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Sports Illustrated July 4, 2000 S.L. Price |
Inside Tennis Vladimir Voltchkov, ranked No. 237, fought his way into the second week of Wimbledon |
Sports Central September 26, 2006 Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Illustrated June 20, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Wimbledon draw Our writer peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 men's seeds for Wimbledon. Scroll down to see the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions... |
Sports Illustrated July 2, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
End of an era It was only a fourth-round victory. But when Roger Federer dropped to his knees. Federer, after all, had replicated a feat that only one other player had achieved since George Bush the Elder's administration: He beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon... |
Sports Illustrated August 18, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Frustrations for Davenport What's going on with Lindsay Davenport? The top-ranked American woman dominated the Australian Open and then ran the table at Indian Wells in March. But she hasn't won a tournament since... |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Pensive in Paris A few of your questions during Monday's rain delay ... |
Sports Illustrated May 14, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Future Davis Cup captains After the Patrick McEnroe era comes to a close, which current player do you see as a future U.S. Davis Cup captain? I like Todd Martin, with Andre Agassi as a longshot... |
Sports Illustrated July 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: July 3 Hot: Mother Nature, The Sisters Williams, Mark Philippoussis... Not: Damir Dokic, Samantha Stevenson, Jeff Tarango |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Safin has a good shot at No. 1 Rating the courts of the Slam venues... Prognosticating on the future rivalries in tennis... |
Sports Central June 20, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon, Save Us! A flip of a coin would have been more exciting than guessing the outcomes of tournaments and matches so far. |
Sports Illustrated December 18, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The 2000 Baggie Awards It's that time of year again: trees, ornaments, good will, Dick Clark and, of course, the Gold Flake Open. Time to reflect on another enthralling, stranger-than-fiction year in professional tennis with the third annual Baggie Awards... |
Sports Central August 20, 2012 Mert Ertunga |
Upsets in Cincinnati: Few of Many in 2012 Now that the last big test before the last Slam of the calendar year has ended in Cincinnati with Roger Federer winning the men's draw and Li Na winning the women's draw, we have finally arrived to the week preceding the U.S. Open. |
Sports Central March 6, 2014 Mert Ertunga |
Early Tennis Season Notes of 2014 The 2014 season has begun with several unexpected events that set the stage for a terrific year in tennis. |
Sports Central January 17, 2007 Ricky Dimon |
2007 ATP Season Has Major Shoes to Fill With the Australian Open, the unofficial grand opening of the professional tennis season, suddenly upon us, it's time to recap the best of the best of 2006 and look ahead to 2007. |
Sports Illustrated May 7, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Roddick excites American fans Pretty soon, seats on the Andy Roddick bandwagon are going to be available through scalpers only... |
Sports Illustrated July 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Sisterly slugfest signals tennis' future In a match that will make the front page of all the newspapers, Venus Williams beat her little sister, Serena, 6-2, 7-6 Thursday to reach her first Wimbledon final. One had the feeling this was one of those epochal matches that will be remembered for years. |
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 Central August 14, 2006 Mert Ertunga |
Top 10 Men's Tennis Matches of 21st Century Of course, these picks are very much open to debate. |
Sports Central February 20, 2004 Tom Kosinski |
Marat Safin a Force Again Maybe the biggest story of the Aussie Open was Marat Safin. A perennial critics' favorite, Safin has the physical size, speed, power, and talent to be a multi-Grand Slam champion |
Sports Illustrated September 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Venus Williams, Guga, Jelena Dokic, Max Mirnyi, Vladimir Voltchkov, and Australia's uniforms... Not: U.S. Team, Lindsay Davenport, Marat Safin, Britain, Lleyton Hewitt, and Todd Martin... |
Sports Illustrated July 14, 2000 S.L. Price |
For the Ages The past and the future met in a stirring Wimbledon fortnight as Pete Sampras his record 13th Grand Slam title and Venus Williams her first |
Sports Illustrated August 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open draw Predictions for the men's side of the U.S. Open... |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2001 Richard Deitsch |
Agassi, Sampras renew rivalry Styles, of course, make fights, and the dueling styles of Andre Agassi, the quintessential return man, and Pete Sampras, the serve-and-volley stud, should make for something special Wednesday night under the klieg lights of Arthur Ashe... |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry? |
