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2003 Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76
2001 115th U.S. Womens Tennis 2001 121st U.S. Mens Tennis 1999 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 68th French Womens Tennis: 1998 86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62) 1998 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63) 1998 Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1997 Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1997 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1997 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) 1997 117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) 1997 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) 1997 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna 1997 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) 1997 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) 1997 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) 1997 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) 1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International 1996 Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 1996 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0) 1996 110th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64) 1996 116th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76) 1996 Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) 1996 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75) 1996 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) 1996 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108) 1996 Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, dies at 45 1996 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) 1996 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) 1995 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2) 1995 Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66 1995 Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77 1995 Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77 1995 115th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75) 1995 109th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63) 1995 Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis 1995 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) 1995 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75) 1995 Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 1995 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) 1995 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) 1995 Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85 1995 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62) 1995 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64) 1995 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) 1994 Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40 1994 114th U.S. Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (61 76 75) 1994 108th U.S. Womens Tennis: Aranxta S Vicario beats Steffi Graf (16 76 64) 1994 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1994 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 1994 Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91 1994 108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60) 1994 Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59 1994 101st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: C Martinez beats Navratilova (64 36 63) 1994 Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1994 Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic 1994 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61) 1994 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64) 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center 1994 Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana 1994 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62) 1994 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64) 1993 Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27) 1993 Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 1993 113rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (64 64 63) 1993 107th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63) 1993 Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1993 Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1993 Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play longest tie-break in U.S. Tennis 1993 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 1993 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63) 1993 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64) 1993 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63) 1993 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64) 1993 Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte 1993 Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49 1993 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75) 1993 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62) 1992 112th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62) 1992 106th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63) 1992 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) 1992 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64) 1992 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61) 1992 Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96 1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame 1992 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) 1992 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8) 1992 Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden 1992 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62) 1992 66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63) 1991 Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1991 111th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Jim Courier (62 64 60) 1991 105th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova (76 61) 1991 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1) 1991 105th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Michael Stich beats B Becker (64 76 64) 1991 98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86) 1991 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) 1991 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64) 1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1991 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64) 1991 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61) 1991 Bill Riordon, U.S. tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies 1991 Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1990 Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77 1990 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different 1990 110th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62) 1990 104th U.S. Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76) 1990 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats U.S.S.R. in Atlanta Georgia (2-1) 1990 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) 1990 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison (64 61) 1990 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) 1990 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) 1990 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) 1990 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) 1989 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) 1989 109th U.S. Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76) 1989 103rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (36 75 61) 1989 Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory 1989 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64) 1989 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61) 1989 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62) 1989 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1989 Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan 1989 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62) 1989 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64) 1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) 1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history 1988 102nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini (63 36 61) 1988 Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1988 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62) 1988 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61) 1988 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61) 1988 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60) 1988 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86) 1988 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76) 1988 Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen 1987 A pair in Coventry, England ties world record for longest singles tennis match at 80 hours 21 minutes 1987 107th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (67 60 76 64) 1987 Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 minutes 1987 101st U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (76 61) 1987 Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1987 John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at U.S. Tennis Open 1987 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1) 1987 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75) 1987 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63) 1987 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) 1987 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86) 1987 Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63) 1987 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) 1986 Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup 1986 Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1986 100th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62) 1986 106th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60) 1986 Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for U.S. Tennis open title 1986 Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal 1986 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0) 1986 