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All-Time Tennis: Season 1 Final Results
The overall points winners from the first season of the Let’s Plaay Tennis All-Time Tennis campaign weren’t who you would have expected at the beginning, as Ivan Lendl and Martina Hingis were crowned the season-long champions. Lendl was among the highest-ranked men’s players going in, though a step behind the Nadal-Djokovic-Federer triumvirate, so his victory…
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All-Time Tennis: U.S. Open (Women)
The women’s tournament had a similar ending to the men’s event, as the winner ended up beating the #1 seed in the semifinals and the #2 seed in the final. Here, #5 Martina Navratilova captured the title after beating #1 Martina Hingis and #2 Steffi Graf in succession. Also like the men, she became the…
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All-Time Tennis: U.S. Open (Men)
The final men’s tournament of season was a classic, as the top four seeds advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open. #4 Novak Djokovic prevailed after beating the #1 and #2 seeds in five sets. He became the fourth different winner of a Grand Slam event this season. All-Time Tennis Season 1 Home Page…
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All-Time Tennis: Washington, D.C.
In the final mini-tournament of the 2024 campaign, Ivan Lendl and Billie Jean King came away victorious in Washington, D.C. Lendl earned his sixth victory of the season, tying him for the most of any men’s player. His win over Rafael Nadal in the final helped widen the gap in the points rankings between the…
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All-Time Tennis: Cincinnati
Martina Hingis got back on track with her women’s-best fifth victory of the campaign, while Novak Djokovic claimed his fourth title in Cincinnati. Hingis was in danger of losing the top spot in the rankings after making just one semifinal in her last five appearances, but easily brushed aside Lindsay Davenport in the semis and…
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All-Time Tennis: Toronto
Roger Federer and Margaret Court both won their third tournaments of the season as the hard-court season went north of the border to Toronto. Federer, the top seed, had the fortune of not facing any other seeded players after a number of upsets. Court, the fourth seed, beat the second seed, Lindsay Davenport in the…
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All-Time Tennis: Cleveland
Kim Clijsters won her second tournament on the USA tour and her fourth overall, while Andre Agassi captured his third tournament of the campaign in Cleveland. Clijsters caught a break when the top two seeds were knocked out in the quarterfinals. Agassi had similar help on the men’s side when three top-ranked players didn’t make…
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All-Time Tennis: Miami
Jimmy Connors became the first six-time winner on tour, while Chris Evert collected her second title in Miami. In a stacked field, Connors had to beat Stan Smith and Novak Djokovic in three sets to reach the final. Goran Ivanisevic upset Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl to meet him there, but Connors prevailed in straight…
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All-Time Tennis: Winston-Salem
Rod Laver and Justine Henin both won their second tournaments of the campaign as the USA hard-court season went to Winston-Salem, N.C. Laver was the only seeded player to survive the quarterfinals on the men’s side. Henin upset Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles to claim the women’s crown. All-Time Tennis Season 1 Home Page Men’s…
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