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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 (Czech) 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 Cedric Pioline, Neuilly/Seine France, tennis pro, US open final-93

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], Fr 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 min 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 mins

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: M Navratilova beats Z 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 Howard Stern's U.S. Open Sores Tennis match

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 4hrs 55 min - 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 Czech 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 mins

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 Czech (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: Czech 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: Czech 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 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in NY

1983 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switz (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 Aust/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 Neth, 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, Greely Colo, 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 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks for political asylum

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 Czech 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 (61 61 57 64)

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 Aust Open

1975 Jiri Novak, Czechostovakia, 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, Rotterdam Neth, 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 Aust

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, Bojnice Slovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Czech

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 Arg, 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 Arg, tennis star, 1993 Belg 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, Krefeld German FR, 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, Bankstown Aust, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN

1973 Kristin Godridge, Traralgon Aust, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore

1973 Radka Bobkova, Prague Czech Rep, 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, Maitland NSW Aust, 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, Switzerland, tennis star

1972 Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star

1972 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe (36 63 67 64 63)

1972 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)

1972 Miriam Oremans, Berlicum Neth, 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, Oly-silv/bronze-92

1971 Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star, 1995 Bermuda

1971 Richard Krajicek, Neth, tennis star, Wimbledon-1996

1971 Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles

1971 Rachel McQuillan, Merewether NSW Aust, 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, Hoopstad South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Aust 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, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Aust,

1971 Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas

1971 Aki Rahunen, Finland, tennis star

1971 Jim Butler, Iowa City Iowa, table tennis player, Olympics-92, 96

1971 Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open

1971 Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Aust 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 Neth, 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, Geneva Switz, 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 Neth, 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 Aust

1970 Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Oly-gold-96, 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 Aust 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, NZ 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 Aust/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 (1412 57 63 36 63)

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 Grace Kim, Korea, 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 NZ, 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