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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: 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: 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: Hertogenbosch
Ivan Lendl became the third men’s player to win four tournaments, while Jennifer Capriati became a surprising two-time winner on the women’s side at the grass-court stop in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Lendl had to come from a set down to best John Newcombe in the final. Capriati had an upset-filled run, beating the two Grand Slam…
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All-Time Tennis: Madrid
Ivan Lendl entered the second stage of the season at #2 in the rankings, and he only helped himself by winning his third tournament, taking home the men’s title in Madrid. After a number of disappointing outings, Chris Evert claimed her first championship, which included a straight-set semifinal victory over rival Martina Navratilova. Petra Kvitova…
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All-Time Tennis: Adelaide
In the fifth tournament of eight before the Australian Open, Ivan Lendl became the first two-time winner as he ran roughshod through the field in Adelaide, capturing all three matches in straight sets. Martina Navratilova held off Caroline Wozniacki’s upset bid on the women’s side. All-Time Tennis Season 1 Home Page Men’s Tournament Did not…
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All-Time Tennis: Brisbane
Brisbane provided a couple of unexpected winners. The top seeds on the men’s side, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, were knocked out in the semifinals by Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl. Agassi won the first set of the final and had a chance for his second straight tournament championship, but Lendl rallied to win in…
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