jerry and Blanche Roddick. Roddick's father was a businessman, and his mother was a schoolteacher. She now directs the
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Wilding was the son of wealthy English immigrants to New Zealand and enjoyed the use of private tennis courts at their home. He obtained a legal education at
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has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time. Nadal has won
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shot is one of his main strengths, capable of generating speeds over 100 mph, and he also possesses a very consistent and powerful double-handed
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Duo of Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi were nicknamed as "Indian Express".Leander Paes's off and on partnership with fellow Indian tennis player
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and a total of 302 weeks. He has been ranked inside the top 10 since October 2002 and the top 20 since April 2001. Federer has won a male record 16
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competitor for his country and immediately won the first of four straight German national championships. During this time he also teamed up with
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balls. Del Potro's best surfaces are hard and clay, while his game on grass has yet to improve with his height being cited as a possible factor.
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Budge is most famous as the first player, male or female, and only American male to win in a single year the four tournaments that comprise the
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For three straight years he was the men's singles runner-up at the Wimbledon Championships, losing memorable matches in the finals to England's
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victories in 2002 and 2006. Despite his dislike of grass courts, he became the first Russian man to reach the semi-finals of Wimbledon at the
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won 109 consecutive matches and won all four Grand Slam titles in 1984. Also the pair set an all time record of 79 titles together and tied
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player. She became famous for holding the top position in women's tennis for a total of nine years: 1927–33, 1935 and 1938. Wills won 31
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led to his effective retirement from tennis in 1967 although he made sporadic comebacks enticed by the advent of the open era in 1968.
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won nine. She was said to be "arguably the most dominant tennis player of the 20th century", and has been called by some (including
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singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles (an all-time record), and 10 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She reached the
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namely 75 career clay court titles (1900–15), 23 titles won in a single season (1906) and 114 career outdoor titles (shared with
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In 1926 she became the first major female tennis star to turn professional. Lenglen was paid US$ 50,000 by American entrepreneur
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titles ties her for twelfth on the all time list and is more than any other active female player except for her younger sister
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umpire that the ball had tipped his racket, and thus calling a point against himself, though no one had witnessed the error.
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professional tennis player who is the current 89th ranked player in the world. Del Potro achieved a top 10 ranking by the
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No. 1. His highest world ranking was No. 2 from 17 August 2009 to 31 August 2009. Murray achieved a top-10 ranking by the
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Williams has 46 career singles titles and her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000
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athlete to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became the first person of color to win a
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share the record for the most consecutive Grand Slam singles titles (six). In women's doubles, Navratilova and
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ethnic group. He was the first Chinese player ever to win a major international tournament. He won twice the
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Blake started playing tennis at age five alongside his brother Thomas. When 13, he was diagnosed with severe
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At a time when racism and prejudice were widespread in sports and in society, Gibson was often compared to
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he became the first male player during the open era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set.
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player for seven consecutive years, from 1964 to 1970. He is the only tennis player to have twice won the
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player who won 31 Championship titles between 1914 and 1926. She dominated women's tennis from the end of
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has named him the greatest player from 1965 through 2005. On July 17, 2007, Sampras was inducted into the
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in singles. He is one of five male players to have won all four Grand Slam singles events. He has won the
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singles titles and 11 WTA doubles titles. Clijsters has won four Grand Slam singles titles: three at the
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between 1897 and 1900. Additionally he won eight Wimbledon doubles titles and two doubles titles at the
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On 27 January 1940 he married Jane Margaret Gordon Balfour, daughter of E.J. Gordon Balfour, a judge in
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Robson has dropped out of the top 1000 in the world in singles following a prolonged absence from the
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Tilden became the first player to reach 10 finals at a single Grand Slam event. This mark stood until
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from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to
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Shortly after the outbreak of World War I Wilding enlisted and was killed on 9 May 1915 during the
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series matches, playing in the finals at all nine ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (a record shared by
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widely considered to be one of the greatest in tennis history. Between 1974 and 1981 he won 11
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player for six years from 1920 through 1925. He won 14 Major singles titles including ten
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and briefly joined his father's law firm. His tennis career started with him winning the
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The father of two sons, and grandfather of five, Rosewall now lives in northern Sydney.
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on 2 September 2009, Safin was No. 61 in the official world men's tennis rankings.
