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Sports Central
June 11, 2013
Brad Oremland |
Who is the Best Female Tennis Player of All-Time? In my mind, there are three players who merit serious consideration as the Greatest Of All Time: Serena Williams, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf.   |
Sports Central
July 27, 2010
Brad Oremland |
Why Serena Williams is Not the Best Ever It would be ludicrous to pretend that Serena Williams is not a great player, among the greatest ever. It is equally absurd, though, to pretend that she has surpassed the likes of Graf and Navratilova to lay claim to the title of best ever. |
Sports Illustrated
January 28, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Can Hingis overcome latest stumble? Martina Hingis hasn't been tennis' top player for three years. She plays wonderfully intuitive, clever tennis and is one of the all-time great thinkers and strategists. But her lack of power -- her dearth of ammunition -- has been fatal to her success... |
Sports Illustrated
March 6, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A. |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Me, myself and tennis What is this attitude about Martina Navratilova playing doubles again?... Lindsay Davenport or Martina Hingis?... Jensen brothers... etc. |
Sports Central
February 2, 2010
Brad Oremland |
Tennis is More Competitive Than Ever At no other period in history have we seen so many different winners, and so many players capable of stringing together two weeks of wins. |
Sports Illustrated
March 27, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Most memorable matches of the '90s Tennis Q&A: five best matches of the 1990s... least amount of talent?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
March 20, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
On Agassi, mags and Hernan Gumy Tennis Q&A |
Sports Illustrated
January 29, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
ATP needs new marketing strategy The tour tries desperately to cultivate "stars" and "personalities," yet the first major was won by a Swedish veteran who repeatedly described himself as bland and who reacted to the biggest win of his life by grinning and approaching the net to shake his opponent's hand... |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next. |
Sports Illustrated
February 19, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Agassi vs. Mac Would John McEnroe have beaten Andre Agassi if they played when both were in their primes? |
Sports Illustrated
April 30, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Sowing the seeds of a controversy What do you make of the Wimbledon seeding controversy?... Sampras's loss to Andy Roddick maybe wasn't such an upset after all... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2001
Frank Deford |
Showtime Women's tennis looks ready for prime time... |
Sports Central
April 15, 2009
Mert Ertunga |
Andres Gimeno in Tennis HOF? A little-known player from Spain, a legend by all means in his home country, Andres Gimeno will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: June 5 Who's hot and who's not in tennis: Hot: Gustavo Kuerten, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce... Not: American men, Lindsay Davenport, Andre Agassi |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Overdue accolades Congrats to all those tennis players who had the mettle to medal... |
Sports Illustrated
October 16, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Kudos to the Aussie Open Now that the Australian Open has decided to offer equal prize money to both men and women starting next year, what are your feelings on stuffy, old Wimbledon? Will the Brits ever get over their flowers and strawberries? |
Sports Illustrated
February 18, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Don't compare figure skating to tennis What if tennis players smacked the ball to each other for an hour, no points, games or sets tallied, and then judges scored the participants in technical difficulty and presentation? |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Capriati's comeback is complete I see Capriati as a looming threat that no higher-seeded player will want to see in her quadrant. But let's not initiate her in the Martina Hingis-Venus Williams-Serena Williams-Davenport sorority quite yet... |
Sports Central
March 28, 2007
Mert Ertunga |
The Strangest Oddities in Tennis Certain oddities in tennis do not get much media space or time. Here are a few examples. |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Gustavo Kuerten... Monica Seles... Lindsay Davenport... Venus Williams... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Davis Cup on the mind Tennis Q&A: Pete Sampras... clay court?... cheerleaders and music added to the sport of tennis... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
May 29, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Gaga over Guga Tennis Q&A: Gustavo Kuerten... Monica Seles' coach... up-and-coming players with signature playing styles and temperaments... what pro players, past or present, are known to be trick-shot artists... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
June 26, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
London calling Questions answered: Has Martina Hingis created her own worst enemy in Mary Pierce? Will Pete Sampras choke? Is Arvind Parmar the real deal?... |
Sports Illustrated
October 14, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Close encounters Does everyone have a story about meeting a tennis player? |
Sports Illustrated
