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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
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... |
Sports Illustrated
August 20, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Solving the rankings riddle As a USTA poster boy, rest assured Andy Roddick will be playing every match on a show court. He's popping serves, bludgeoning his groundies and moving well. More impressive, he's been showing poise that belies his age... |
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
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
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
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? |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Venus, Goran come through I haven't watched too much tennis until this year, but after following the French Open and the first two days of Wimbledon, I can truly say how ugly the game of men's tennis is when it's played on grass... |
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
June 10, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system. |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Venus speeds past Marion Jones From the Mailbag: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Sports Illustrated has declared Venus Williams Sportswoman of the Year. This award belongs to Marion Jones. No one even comes close. Of course I could be wrong... |
Sports Illustrated
November 5, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
WTA soap opera continues Even by women's tennis' impossibly high standards for absurdity, it was a bizarre week on the WTA Tour... |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Getting blitzed by Venus Well, last week yours truly got an earful from Venus Williams, who chastised me -- good naturedly, with a smile on her face, I hasten to add -- for being "too negative" and "too sarcastic." |
Sports Illustrated
October 15, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Tennis? What tennis? Why the sport has disappeared off U.S. radar screens... |
Sports Illustrated
August 6, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Mac needs to cede some of spotlight John McEnroe, along with many others, has complained about the lack of interest in the ATP Tour and the related lack of personality of its top stars. Is it possible he's part of the problem? |
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
October 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
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
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
July 22, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis. |
Sports Illustrated
September 3, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Hingis' comments taken out of context What does it say about our society that Martina Hingis is vilified for stupid comments about the Williams sisters' endorsements, but Goran Ivanisevic, who fires off derogatory terms for homosexuals during press conferences, is as popular as ever? |
Sports Illustrated
June 11, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
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
March 18, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Slovak uprising How can such a relatively small country produce so many consistent tennis players? |
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 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... |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2001
S.L. Price |
American Revolution The battle for supremacy in the women's game seemed over after the Williams sisters dominated the U.S. Open as never before... |
Sports Illustrated
April 17, 2000 |
Covering a lot of ground Tennis Q&A: WTA marketing's shift from a real sport to just a beauty pageant?... Mirjana Lucic... the announcing team of Leif Shiras and Barry McKay... Australia chooses synthetic surface... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
June 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Chat Reel Hingis' Wimbledon woes are largely mental... |
Sports Illustrated
February 25, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Free advice for tennis' top stars I often wish that I could talk to certain players and make little suggestions. Here's a list of advice I'd give... |
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
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
October 1, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Is Roddick fragile? Is it too soon for American men's tennis fans to worry about The Franchise? Also, am I the only one who winces watching him skid and dive on hard courts? |
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 women'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
May 6, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Battle of the sexes Which gender has the more appealing tennis game? |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
It's all about grass It is completely counterintuitive that tennis' "magical fortnight," as some put it, its most esteemed event, is played on the most anomalous and rare surface. But that's the way it goes: Wimbledon is the Rose Bowl of tennis... |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Early thoughts on Wimbledon Wimbledon's seeding formula: You love it. You hate it. You're confused and frustrated to the point of Ulhas from New Delhi, who suggests scrapping seeding altogether -- that action might yield disastrous first-round matchups but it would extinguish the controversy. My take? |
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 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
October 9, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Overdue accolades Congrats to all those tennis players who had the mettle to medal... |
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. |
Sports Illustrated
July 8, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... 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
September 10, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up the Open Credit Hewitt with playing his best tennis when it mattered most... Aside from playing unsurpassing tennis, the Williams sisters were dual models of poise during the Open... |
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
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 10, 2001
Rick Reilly |
Disadvantage, Women The women are more popular, make more headlines and play more entertaining tennis than the men, yet the women made $790,919 less over the Wimbledon fortnight than the men and $428,637 less at the French... |
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
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... |