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tournament titles including six in singles and five in doubles. He also won three
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Indian Davis Cup team. He is the recipient of India's highest sporting honour, the
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this change. After becoming disillusioned with the class-conscious nature of the
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had come to power. The handsome, blond Gottfried von Cramm fit perfectly the
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World Sports Academy. She also serves the Health and Fitness Ambassador for
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game. Murray works with a team of fitness experts. After having worked with
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for 18 hours a day, though not while playing tennis. Blake attended
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player for five years, first as an amateur and then as a professional.
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on one occasion. He was a Swiss, Italian and Swedish champion as well.
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to reach the fourth round of a major tournament, having done so at the
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and thereafter played mostly head-to-head matches. Budge won four
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to win the tournament, and the first mother to win a major since
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player. Blake is known for his speed and powerful forehands. In
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has named him the 12th greatest player from 1965 through 2005.
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singles titles. He is one of seven male players to capture the
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singles title in 2002, 2003 and 2010. In doubles, she won the
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said that Navratilova is, "The greatest singles, doubles and
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in her honour and the trophy awarded to the winner of the
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Breaking Back: How I lost everything and won back my life
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Roddick retired from professional tennis in August 2012.
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on 31 January 1947, Kho was admitted to hospital with
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in 1990 to reach a WTA main-tour final. She was named
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singles titles and two Grand Slam doubles titles with
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Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsman of the Year
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On July 3, 2007, Blake's book, 723:singles champion when he won the title at the 208:title, becoming the first unseeded player and 3572:; 2 September 1912 – 31 January 1947) was an 731:each time. Roddick is known for his powerful 4497:competition at the French Open is named the 4395:) as the greatest female player in history. 3843:(31 October 1883 – 9 May 1915) was a former 1074:He holds several men's world records of the 3634:. In order to help his country against the 3426:Perry was the first player to win all four 2967:Following his retirement Hoad and his wife 1369:caused by two bulging discs in his back, a 1090:), and being the only player to win eight. 3896:at the indoor singles tennis event of the 3642:in the Malacca Lawn Tennis Club. While in 3205:in 1976. Cochet died at age 85 in Paris. 1059:and was on the Serbian team which won the 753:, the defending champions, in the finals. 