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All-Time Tennis: Atlanta
It almost seems hard to believe, but in the 29th tournament of the season, a pair of first-time winners were crowned. Arthur Ashe and Tracy Austin, both playing in their first final, beat the odds to win in Atlanta. Ashe knocked off top-seeded Pete Sampras in the semifinals before defeating Ken Rosewall in the final,…
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All-Time Tennis: Indian Wells
In the first event of the North American hard-court tour, Jimmy Connors and Kim Clijsters were victorious. Connors and Novak Djokovic were the top two seeds on the men’s side and Connors pulled out a three-set win in the final. Connors became the third men’s player to win five tournaments. The women’s event saw a…
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All-Time Tennis: Wimbledon (Women)
After underachieving for much of the season, Serena Williams broke through and made a dominant run to the Wimbledon crown. She lost the first set of her first-round match, then won the next 10 sets, earning straight-set victories in each of her last four matches. After winning the final mini-tournament of the grass-court season, Williams…
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All-Time Tennis: Wimbledon (Men)
The top seeds and the two highest-ranked players avoided any upsets en route to the Wimbledon final. When it was all said and done, #2 Ivan Lendl beat #1 Rafael Nadal in five sets to claim his first Grand Slam victory. Three of Lendl’s five victories at Wimbledon occurred in five sets, and in the…
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All-Time Tennis: Manchester
The final mini-tournament of the grass season was loaded, with many of the highest-ranked players competing on both sides. Rafael Nadal became the first men’s player to win a fifth tournament. Serena Williams ended a drought that saw her win for the first time since the very first tournament of the campaign. On to Wimbledon!…
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All-Time Tennis: Birmingham
John McEnroe won the very first tournament of the season back in Australia, but hadn’t won since until this grass-court stop in Birmingham. On the women’s side, Lindsay Davenport made her first very final and came out victorious. She was the only favorite to escape the quarterfinals, then won both her semifinal and the final…
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All-Time Tennis: Nottingham
Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters both won their second tournaments, but it had been a while, as both claimed their first victory back in the hard-court season in Australia. Now on grass during a stop in Nottingham, both posted straight-set wins against a couple of greats in the final. Federer only dropped one set in…
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All-Time Tennis: Eastbourne
As the grass-court season made its way to the United Kingdom with an event in Eastbourne, Margaret Court won her second straight tournament, while the men’s event resulted in another first-time winner in Rod Laver. Both champions needed three sets to win their quarterfinal and semifinal matches before taking the title in straight sets. All-Time…
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All-Time Tennis: Mallorca
The grass-court stop in Mallorca, Spain, resulted in a couple of first-time winners. The men’s tournament was upside down, as the underdogs won all four quarterfinals and both semifinals. The end result was that Goran Ivanisevic — who hadn’t yet advanced past a quarterfinal — defeated Vitas Gerulaitis — who hadn’t ever even reached the…
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