Archive for October 2025
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Former ATP World no. 1. Winner of 18 ATP singles titles and $9,713,771 in career prize money. Competed on the ATP World Tour from 1994-2004. Ht: 5-9 Wt: 160 DOB: December 26, 1975 In: Santiago, Chile I attempted this Biofile with Marcelo Rios at his 1999 US Open press conference following […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Chile · Marcelo Rios · Miami Open · US Open · Yonex
By Scoop Malinowski Status: WTA no. 160. Career best ranking was 135. DOB: April 21, 1996 In: Netherlands First Tennis Memory: My first… oh God… I have an older brother, three years older than me, Adrian, he was playing tennis all the time. I was doing ballet at the time. After ballet practice my mother […] Continue to read full article...
Arianne Hartono · Aryna Sabalenka · Coco Gauff · NCAA · Roger Federer
Holger Rune confirmed that he ruptured his Achilles tendon in the Stockholm semifinal vs Ugo Humbert and he will need to have surgery next week. The achilles tendon is a serious injury which likely will sideline Rune for about a year. “It’s gonna be a while before I can step on court again. It’s tough. […] Continue to read full article...
ATP · Babolat · Holger Rune · Nike · Stockholm Open · Ugo Humbert
Former ATP world no. 1 Marat Safin had two life altering experiences in Peru, which he discussed in a long interview with Blair Henley for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. When he was still a young teenager, Safin was sent by a Russian sponsor to train at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, FL. […] Continue to read full article...
Marat Safin · Nick Bollettieri · Peru · Russia · US Open
Oct/25
16
Best Match I Saw All Year Damm Jr vs Tarvet
2 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
By Scoop Malinowski I can say with total certainty the best match I saw all year was today’s Lincoln ATP Challenger clash between American Martin Damm Jr and Great Britain’s Oliver Tarvet. Both are young, rising potential stars in their early 20s. Damm Jr was a star junior who struggled for four years but this […] Continue to read full article...
The great Jimmy Cannon used to have a semi-regular newspaper column titled Nobody Asked Me But… where he would say things like, “People in bus terminals look tired even before they begin their trip.” “Ever notice how shy a name-dropper pretends to be when he identifies himself with an important person?” “England produces the best […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Jimmy Cannon · Mizuno · Newport · Roger Federer
Oct/25
15
I have a better idea than Six Kings Slam Exo
8 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Bios
The $6m Six Kings Slam exhibition in Saudi Arabia means nothing but money for the top players who don’t need it, from the deep pockets of Saudi Arabia promoters. I have a better idea for a Saudi tennis exo. How about two separate exos same week. Cut the budget to $3m for the elite ATP […] Continue to read full article...
Years ago a reporter asked Andre Agassi if he felt that Federer-Roddick could evolve into a classic ATP rivalry… Andre Agassi: “I mean, so many things really have to come together for a rivalry to take that sort of form. There’s certainly potential for it. You’ve got two of the top players in the game […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi and Justin Gimelstob did an exhibition with Aryna Sabalenka and Anna Kalinskaya in Hong Kong. Is it setting the stage for the Agassi vs Sabalenka Battle of the Sexes 2 which makes too much sense? Interesting results in Stockholm as Leo Borg, who has can’t win matches in ATP Challenger for two years, […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · Joao Fonseca · marta kostyuk · Nick Kyrgios · Novak Djokovic
Alberto Ramos Vinolas has retired from professional at age 37. The Spanish lefthander who turned pro in 2007, won four ATP singles titles and reached no. 17 in the world in 2017. His final match record is 281-333. He scored some notable wins in his career including a Shanghai upset of Roger Federer in 2015. […] Continue to read full article...
Alberto Ramos Vinolas · ATP · Babolat · Monte Carlo · Roger Federer · Roland Garros