Salon.com July 7, 2000 Max Garrone |
Wimbledon gossip wrap-up The Fortnight is not all green grass and tennis whites, strawberries and cream. Here's the dirt. |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Compare and contrast Comparing tennis players from different vintages is the most inexact of sciences. A million variables come into play. |
Sports Illustrated March 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Dandy Andy In one week of high-quality tennis, Andy Roddick not only served up a feel-good story to counteract WilliamsGate; he also showed why the USTA wonks have, for years, been salivating like dogs when they discuss his prospects... |
Sports Illustrated June 27, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Patriot games So maybe it's a bit early to administer last rites to American men's tennis after all. |
Sports Illustrated July 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Missing in action What keeps young guns from consistent Slam performances. |
Sports Illustrated June 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Chat Reel Hingis' Wimbledon woes are largely mental... |
AskMen.com June 25, 2012 Van Sias |
Roger Federer At Wimbledon If there was ever a sure thing in tennis, it was Roger Federer seeing his name etched on the side of the big gold trophy. |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems |
Sports Illustrated August 21, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Aug. 21 Hot: Martina Hingis, Alex Corretja, Gustavo Kuerten, Andy Roddick... Not: Mark Philippoussis... Lindsay Davenport... Marcelo Rios... Vladmir Voltchkov... |
Sports Central November 23, 2010 Mert Ertunga |
Once Upon a Time on Fast Courts Is the plug being pulled too soon on fast courts? |
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 August 21, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Visitors' guide to the U.S. Open Must-dos and must-sees for those attending their first US Open... Plus, Why not move the Australian Open to October?... Anna Kournikova's coldness to the press... etc. |
Sports Illustrated February 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Building the perfect player If you were to build the perfect tennis players (male and female), whose forehands, backhands, serve, net game, mental toughness, etc., would you duplicate -- i.e., who has the greatest strengths ever? |
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 July 2, 2002 L. Jon Wertheim |
The Party's Over The greatest generation of U.S. male players showed its age at Wimbledon. |
Sports Illustrated August 27, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Just a matter of time for Hewitt With Rafter, Agassi and Pete Sampras in their sunset years, I can't imagine Hewitt not winning at least a Slam or two on clay, concrete and Rebound Ace within the next decade... |
Sports Illustrated June 4, 2002 L. Jon Wertheim |
Clay Pigeons With one exception, U.S. men just can't play on the French Open's slow surface. |
Sports Illustrated October 23, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
How to beat the Williamses Why aren't other players following up on Lindsay Davenport's style of beating the Williams sisters? I thought that her technique revealed a weakness in their games... Plus, many other tennis questions... |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
AskMen.com June 29, 2015 Van Sias |
How Tennis Has Changed In The Past 20 Years What has happened to men's tennis in the last 20 years? Wimbledon gives us a chance to reflect. |
Sports Illustrated December 10, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
En francais It's been a good month for Guy Forget. A week after captaining France to a Davis Cup triumph against Australia, Forget collected another title of his own on Sunday when he served 21 aces on the way to a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 11-9 victory over Petr Korda in a seniors tournament in London... |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Men's game has plenty of personality From (Andre) Agassi to (Mariano) Zabaleta, representing 29 countries -- think Model U.N. with better tans and hotter girlfriends -- the cast of characters in men's tennis runs the entire gamut... |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: July 10 Hot: Pete Sampras, Venus Williams, Pat Rafter... Not: Mark Philippoussis, Richard Williams, Natasha Zvereva |
Sports Illustrated May 2, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Pioline is worth watching Tennis Q&A: Cedric Pioline... Mary Pierce... chances of Lindsay Davenport winning the French Open?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tennis-book wish list My friend and I were checking out the WTA Tour message boards the other day and came across a thread on the "World's Shortest Tennis Books"... |
Sports Illustrated August 5, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras appears on the rebound If his career was in seriously dire straits after Wimbledon, Pete Sampras bounced back with a vengeance in Toronto. |