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75) 1986 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63) 1986 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64) 1986 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) 1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1986 Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks 1985 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63) 1985 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62) 1985 105th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64) 1985 99th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76) 1985 Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64) 1985 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62) 1985 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) 1985 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75) 1985 Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame 1985 M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert) 1985 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) 1984 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63) 1984 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) 1984 Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1984 104th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61) 1984 98th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64) 1984 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) 1984 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62) 1984 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62) 1984 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) 1984 Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 1984 Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies 1983 72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64) 1983 58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76) 1983 103rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60) 1983 97th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills (61 63) 1983 Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player 1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (2-1) 1983 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62) 1983 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63) 1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1983 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76) 1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62) 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis 1982 71st Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62) 1982 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63) 1982 Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies 1982 Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1982 102nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) 1982 96th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61) 1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1982 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) 1982 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64) 1982 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62) 1982 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) 1982 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger, 76 61 1982 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64) 1981 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75) 1981 101st U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63) 1981 95th U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76) 1981 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64) 1981 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62) 1981 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) 1981 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64) 1981 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63) 1981 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) 1980 Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb 1980 100th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64) 1980 94th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61) 1980 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76) 1980 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86) 1980 Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star 1980 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63) 1980 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) 1980 Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis 1980 Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 1980 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) 1980 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63) 1979 93rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63) 1979 99th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63) 1979 Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals 1979 Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses 1979 Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1979 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64) 1979 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64) 1979 Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 1979 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64) 1979 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) 1979 Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1978 Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star, ITF/Cali-COL 1978 Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star, 1995 Futures Slovakia 1978 98th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 62 62) 1978 92nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64) 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1978 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63) 1978 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75) 1978 Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Novi Sad 1978 Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN 1978 Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles 1978 Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie 1978 Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC 1977 Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR 1977 Alejandro Hernandez, born in Tijuana, Mexico, tennis pro 1977 97th U.S. Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60) 1977 91st U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62) 1977 Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific 1977 Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star 1977 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64) 1977 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61) 1977 Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX 1977 Yvette Basting, born in Breda, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER 1977 Anca Barna, Cluj, Romania, tennis star, semifinals 1995 ITF Poland 1977 Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1977 Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995 Bournemouth 1977 Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star, 1993 Marseille 1977 Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya 1977 Justin Gimelstob, New Jersey, tennis star, 1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield 1977 Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Vaihingen-GER 1977 Anne Miller, Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1995 Darmstadt Germany 1976 Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve 1976 Jana Kandarr, tennis star 1976 96th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 36 76 64) 1976 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins) 1976 Sjeng Schalken, Weert, Netherlands, tennis star 1976 Transsexual Renee Richards barred from competing in U.S. Tennis Open 1976 Cartos Moya, Spain, tennis star 1976 Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER 1976 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97) 1976 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86) 1976 Paola Suarez, born in Pergamino, Argentina, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Buenos Aires 1976 Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1976 Scott Humphries, born in Greely, Colorado, tennis star, 1995 doubles Binghampton 1976 Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star 1976 Sonya Jeyaseelan, born in Newestminster BC, tennis star, 1995 Futures Fla 1976 Lenka Nemeckova, born in Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO 1976 Jennifer Capriati, born in Long Island, New York, tennis pro, 1992 Olympics gold 1976 Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star 1976 Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi 1976 Chanda Rubin, Lafayette, Louisiana, tennis star, 1996 Australian Open doubles 1976 Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico 1976 Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star, 1995 finalist Jakarta 1975 Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam 1975 Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II 1975 Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Koksijde 1975 Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star 1975 95th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63) 1975 89th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62) 1975 Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum 1975 Czechoslovakian tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City 1975 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) 1975 Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star 1975 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors 1975 Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star 1975 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61) 1975 Catalina Cristea, born in Bucharest, Rom, tennis star, 1995 quarter Jakarta 1975 Alberto Costa, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis pro 1975 Asa Carlsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Stockholm 1975 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64) 1975 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61) 1975 Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes 1975 Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee 1975 Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head 1975 Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow 1975 Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open 1975 Jiri Novak, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Claude N'Goran, born in Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro 1975 Bohdan Utihrach, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Seoul 1975 Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star 1975 Mary Pierce, born in Montreal, Canada, tennis star, 1995 Australian Open 1974 Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star 1974 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (U.S. Open 1909-11), dies at 87 1974 Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star, 1996 finalist Australian 1974 Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER 1974 Sandra Cacic, born in Joliet, Illinois, tennis star 1974 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75) 1974 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75) 1974 94th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61) 1974 Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior 1974 Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta 1974 Vincent Spadea, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star 1974 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64) 1974 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64) 1974 Tatiana Ignatieva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sopot POL 1974 Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1974 Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro 1974 Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star, 1992 Futures Germ 1974 Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz 1974 Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach, California, tennis star 1974 Alex Corretja, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1990 Orange Bowl boys 16 1974 Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island 1974 Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles 1974 Tina Krizan, Maribor Slovenia, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles 1974 Thomas Enqvist, born in Stockholm Sweden, tennis star, 1991 Wimbledon jr boys 1974 Karol Kucera, born in Bratislava, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995-Rosmalen 1974 Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart 1974 Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL 1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg 1974 Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star 1974 Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC 1974 Stephanie Rottier, St. Niklaas Belgium, tennis star, 1995 semi Prague 1973 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61) 1973 Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris 1973 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith and J Connors) 1973 Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1992 1973 Alexandra Fusai, St. Cloud France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Szczecin 1973 Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star, 1994 Taipei 1973 Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia 1973 Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star 1973 Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1973 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62) 1973 87th U.S. Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62) 1973 Greg Rusedski, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis star, 1995 Seoul 1973 Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star 1973 Lisa Raymond, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, tennis star, 1995 Indian Wells doubles 1973 Karina Habsudova, born in Bojnice, Slovakia, tennis star 1973 Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior 1973 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert, 60 75 1973 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 1973 Alberto Berastegui, born in Spain, tennis star 1973 Ines Gorrochategui, born in Cordoba, Argentina, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Brindisi 1973 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60) 1973 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 Sargis Sargsian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, tennis star, 1995 NCAA 1973 Dominique van Roost, Verviers Belg, tennis star, 1995 Futures-GBR 1973 Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1973 Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1993 Belgium doubles 1973 Karim Alami, Morocco, tennis star 1973 Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 1973 Sebastien Lareau, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1973 Barbara Rittner, born in Krefeld, West Germany, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady 1973 Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star 1973 Naoko Sawamatsu, born in Nishinomiya, Japan, tennis star, 1994 Singapore 1973 David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport 1973 Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia 1973 Kirrily Sharpe, born in Bankstown, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN 1973 Kristin Godridge, born in Traralgon, Australia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore 1973 Radka Bobkova, born in Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, quarter Bournemouth 1973 Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val 1973 Michael Joyce, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA National Boys' 18 1973 Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I 1973 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1973 Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP 1972 Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California 1972 Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star 1972 Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star 1972 Jordi Buritlo, Spain, tennis star 1972 Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart 1972 Virag Csurgo, Siofok Hungary, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Freeport 1972 Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park 1972 Jane Taylor, born in Maitland, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Wagga Waga 1972 Ruxandra Dragomir, Pitesti Rom, tennis star, 1996 Bournemouth doubles 1972 Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE 1972 Cathy Caverzasio, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1972 Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1972 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe 1972 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75) 1972 Miriam Oremans, Berlicum, Netherlands, tennis star 1972 Daniel Nestor, born in Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1972 Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star 1972 Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian 1972 Silvia Ramon-Cortes, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Vigo 1972 Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star 1972 Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1972 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75) 1972 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63) 1972 Nathalie Baudone, born in Rocurt, Belgium, tennis star, 3rd round 1995 U.S. Open 1972 Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star, 1988 Futures-Bari-ITA 1972 Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR 1972 Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles 1972 Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star, Strasbourg doubles final 1972 Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells 1972 Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg 1972 Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta 1972 Jonas Bjorkman, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, Davis Cup 1994 1972 Filip Dewulf, Belgium, tennis star 1972 Hernan Gumy, born in Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star 1972 Mikael Tillstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star 1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 1972 Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open 1971 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Barcelona, tennis star, Silver and Bronze Medals 1992 Olympics 1971 Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star, 1995 Bermuda 1971 Richard Krajicek, Netherlands, tennis star, Wimbledon-1996 1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles 1971 Rachel McQuillan, born in Merewether, Australia, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA 1971 Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star, 1995 semi-finalist Hobart 1971 Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN 1971 Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrived in China 1971 Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi 1971 Kimberly Po, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Evansville IN 1971 Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995 1971 Goran Ivanisevic, born in Crotia, tennis star, 1994 Wimbledon finalist 1971 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76) 1971 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) 1971 Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches 1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, U.S. tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1971 Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95 1971 Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s 1971 Neus Avila, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis star, Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995 1971 Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star 1971 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64) 1971 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61) 