4460:(24 May 1899 – 4 July 1938) was a French 3752:International Women's Sports Hall of Fame 3404:player who won 10 Majors including eight 1600:and was the mixed doubles runner-up with 1494:. He also won five singles titles at the 1357:tournaments, more than any other player. 1263:and secured a year-end ranking of No.5. 1021:player, who is ranked World No. 1 by the 4510: 4440: 4404: 4333: 4297: 4241:, all partnering his brother Laurence. 4201: 4165: 4074: 4038: 3969: 3933: 3821: 3785: 3688: 3652: 3523: 3487: 3374: 3338: 3243: 3207: 3137: 3101: 3025: 2989: 2907: 2871: 2791: 2755: 2610: 2574: 2468: 2432: 2336: 2300: 2195: 2159: 2101: 2065: 1964: 1928: 1865: 1829: 1769: 1733: 1653: 1617: 1552: 1516: 1436: 1400: 1265: 1225:and was the runner-up in singles at the 1119: 927: 895:(then called Fairfield High School), in 765: 645: 498: 335: 225: 187:, in 2005, 2009 and 2010 and one at the 1301: 1259:. She qualified for competition in the 1155: 963: 801: 681: 534: 371: 261: 118: 89:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/Layout 14: 4549: 3567: 3336:and his retirement at the age of 26. 2002:for the first time on 16 April 2007. 594:tournaments, and also was part of the 4149:United States Lawn Tennis Association 3269: 3163: 2636:player who currently features in the 2490:(born 21 January 1994) is an English 2362: 2024:singles tournament, when he defeated 1189: 1000: 831:) is an American former professional 639:Nadal was ranked world No. 2, behind 569: 560: 144: 4489:, site of the French Open, is named 4447:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/34 4340:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/33 4295:in 1980 together with his brother. 4208:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/32 4081:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/31 3976:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/30 3914:Lawn Tennis Association of Australia 3828:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/29 3695:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/28 3530:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/27 3381:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/26 3250:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/25 3144:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/24 3032:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/23 2914:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/22 2798:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/21 2617:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/20 2500:Wimbledon Junior Girls' Championship 2475:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/19 2343:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/18 2202:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/17 2108:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/16 1971:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/15 1872:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/14 1776:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/13 1660:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/12 1559:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/11 1443:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/10 173:singles titles won as a mother with 55: 25: 3730:). The following year she won both 2373:Association of Tennis Professionals 2237:player who's ever lived." In 2006. 