TAG: Fred Stolle
Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori defended their mixed doubles title and pocketed $1m, that’s an $800,000 raise from last year’s mixed doubles payday the Italian team earned. They beat Ruud/Iga in the final 63 57 10-6. Errani said this after the win during her on court speech: “I think this one is for all the […] Continue to read full article...
By Chris Lewis There was hardly a man in world tennis more respected than Harry Hopman. Right up until his death at 79 years of age in 1985, Harry Hopman could be seen on court every day at his Tennis Academy at the Bardmoor Country Club in Largo, Florida, where he ran a huge tennis […] Continue to read full article...
Andres Gomez · Australia · Chris Lewis · Davis Cup · Florida · Fred Stolle · Harry Hopman · Vitas Gerulaitis
Nov/23
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Fred Stolle: “Djokovic Is Most Misunderstood Guy Out There”
Comments off · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
In three decades of covering professional tennis, I’ve been privileged to meet and interview some of the greatest champions of sport. And one of my all time personal favorites is the former US and French Champion and Davis Cup hero Fred Stolle. Why? Just because of his friendly, engaging nature. I never saw him play […] Continue to read full article...
By Scoop Malinowski Status: Winner of 1965 French Championships and 1966 US Championships. Winner of ten Grand Slam doubles titles and seven Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Also the only male player to have lost his first five Grand Slam singles finals. Won 39 career singles titles and was ranked no. 1 in 1966 by […] Continue to read full article...
Australia · Davis Cup · Dunlop · Fred Stolle · Roland Garros · US Open · Wimbledon
Jul/15
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Tennis Players Analyze Tennis TV Commentators
3 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
About ten years ago, I decided to ask some of tennis' leading players: Which TV commentators do you like to listen to?
Vince Spadea: "I like Patrick McEnroe and Luke Jensen. I like the former players. The guys who are young and hungry and excited about doing it. And they know the information and the players. I like enthusiasm and personality into talking tennis - not just the exact match. Patrick's a very interesting guy. Been around a lot of years, obviously had a great career himself. He has a brother who is a legend. There's so many aspects about tennis that he could kind of dig in from. He's from New York, so he's got great personality. Luke is high energy. He's inspiring. He comes up with little, funny phrases. Little nicknames. Little, inside stories about each player or certain individuals. I thought Chris Evert was good. Articulate and smart and obviously a legend in her own right." Continue to read full article...
Bud Collins · Cliff Drysdale · Fred Stolle · John McEnroe · Pam Shriver · Patrick McEnroe