1971 Jared Palmer, born in New York City, tennis star 1971 Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian 1971 Elena Brioukhovets, born in Odessa, Ukraine, tennis star, finalist 1990 Moscow 1971 Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star 1971 Meredith McGrath, born in Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1996 Essen doubles 1971 Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys 1971 Nicklas Kulti, Sweden, tennis star 1971 Natasha Zvereva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis ace, finals 1995 Indian Wells 1971 Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star 1971 U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR 1971 Nana Miyagi, born in Seattle, Washington tennis star, 1995 final Surabaya doubles 1971 Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon 1971 Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1971 Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star 1971 Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia 1971 Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas 1971 Aki Rahunen, Finland, tennis star 1971 Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open 1971 Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia Open 1971 Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS 1971 Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star 1971 Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star 1970 Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Haarlem, Netherlands, tennis star, 95, 96 Oklahoma City 1970 Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-GER 1970 Susan Sloane, Lexington, Kentucky, tennis star 1970 Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star, 1996 Hobart doubles 1970 Marc Rosset, born in Geneva, Switzerland, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles 1970 Steve Campbell, Buffalo, New York, tennis star 1970 Ann Grossman, Grove City Ohio, tennis star, 1994 LA finalist 1970 Nicolas Pereira, Salto Uruguay, tennis pro 1970 Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open 1970 84th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61) 1970 90th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63) 1970 Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1970 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1970 Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star 1970 Flora Perfetti, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star 1970 Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Jacco Eltingh, Heerde, Netherlands, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles 1970 Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles 1970 Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen 1970 Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French 1970 Slava Dosedel, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1970 Todd Martin, born in Hinsdale, Illinois, tennis star, 1988 USTA Boys' 18 1970 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61) 1970 Andrei Cherkasov, U.S.S.R., tennis star 1970 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9) 1970 Petra Langrova, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Palermo doubles 1970 Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Lerida 1970 Renzo Furlan, Italy, tennis star 1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver 1970 Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia 1970 Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, U.S. Open 1994 1970 Richard Fromberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Emanuela Zardo, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1970 Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles 1970 Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Magnus Larsson, Sweden, tennis star 1970 Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro 1970 Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham 1970 Radka Zrubakova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star 1970 Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star 1969 Helen Kelesi, Canada, tennis star 1969 Jan Apell, Sweden, tennis star 1969 Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Byron Black, Zimbabwe, tennis star 1969 Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland 1969 Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain) 1969 89th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62) 1969 U.S. amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61) 1969 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) 1969 Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1969 Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Australia doubles finalist 1969 Elly Hakami, born in San Francisco, California, tennis star 1969 Maria Strandlund, born in Akersberga, Sweden, tennis star, 1987 Futures NOR 1969 Halle Cioffi, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star 1969 Sabine Hack, born in Ulm, Germany, tennis star, 1995 Jakarta 1969 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64) 1969 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62) 1969 Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1969 Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986 1969 Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics 1969 Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen 1969 Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988 1969 David Wheaton, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star, 1987 U.S. junior boys 1969 Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open 1969 Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984 1969 Brett Steven, born in Bermuda, New Zealand tennis player 1996 Olympics 1969 Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1969 Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior 1969 Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star 1969 Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Reims-FRA 1969 Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France 1968 Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star, 1992 Taipei 1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis 1968 Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star 1968 Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star 1968 Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star, defaulted 1995 Wimbledon 1968 Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Valladolid 1968 Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisconsin, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Sedona 1968 Francisco Claver, Spain, tennis star 1968 Bettina Fulco Villella, Mar Del Plata Arg, tennis star, 1993 Futures 1968 Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER 1968 Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star 1968 Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Australia/Wimbledon doubles 1968 Ginger Helgeson Nielson, St. Cloud, Minnesota, tennis star 1968 Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open 1968 82nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64) 1968 88th U.S. Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker 1968 Jolene Watanabe, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Evansville 1968 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Henrik Holm, Sweden, tennis star 1968 Horst Skoff, Austria, tennis star 1968 Tomas Carbonell, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star 1968 Patricia Tarabini, born in La Plata, Argentina, tennis star, 1985 Futures ITA 1968 Christina Singer, born in Goeppingen, Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures GBR 1968 Silke Meier, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Bad Gogging 1968 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75) 1968 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62) 1968 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) 1968 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) 1968 Omar Camporese, Italy, tennis star 1968 Carlos Costa, born in Spain, tennis star 1968 Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star 1968 Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon 1968 Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1968 Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star, 1990 Pretoria 1968 Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star 1968 Regina Rajchitova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1968 Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star 1968 Javier Sanchez, Spain, tennis star 1968 Petr Korda, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Doubles-Cincinnati 1968 Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart 1968 Kent Carlsson, Sweden, tennis star 1967 Laura Golarsa, Milan Italy, tennis star, Oklahoma City doubles 1967 Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89 1967 Laura Garrone, Italy, tennis star 1967 Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton 1967 Jaime Yzaga, Lima Peru, tennis star 1967 Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba 1967 Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1967 Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City 1967 Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever 1967 Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star 1967 Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open 1967 81st U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64) 1967 87th U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86) 1967 Debbie Spence, San Jose Cal, tennis star 1967 Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, tennis star 1967 Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Michigan, tennis player, Tel Aviv 1983 1967 Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1967 Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star 1967 Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star 1967 Christian Bergstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star 1967 