2000:Association of Tennis Professionals 1899:titles including the season-ending 1458:(born 12 August 1971), is a former 1308:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/9 1162:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/8 1109:He is a double winner of the award 1023:Association of Tennis Professionals 970:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/7 808:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/6 688:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/5 541:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/4 494:Laureus World Sportsman of the Year 378:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/3 268:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/2 125:Portal:Tennis/Selected biography/1 96:Update the "max=" attribute on the 23: 4379:was not surpassed until 1990 when 2711:to support talented athletes from 1807:third on the all-time list behind 1486:seven times, a record shared with 1323:(born April 29, 1970) is a former 1100:Best Male Tennis Player ESPY Award 24: 4568: 4506:International Tennis Hall of Fame 4400:International Tennis Hall of Fame 4293:International Tennis Hall of Fame 4157:International Tennis Hall of Fame 4030:International Tennis Hall of Fame 3929:International Tennis Hall of Fame 3882:World Covered Court Championships 3748:International Tennis Hall of Fame 3483:Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain 3199:International Tennis Hall of Fame 2703:,> a foundation co-founded by 2529:, with whom she also reached the 2032:. 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She holds the 2184: 2183: 2090: 2089: 1953: 1952: 1926:doubles titles. 1854: 1853: 1758: 1757: 1714:Helen Wills Moody 1642: 1641: 1541: 1540: 1425: 1424: 1371:spondylolisthesis 1290: 1289: 1144: 1143: 1102:. He has won the 952: 951: 866:Yonkers, New York 825:Yonkers, New York 790: 789: 670: 669: 632:. By winning the 614:career Grand Slam 612:He completed the 523: 522: 418:career Grand Slam 360: 359: 250: 249: 70: 69: 54: 53: 4564: 4540: 4511: 4455: 4436: 4405: 4348: 4329: 4298: 4279:Doherty died of 4231:Laurence Doherty 4219:Reginald Doherty 4216: 4197: 4166: 4114:US Championships 4089: 4070: 4039: 3984: 3965: 3934: 3851:, New Zealand. 3836: 3817: 3786: 3774:Billie Jean King 3744:Associated Press 3718:, and the first 3703: 3684: 3653: 3648:double pneumonia 3571: 3566: 3561: 3552: 3538: 3519: 3488: 3389: 3370: 3339: 3281: 3280: 3279: 3273: 3268: 3258: 3239: 3208: 3167: 3162: 3152: 3133: 3102: 3055: 3040: 3021: 2990: 2922: 2903: 2872: 2822:to win the 1933 2820:Hilde Krahwinkel 2806: 2787: 2756: 2728:2006 Asian Games 2709:Prakash Padukone 2695:, to compete at 2625: 2606: 2575: 2483: 2464: 2433: 2410:with a powerful 2366: 2361: 2351: 2332: 2301: 2269:Maureen Connolly 2231:Billie Jean King 2210: 2191: 2160: 2116: 2097: 2066: 2004:Murray defeated 1979: 1960: 1929: 1918:singles against 1884:David Nalbandian 1880: 1861: 1830: 1825:2002 French Open 1784: 1765: 1734: 1668: 1649: 1618: 1578:, also known as 1567: 1548: 1517: 1451: 1432: 1401: 1316: 1297: 1266: 1257:Pan Pacific Open 1227:2007 French Open 1223:2008 French Open 1201: 1200: 1199: 1193: 1188: 1184: 1170: 1151: 1120: 1067:. He has won 26 1012: 1011: 1010: 1004: 999: 992: 978: 959: 928: 870:African-American 856:Best Seller list 816: 797: 766: 741:when it won the 696: 677: 646: 634:2014 French Open 573: 568: 564: 559: 549: 530: 499: 438:, excluding the 386: 367: 336: 305:after defeating 290: 276: 257: 226: 214:Evonne Goolagong 156: 155: 154: 148: 143: 133: 114: 105: 99: 63: 62: 56: 33: 32: 26: 4572: 4571: 4567: 4566: 4565: 4563: 4562: 4561: 4547: 4546: 4536: 4531: 4520: 4495:Women's Singles 4476:Charles C. Pyle 4458:Suzanne Lenglen 4456: 4443: 4439: 4434: 4430: 4425: 4414: 4349: 4336: 4332: 4327: 4323: 4318: 4307: 4257:Malcolm Whitman 4217: 4204: 4200: 4195: 4191: 4186: 4175: 4090: 4077: 4073: 4068: 4064: 4059: 4048: 3985: 3972: 3968: 3963: 3959: 3954: 3943: 3837: 3824: 3820: 3815: 3811: 3806: 3795: 3770:Jackie Robinson 3760:Serena Williams 3704: 3691: 3687: 3682: 3678: 3673: 3662: 3636:Empire of Japan 3564: 3539: 3526: 3522: 3517: 3513: 3508: 3497: 3390: 3377: 3373: 3368: 3364: 3359: 3348: 3326:the second best 3275: 3274: 3266: 3259: 3246: 3242: 3237: 3233: 3228: 3217: 3192:A. Wallis Myers 3174:Four Musketeers 3160: 3153: 3140: 3136: 3131: 3127: 3122: 3111: 3047: 3041: 3028: 3024: 3019: 