March 19, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Williamses' antics undermine the tour The episode hurts the Williamses' credibility and only fuels the widespread speculation that they treat the sport as something of a lark... Hicham Arazi, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami... Elena Bovina... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
May 27, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Remembered in song There are many tunes devoted to tennis stars... |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
No rest for the best While the women's game overall has improved immensely, I'm consistently frustrated by the fact that the top players (with the exception of the amazing yet annoying Wiliams sisters) have failed to round out their games... |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Tag-team tennis? With all apologies to the traditionalists at Wimbledon, I'm all for a WWF-style version of tennis, at least for promotional purposes. Matches would be played as singles, but tag-team style, with players able to bail out and switch with their partners when in need of "help"... |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
New Wimbledon seeding process has worked I think it helped the men avoid a bazillion upsets while there were still some pretty good matchups. With the big names remaining, the second week should be pretty exciting... |
Sports Illustrated
April 8, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Surprise, surprise Great tennis players rarely scout unfamiliar opponents... |
Sports Central
October 21, 2012
Mert Ertunga |
WTA and Best-of-Five Sets in Slams The women's finals are continuously overshadowed by the men's finals. It is time for WTA to seriously consider implementing some formula that includes a five-set format in the Slams. |
Sports Illustrated
November 26, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Warming up the crystal ball Coetzer can still make some good cake despite her faltering results... Agassi has made a career out of making tennis prognosticators look like Henry Blodget... My three favorite women players are in flux... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right? |
Sports Illustrated
April 9, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
A tale of tennis' bard What Bud Collins is really like... |
Sports Illustrated
June 11, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
Sports Illustrated
November 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Still railing on rankings Is it possible that tennis could adopt something similar to golf's World Ranking? Golf's system is based on results over the last two years and uses average points per event, not total points... |
Sports Illustrated
April 3, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Hitting some turbulence Tennis Q&A: Why do you think players do so well one tournament and then do terribly in the next?... the "next Steffi"... Magnus Norman... USTA "budget shortfall"... Martina Navratilova considering competing in doubles... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
June 3, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Far from predictable Tennis songs: our latest contest yielded the usual flood of responses, many hysterical |
Sports Central
January 4, 2010
Mert Ertunga |
Tennis' Decade of Recovery This past decade was not only a decade of recovery, but also a decade that put forth solid foundation for what could possibly be the second golden age of tennis. |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2001
S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
Sports Illustrated
October 30, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Explaining Martina Hingis' success How do spectators determine who is playing smartly and who is playing on "instinct" and sheer athleticism? |
Sports Illustrated
September 24, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Back to our show How on earth could the WTA not have canceled the Big Island Open in Hawaii?... |
Sports Illustrated
December 4, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Filling the void in New York Now that the women's tour has pulled the incredibly boneheaded -- boy, that's a surprise, tennis administrators being boneheads -- move of going to Germany for the year-ending tournament, what's the chance of the men coming back to New York? |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Aug. 7 Hot: Marat Safin, Venus Williams, Amy Frazier, Harel Levy... Not: Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Hingis, Jan-Michael Gambill, Jelena Dokic... |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
The view on Richard Williams Some interesting responses to my question about why there was, seemingly, so little outrage and righteous indignation regarding the domestic-violence allegations against Richard Williams... |
Sports Illustrated
February 28, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
Sports Illustrated
April 22, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Will Agassi play Davis Cup? Pat McEnroe is going to try his best to make sure this fantasy is realized. Agassi swore off Davis Cup like a bad habit after the 2000 fiasco... |
Salon.com
March 1, 2002
Ian Rothkerch |
"How does it feel to be America's blow-job queen?" In their HBO movie "Monica in Black and White," documentarians Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey riff on Lewinsky, celebrity and the tough questions... |
Sports Illustrated
March 26, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
More on the Williams controversy As one would expect, the Mailbag remains stuffed with questions about l'affaire Williams, a controversy that, for any number of reasons, has struck a deep and resonant chord. Your various takes were all over the map... |