Leonardo Lavalle, Mexico, tennis star 1967 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64) 1967 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61) 1967 Michelle Torres, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star 1967 Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star 1967 Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star, 1991 Guaruja Doubles 1967 Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel 1967 Julie Richardson, born in Auckland New Zealand, tennis star, 1992 Futures-Canberra 1967 Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, born in Florida, tennis player, Virginia Slims of Ark 1987 1967 Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star 1967 Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS 1967 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix 1967 Laura Golarsa, Italy, tennis star 1967 Ulf Stenlund, Sweden, tennis star 1967 Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, tennis star 1966 Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star 1966 Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star 1966 Niege Dias, Brazil, tennis star 1966 Jay Berger, Fort Dix, New Jersey, tennis star 1966 Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star 1966 Stefen Edberg, Sweden, tennis star 1966 Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player 1966 Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star 1966 Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star 1966 80th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61) 1966 86th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64) 1966 Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star 1966 Larisa Neiland, born in Lvov, Ukraine, tennis star, 1996 Essen winner 1966 Annabel Croft, born in England, tennis star 1966 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61) 1966 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64) 1966 Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star 1966 Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset, New York, tennis star 1966 Mercedes Paz, born in Tucum, Argentina, tennis star, 1990 Strasbourg 1966 Camille Benjamin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star 1966 Luke Jensen, born in Grayling, Michigan, tennis star, 1993 French Open doubles 1966 Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star 1966 Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts 1966 Pascale Paradis-Mangon, born in France, tennis star 1966 Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1966 Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star 1966 Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star 1966 Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star 1966 Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady 1966 Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 U.S./Austral doubles 1966 Petra Huber, Austria, tennis star 1966 Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star 1966 Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star 1966 Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star 1966 Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player, Wimbledon 1988, U.S. Open 1991 1966 Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star 1966 Linda Ferrando, Italy, tennis star 1965 Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star 1965 Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star 1965 Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1965 Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star 1965 Derrick Rostagno, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1965 Amos Mansdorf, lsrael, tennis star 1965 Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star 1965 Richey Reneberg, born in Phoenix, Arizona, tennis star, 1995 Australian doubles 1965 Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star 1965 Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed 1965 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) 1965 85th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61) 1965 Manuel Santana wins U.S. Tennis Open 1965 Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1965 Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980 1965 Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star 1965 Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star, 1994 Auckland doubles 1965 Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star 1965 John Frawley, Australia, tennis star 1965 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75) 1965 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64) 1965 Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane 1965 Claudio Mezzadri, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1965 Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager 1965 Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star 1965 Emilio Sanchez, born in Madrid, Spain, Tennis player, 1988 Olympic bronze 1965 Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star 1965 Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1987 1965 Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star 1965 Paolo Cane, born in Italy, tennis star 1965 Patty Fendick, born in Sacramento, California, tennis star, 1989 Auckland 1965 Karel Novacek, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Hilversum 1965 Marian Vajda, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1965 Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star 1965 Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star 1965 Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles 1965 Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double 1965 Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star 1965 Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star 1965 Guy Forget, Morocco, tennis star 1964 Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star 1964 Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters 1964 Jakob Hlasek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1964 Jill Hetherington, Brampton Ontario, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1964 Lawson Duncan, Asheville, North Carolina, tennis star 1964 Etsuko Inoue, Japan, tennis star 1964 Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star 1964 78th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60) 1964 84th U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64) 1964 Jordi Arrese, Spain, tennis star 1964 Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French 1964 Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup team 1964 Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1964 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1964 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63) 1964 Susan Mascarin, born in Detroit, Michigan, tennis star 1964 Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star 1964 Sara Gomer, England, tennis star 1964 Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold 1964 Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1964 Jim Grabb, born in Tucson, Arizona, tennis star 1964 Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Australia doubles 1964 Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star 1964 Henrik Sundstrom, Sweden, tennis star 1964 Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1964 Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio, Texas, tennis star 1964 Jim Pugh, born in Burbank, California, tennis star 1964 Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player 1964 Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star 1964 Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star 1963 Milan Srejber, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Pam Casale, Camden, New Jersey, tennis player, Marco Island finals 1985 1963 Lori McNeil, born in San Diego, California, tennis star, 1995 Oakland doubles 1963 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, born in West Germany, tennis star 1963 Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988 1963 Zina Garrison Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star, 1988/90 Wimbledon 1963 Gideon Joe Ng, born in Toronto, Ontario, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Dan Goldie, Sioux City IO, tennis star 1963 Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player, French Juniors 1981 1963 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 83rd U.S. Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62) 1963 David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Greg Holmes, Covina Cal, tennis star 1963 Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Luiz Mattar, Brazil, tennis star 1963 Libor Pimek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Siobodan Zivojinovic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star 1963 Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star 1963 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64) 1963 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64) 1963 Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1963 Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star 1963 Bettina Bunge, born in Switzerland, tennis player, Virginia Slims of California 1983 1963 Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986 1963 Sabrina Goles, born in Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1963 Wally Masur, England, tennis star 1963 Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star 1963 Hu Na, born in China, tennis star 1963 Elizabeth Smylie, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1987 Oklahoma City 1963 Sammy Giammatva, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star 1963 Paul Annacone, born in Southampton, New York, tennis star 1963 Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star 1963 Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star 1963 Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star 1963 Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Kate Gompert, Ames lA, tennis star 