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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 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
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
October 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
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 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
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
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
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
October 15, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Tennis? What tennis? Why the sport has disappeared off U.S. radar screens... |
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
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
August 23, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open draw The author predicts the fate of the top 16 men's and women's seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
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
July 24, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems |
Sports Illustrated
February 28, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
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
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 Central
November 26, 2004
Mert Ertunga |
ATP and WTA Tours Reversing Trends This is a good moment to reflect back on some major trend changes in the worlds of professional tennis in terms of rankings. |
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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 8, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
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 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 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
July 17, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
It's the Williamses' mailbag ... The Williams Show seems to have been given a second season. What are the chances that Serena and Venus will seek out proper coaching now and fine-tune their games so that their father's prediction of them ranking 1 and 2 really can come true? |
Sports Illustrated
June 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Chat Reel Hingis' Wimbledon woes are largely mental... |
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
July 10, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
American Beauty In very different ways, it was now or never for both Wimbledon champs.... |
Sports Illustrated
August 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Tapping her potential Best is yet to come for Serena Williams... |
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
July 15, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains. |
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
May 27, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Remembered in song There are many tunes devoted to tennis stars... |
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
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 26, 2002
Frank Deford |
Sisters superior Venus and Serena -- alone and together atop their sport. |
Sports Illustrated
July 22, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis. |
Sports Illustrated
May 20, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Safin doesn't have killer instinct Until Marat Safin learns to hate losing in the way that others do -- Lleyton Hewitt being the most obvious example -- he will underachieve on the court... |
Sports Illustrated
June 11, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
Salon.com
August 10, 2000
Diane Seo |
The tennis world's new cover boys With Sampras and Agassi aging, men's tennis hopes to excite fans with a fresh crop of young men and a ballsy new ad campaign. |
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
September 9, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
An Open to remember Some random notes on a pretty fair U.S. Open |