3015: 3010: 2999: 2983:. Hoad died of 2923: 2910: 2906: 2901: 2897: 2892: 2881: 2807: 2794: 2790: 2785: 2781: 2776: 2765: 2724:Mahesh Bhupathi 2626: 2613: 2609: 2604: 2600: 2595: 2584: 2531:2010 Hopman Cup 2504:Australian Open 2484: 2471: 2467: 2462: 2458: 2453: 2442: 2359: 2352: 2339: 2335: 2330: 2326: 2321: 2310: 2211: 2198: 2194: 2189: 2185: 2180: 2169: 2117: 2104: 2100: 2095: 2091: 2086: 2075: 2061:Amélie Mauresmo 1980: 1967: 1963: 1958: 1954: 1949: 1938: 1881: 1868: 1864: 1859: 1855: 1850: 1839: 1788:Serena Williams 1785: 1772: 1768: 1763: 1759: 1754: 1743: 1729:Serena Williams 1695:Serena Williams 1669: 1656: 1652: 1647: 1643: 1638: 1627: 1568: 1555: 1551: 1546: 1542: 1537: 1526: 1508:TENNIS Magazine 1488:William Renshaw 1452: 1439: 1435: 1430: 1426: 1421: 1410: 1360:TENNIS Magazine 1317: 1304: 1300: 1295: 1291: 1286: 1275: 1195: 1194: 1186: 1171: 1158: 1154: 1149: 1145: 1140: 1129: 1071:series titles. 1006: 1005: 997: 979: 966: 962: 957: 953: 948: 937: 860:Andrew Friedman 817: 804: 800: 795: 791: 786: 775: 747:Dmitry Tursunov 697: 684: 680: 675: 671: 666: 655: 616:by winning the 566: 557: 550: 537: 533: 528: 524: 519: 508: 387: 374: 370: 365: 361: 356: 345: 277: 264: 260: 255: 251: 246: 235: 189:Australian Open 179:She has won 41 150: 149: 141: 134: 121: 117: 112: 103: 97: 75: 60: 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 4570: 4560: 4559: 4533: 4532: 4523: 4521: 4514: 4480:Mary K. Browne 4450: 4444: 4442: 4432: 4431: 4427: 4426: 4417: 4415: 4408: 4343: 4337: 4335: 4325: 4324: 4320: 4319: 4310: 4308: 4301: 4211: 4205: 4203: 4193: 4192: 4188: 4187: 4178: 4176: 4169: 4084: 4078: 4076: 4066: 4065: 4061: 4060: 4051: 4049: 4042: 3979: 3973: 3971: 3961: 3960: 3956: 3955: 3946: 3944: 3937: 3925:Neuve-Chapelle 3910:Norman Brookes 3880:twice and the 3866:World number 1 3831: 3825: 3823: 3813: 3812: 3808: 3807: 3798: 3796: 3789: 3736:U.S. Nationals 3698: 3692: 3690: 3680: 3679: 3675: 3674: 3665: 3663: 3656: 3533: 3527: 3525: 3515: 3514: 3510: 3509: 3500: 3498: 3491: 3384: 3378: 3376: 3366: 3365: 3361: 3360: 3351: 3349: 3342: 3253: 3247: 3245: 3235: 3234: 3230: 3229: 3220: 3218: 3211: 3147: 3141: 3139: 3129: 3128: 3124: 3123: 3114: 3112: 3105: 3035: 3029: 3027: 3017: 3016: 3012: 3011: 3002: 3000: 2993: 2979:, Spain, near 2917: 2911: 2909: 2899: 2898: 2894: 2893: 2884: 2882: 2875: 2801: 2795: 2793: 2783: 2782: 2778: 2777: 2768: 2766: 2759: 2685:1999 Wimbledon 2640:events in the 2620: 2614: 2612: 2602: 2601: 2597: 2596: 2587: 2585: 2578: 2542:Samantha Smith 2478: 2472: 2470: 2460: 2459: 2455: 2454: 2445: 2443: 2436: 2346: 2340: 2338: 2328: 2327: 2323: 2322: 2313: 2311: 2304: 2265:Margaret Court 2253:Margaret Court 2219:Czech American 2205: 2199: 2197: 2187: 2186: 2182: 2181: 2172: 2170: 2163: 2111: 2105: 2103: 2093: 2092: 2088: 2087: 2078: 2076: 2069: 2026:Novak Djokovic 2016:final. At the 1974: 1968: 1966: 1956: 1955: 1951: 1950: 1941: 1939: 1932: 1875: 1869: 1867: 1857: 1856: 1852: 1851: 1842: 1840: 1833: 1809:Margaret Court 1779: 1773: 1771: 1761: 1760: 1756: 1755: 1746: 1744: 1737: 1672:Venus Williams 1663: 1657: 1655: 1645: 1644: 1640: 1639: 1630: 1628: 1621: 1582:) is a former 1562: 1556: 1554: 1544: 1543: 1539: 1538: 1529: 1527: 1520: 1446: 1440: 1438: 1428: 1427: 1423: 1422: 1413: 1411: 1404: 1396:charter school 1311: 1305: 1303: 1293: 1292: 1288: 1287: 1278: 1276: 1269: 1249:Monterrey Open 1165: 1159: 1157: 1147: 1146: 1142: 1141: 1132: 1130: 1123: 1061:2010 Davis Cup 982:Novak Djokovic 973: 967: 965: 955: 954: 950: 949: 940: 938: 931: 811: 805: 803: 793: 792: 788: 787: 778: 776: 769: 743:2007 Davis Cup 719:. He became a 691: 685: 683: 673: 672: 668: 667: 658: 656: 649: 544: 538: 536: 526: 525: 521: 520: 511: 509: 502: 381: 375: 373: 363: 362: 358: 357: 348: 346: 339: 315:Lleyton Hewitt 309:, and won the 271: 265: 263: 253: 252: 248: 247: 238: 236: 229: 175:Margaret Court 128: 