1962 Tracy Austin, born in Rolling Hills, California, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1979, 81 1962 Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1962 Jaime Yzaga, Peru, tennis star 1962 Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star 1962 Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 Scott Davis, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star 1962 Alberto Tous, Spain, tennis star 1962 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64) 1962 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) 1962 Pam Shriver, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, 1991 U.S. Open doubles, 4 Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics 1962 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) 1962 Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star 1962 David Pate, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1962 Juan Aguilera, born in Spain, tennis star 1962 Elise Burgin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star 1962 Chunli Li, Auckland New Zealand, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player, 1985 U.S. Open 1962 U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win 1962 Diego Perez, Spain, tennis star 1962 Ben Testerman, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star 1962 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 1961 Christiane Jolissaint, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1961 Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court 1961 Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star 1961 Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon 1961 75th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64) 1961 81st U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62) 1961 Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star 1961 Brad Gilbert, born in Oakland California, tennis star 1961 Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star 1961 Anders Jarryd, born in Lidkoping, Sweden, tennis star 1961 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64) 1961 Ramesh Krishnan, born in India, tennis star 1961 Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star 1961 Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1961 Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star 1961 Alycia Moulton, Sacramento California, tennis star 1961 Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star 1960 Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star 1960 John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI 1960 Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player 1960 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64) 1960 80th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97) 1960 Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player, Denver-1985 1960 Tim Mayotte, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver 1960 lva Budarova, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1960 Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star 1960 Jo Durie, England, tennis player 1960 Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 1960 Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Robert Green, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tennis star 1960 Mike Leach, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star 1960 Ivan Lendl, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1985-87 1960 Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 1960 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62) 1960 48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86) 1959 Mark Dickson, born in Tampa, Florida, tennis star 1959 Kathy Jordan, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, tennis player, U.S. Opens Doubles 1981 1959 Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player, Avon-1982 1959 Tim Wilkison, Shelby, North Carolina, tennis player, WCT Atlanta finals-1986 1959 Ann Henricksson, St. Paul Minnesota, tennis star 1959 Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 73rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64) 1959 79th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Alejandro Olmedo (63 57 62 64) 1959 Anne Hobbs, England, tennis star 1959 Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star 1959 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1959 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64) 1959 Eduardo Bengoechea, born in Argentina, tennis star 1959 Anne Smith, born in Dallas, Texas, tennis star 1959 Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 Petra Delhees, born in Jauch, Switzertand, tennis star 1959 Eliot Teltscher, born in California, tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup team 1959 John McEnroe, tennis player, U.S. Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84 1959 Heinz Gunthardt, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1959 Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star 1958 Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1958 Marty Davis, San Jose Cat, tennis star 1958 72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) 1958 78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86) 1958 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star 1958 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62) 1958 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11) 1958 Fernando Luna, Spain, tennis star 1958 Johan Kriek, born in South Africa, tennis player, U.S. Indoor 1982 1958 Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star 1958 Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star 1958 Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1958 Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star 1957 Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister 1957 77th U.S. Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64) 1957 71st U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62) 1957 Harry Stefanki, Mento Park Cal, tennis star 1957 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) 1957 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62) 1956 Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star 1956 Sue Barker, tennis pro, French Open 1976 1956 Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czechoslovakia, tennis, Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87 1956 70th U.S. Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64) 1956 76th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63) 1956 Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star 1956 Mima Jausovec, born in Yugoslavia, tennis player, French Open-1977 1956 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61) 1956 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64) 1956 Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star 1956 Bjorn Borg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1976-79 1956 Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1956 Sue Barker, England, tennis star 1955 Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star 1955 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62) 1955 75th U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63) 1955 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1955 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86) 1955 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61) 1955 Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1955 Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1955 Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star 1955 Peter Fleming, New Jersey, tennis player, U.S. Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83 1954 Brian Teacher, San Diego Cal, tennis star 1954 Chris Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, tennis pro 1954 Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star 1954 JoAnne Russell, born in Miami, Florida, tennis player, Wibeldon Double 1977 1954 68th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86) 1954 74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64) 1954 John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet 1954 Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987 1954 Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1954 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75) 1954 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97) 1954 Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1954 Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star 1953 Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor, Octopussy 1953 Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star 1953 67th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) 1953 73rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (63 62 63) 1953 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75) 1953 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64) 1953 Raul Ramirez, born in Ensenada, Baja California, professional Mexican tennis player, in 1976, ranked No. 4 in the world, in 1983, ranked No. 6 in the world in doubles, won 60 doubles titles, 19 singles titles, married former Miss Universe, Venezuelan-born Maritza Sayalero 1953 Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 1953 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62) 1953 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) 1953 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62) 1953 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) 1952 Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double 1952 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) 1952 66th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75) 1952 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) 1952 Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1977 1952 Wojtek Fibak, born in Poland, tennis star 1952 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63) 1952 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62) 1952 Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star 1952 Anand Armitraj, born