122: 120: 110: 109: 108: 107: 94: 91: 85: 82: 74: 71: 68: 67: 64: 52: 51: 34: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 4569: 4558: 4555: 4554: 4552: 4545: 4544: 4543: 4530: 4529: 4528: 4522: 4519: 4518: 4513: 4512: 4509: 4507: 4502: 4500: 4496: 4492: 4488: 4483: 4481: 4477: 4471: 4467: 4463: 4459: 4454: 4449: 4448: 4437: 4424: 4423: 4422: 4416: 4413: 4412: 4407: 4406: 4403: 4401: 4396: 4394: 4390: 4386: 4382: 4378: 4373: 4368: 4364: 4360: 4356: 4352: 4347: 4342: 4341: 4330: 4317: 4316: 4315: 4309: 4306: 4305: 4300: 4299: 4296: 4294: 4290: 4286: 4282: 4281:heart failure 4277: 4275: 4271: 4267: 4262: 4258: 4254: 4250: 4246: 4245:British Isles 4240: 4236: 4232: 4228: 4224: 4220: 4215: 4210: 4209: 4198: 4185: 4184: 4183: 4177: 4174: 4173: 4168: 4167: 4164: 4162: 4158: 4153: 4150: 4146: 4142: 4141:Roger Federer 4138: 4134: 4130: 4123: 4119: 4118:Richard Sears 4115: 4111: 4107: 4103: 4099: 4095: 4094: 4088: 4083: 4082: 4071: 4058: 4057: 4056: 4050: 4047: 4046: 4041: 4040: 4037: 4035: 4031: 4026: 4024: 4020: 4016: 4012: 4008: 4004: 4000: 3994: 3990: 3989: 3983: 3978: 3977: 3966: 3953: 3952: 3951: 3945: 3942: 3941: 3936: 3935: 3932: 3930: 3926: 3922: 3917: 3915: 3911: 3907: 3903: 3899: 3898:1912 Olympics 3895: 3891: 3887: 3883: 3879: 3875: 3871: 3867: 3862: 3860: 3856: 3850: 3846: 3842: 3841: 3835: 3830: 3829: 3818: 3805: 3804: 3803: 3797: 3794: 3793: 3788: 3787: 3784: 3782: 3781:David Dinkins 3779: 3775: 3771: 3765: 3761: 3757: 3753: 3749: 3745: 3741: 3737: 3733: 3729: 3725: 3721: 3717: 3713: 3709: 3708: 3707:Althea Gibson 3702: 3697: 3696: 3685: 3672: 3671: 3670: 3664: 3661: 3660: 3655: 3654: 3651: 3649: 3645: 3641: 3637: 3633: 3628: 3626: 3622: 3618: 3614: 3610: 3605: 3599: 3595: 3591: 3587: 3583: 3579: 3575: 3570: 3562: 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2928: 2927: 2921: 2916: 2915: 2904: 2891: 2890: 2889: 2883: 2880: 2879: 2874: 2873: 2870: 2866: 2864: 2860: 2856: 2849: 2845: 2841: 2837: 2833: 2829: 2825: 2824:Mixed Doubles 2821: 2817: 2813: 2812: 2805: 2800: 2799: 2788: 2775: 2774: 2773: 2767: 2764: 2763: 2758: 2757: 2754: 2752: 2748: 2743: 2741: 2737: 2736:Roger Federer 2733: 2729: 2725: 2720: 2718: 2714: 2710: 2706: 2702: 2698: 2694: 2693:Randhir Singh 2690: 2686: 2682: 2678: 2674: 2673:mixed doubles 2668: 2664: 2660: 2656: 2651: 2647: 2643: 2639: 2635: 2631: 2630: 2624: 2619: 2618: 2607: 2594: 2593: 2592: 2586: 2583: 2582: 2577: 2576: 2573: 2571: 2567: 2563: 2559: 2555: 2551: 2547: 2543: 2539: 2534: 2532: 2528: 2524: 2519: 2513: 2509: 2505: 2501: 2497: 2493: 2489: 2488: 2482: 2477: 2476: 2465: 2452: 2451: 2450: 2444: 2441: 2440: 2435: 2434: 2431: 2429: 2425: 2421: 2417: 2416:groundstrokes 2413: 2409: 2404: 2402: 2398: 2397:Roger Federer 2394: 2391:title at the 2390: 2386: 2382: 2374: 2370: 2365: 2357: 2356: 2350: 2345: 2344: 2333: 2320: 2319: 2318: 2312: 2309: 2308: 2303: 2302: 2299: 2297: 2293: 2288: 2284: 2282: 2278: 2274: 2270: 2266: 2262: 2258: 2254: 2249: 2246: 2242: 2236: 2235:mixed doubles 2232: 2228: 2224: 2220: 2216: 2215: 2209: 2204: 2203: 2192: 2179: 2178: 2177: 2171: 2168: 2167: 2162: 2161: 2158: 2153: 2149: 2145: 2141: 2137: 2133: 2129: 2125: 2122: 2121: 2115: 2110: 2109: 2098: 2085: 2084: 2083: 2077: 2074: 2073: 2068: 2067: 2064: 2062: 2058: 2054: 2050: 2045: 2043: 2039: 2035: 2031: 2027: 2023: 2019: 2015: 2014:men's singles 2011: 2007: 2006:Roger Federer 2001: 1997: 1993: 1990:professional 1989: 1985: 1984: 1978: 1973: 1972: 1961: 1948: 1947: 1946: 1940: 1937: 1936: 1931: 1930: 1927: 1925: 1921: 1920:Roger Federer 1917: 1913: 1906: 1902: 1898: 1894: 1890: 1886: 1885: 1879: 1874: 1873: 1862: 1849: 1848: 1847: 1841: 1838: 1837: 1832: 1831: 1828: 1826: 1821: 1816: 1814: 1810: 1805: 1798: 1794: 1790: 1789: 1783: 1778: 1777: 1766: 1753: 1752: 1751: 1745: 1742: 1741: 1736: 1735: 1732: 1730: 1724: 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