in India, tennis player, Brother of ViJay 1952 Guillermo Vilas, tennis player, 1977 U.S. Open 1952 Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1952 Brian Gottfried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, Wimbledon Doubles 1976 1951 Roscoe Tanner, tennis player, Wimbledon Finals 1979 1951 Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, Pete Sampras 1951 Tom Gullikson, born in Wisconsin, tennis player, U.S. mixed Doubles 1984 1951 65th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64) 1951 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61) 1951 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61) 1951 Evonne Goolagong, born in Cawley, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1971 1951 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60) 1951 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64) 1951 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 1950 Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976 1950 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) 1950 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61) 1950 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63) 1950 University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1949 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional 1949 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) 1949 69th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64) 1949 Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 1949 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8) 1949 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64) 1949 Manuel Orantes, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1975 1948 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) 1948 68th U.S. Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess (62 63 14-12) 1948 Richard A Gonzales wins U.S. Tennis Open 1948 Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ 1948 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86) 1948 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75) 1948 Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open 1947 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) 1947 67th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63) 1947 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) 1947 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62) 1947 Tennis shoe introduced 1946 Stanley R Smith, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1972, U.S. Open-1971 1946 60th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) 1946 66th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown, Jr. (97 63 60) 1946 Jack Kramer wins U.S. Tennis Open 1946 Ilie Nastase, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis player, U.S. Open 1972 1946 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64) 1946 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) 1945 Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies 1945 65th U.S. Mens Tennis: Sergeant Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62) 1945 59th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) 1945 Virginia Wade, England, tennis star, Wimbledon 1977 1945 Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972 1945 Tony Roche, born in Tarcutta, Australia, professional tennis player, coach, upset Adriano Panatta to win the Davis Cup, 1977 1944 64th U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63) 1944 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86) 1944 Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for U.S. Tennis title 1944 Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1944 Charles Pasarell, tennis pro 1943 Billie Jean King, born in Long Beach, California, tennis pro 1943 Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75 1943 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) 1943 57th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63) 1943 Arthur Ashe, tennis pro, 1968 U.S. Open, 1975 Wimbledon 1943 John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71 1943 Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1942 Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles 1942 Karen Susman, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1962 1942 62nd U.S. Mens Tennis: F Schroeder, Jr. beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62) 1942 56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64) 1942 Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant, Texas, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1965, 66 1942 Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro 1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 55th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62) 1941 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 Benjamin Dwight, U.S. tennis championship umpire, dies 1941 Christine Janes, tennis player 1940 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1940 54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) 1940 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1939 Maria Bueno, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, tennis player, Wimbledon 1959 1939 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) 1939 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) 1939 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62) 1939 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) 1938 Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1966 1938 Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title 1938 Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 52nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63) 1938 58th U.S. Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (63 68 62 61) 1938 Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1963 1938 Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1938 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60) 1938 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63) 1938 Manuel Santana, tennis player, U.S. Open 1965 1937 51st U.S. Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62) 1937 57th U.S. Mens Tennis: J D Budge beats G vs. Cramm (61 79 61 36 61) 1937 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62) 1937 Arthur Kopit, U.S., playwright, Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis 1936 Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon-1964, 65, U.S. Open-61 1936 Roy Emerson, tennis player, won 12 Majors in singles from 1961-67 1936 Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957 1936 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) 1936 56th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108) 1936 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75) 1936 Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) 1935 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) 1935 49th U.S. Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64) 1935 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) 1935 Malcolm J. Anderson, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957 1934 Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56 1934 Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956 1934 Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1934 54th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) 1934 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) 1934 Renee Richards, Richard Rankind, trans-sexual tennis player 1934 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64) 1934 Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon 1934 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) 1933 Neale A Fraser, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1959 1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1933 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61) 1933 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61) 1933 47th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) 1933 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63) 1932 52nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64) 1932 Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for U.S. Tennis title 1932 46th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) 1932 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60) 1932 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61) 1932 Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon 1931 51st U.S. Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott, Jr. (79 63 97 75) 1931 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood, Jr. beats F X Shields (walkover) 1931 John Bartlett, tennis player, Davis Cup captain-Britain 1930 50th U.S. Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14) 1930 44th U.S. Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) 1930 Marion A. Trabert, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1953 1930 Tony Trabert, tennis pro, 1955 Wimbeldon 1930 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64) 1930 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62) 1930 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) 1930 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) 1929 49th U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) 1929 43rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) 1929 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) 1928 48th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) 1928 Henri Cochet wins U.S. Tennis Open 1928 42nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) 1928 1st televised tennis match 1928 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) 1928 Richard A. "Pancho" Gonzalez, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, U.S. 1948-49 1927 Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1951 1927 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title 1927 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) 1927 Althea Gibson, Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75) 1927 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64) 1927 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9) 1926 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) 1926 Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open 1926 Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 40th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97) 1926 2nd French Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary K Browne (61 60) 1926 Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1926 Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1925 45th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (46 119 63 46 63) 1925 Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship 1925 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) 1925 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) 1925 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60) 1925 Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951 1925 Arthur D. Larsen, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1950 1924 44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) 1924 38th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63) 1923 43rd U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64) 1923 Bill Tilden wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Open 1923 U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup 1923 Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56 1923 37th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) 1923 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) 1923 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62) 1923 A Louise Brough Clapp, born in Oklahoma, tennis player, 4 time Wimbledon champ 1922 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64) 1922 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64 1922 36th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) 1922 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60) 1921 Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55 1921 Jaroslav Drobny, born in Czechoslovakia, hockey, tennis, Silver Medal 1948 Olympics 1921 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61) 1921 35th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) 1921 Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946 1921 Frederick Schroeder, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1942 1921 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75) 1921 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60) 1920 34th U.S. Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61) 1920 40th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63) 1920 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64) 1920 A. J. Mottram, tennis player 1919 33rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (61 62) 1919 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63) 1919 Pauline Betz Addie, born in Dayton, Ohio, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1946 1919 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97) 1919 Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1943 1918 William Talbert, tennis doubles champ, U.S. 1942, 45, 46, 48 1918 38th U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75) 1918 32nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63) 1918 W Donald McNeill, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1940 1918 Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1918 Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis star, U.S. Open 1939, 41 1917 37th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) 1917 31st U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62) 1916 36th U.S. Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) 1916 Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles 1916 30th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61) 1916 Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at U.S. tennis championship 1916 Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player, U.S. Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31 1916 Frank A Parker, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1944 1915 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles 1915 29th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60) 1914 34th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Norris W III beats M E McLoughlin (63 86 10-8) 1914 28th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61) 1914 Katherine Stammers Menzies, born in England, doubles tennis player, Wimb 1935 1913 Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1936, 1938-40 1913 27th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75) 1913 33rd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61) 1913 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8) 1912 32nd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62) 1912 26th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears (64 62) 1912 U.S. Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1911 Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr., tennis, U.S. Open 1931, 32, golfer 1911 25th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97) 1911 31st U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62) 1911 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60) 1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1910 30th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61) 1910 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62) 1910 Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship 1910 R. J. Ritchie, tennis player 1909 29th U.S. Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) 1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36 1908 John H Doeg, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1930 1908 Helen Hull Jacobs, born in Berkley, California, U.S. tennis champ, 1932-35 1908 Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 1908 Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 1906 George Martin Lott, Jr., tennis champ, 1931 U.S. Open runner-up 1906 William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open 1905 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1905 Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro, 8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938 1905 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119) 1904 Wilmer L Allison, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1935 1904 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) 1903 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1903 Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro, elected 1961 1902 James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis 1901 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1901 Henri Cochet, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1928 1901 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) 1900 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later 1900 Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup 1899 Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1898 18th U.S. Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61) 1898 Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 1898 Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History 1897 Kitty McKane, England, tennis, Olympic-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24 1895 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64) 1894 William Johnston, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1915 1893 R Lindley Murray, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1918 1893 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) 1893 For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1893 William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player, U.S. Open 1920-25, 29 1891 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62) 1891 Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim California, doubles tennis champ, 6 time Wimbled 1891 R N Williams II, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1914 1890 Oliver S. Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open 1890 Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1912 1889 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1888 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) 1887 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) 1886 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1909-11 1886 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1881 William J Clothier, 1st President of tennis hall of fame, U.S. Open 1906 1881 1st U.S. Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62) 1881 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) 1881 U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name 1881 U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms 1880 Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis 1879 Beals C Wright, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1905 1879 Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup 1878 Holcombe Ward, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1904 1877 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) 1877 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held 1877 Malcolm D. Whitman, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1898 1876 Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1875 Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1903 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced 1874 Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1873 Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1893 1872 William A. Larned, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1901 1871 Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 1868 Fred H Hovey, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1895 1862 Henry W. Slocum, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1888 1861 Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, U.S. Open, 1881 1793 Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1789 Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.) |
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