TAG: International Tennis Hall of Fame
Tennis press conferences and interviews used to be a lot more interesting than the current era of monotonous cliches and scripted talk. One player who didn’t hide his feelings and thoughts was Goran Ivanisevic, the 2001 Wimbledon champion who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2021… Here (USA) food is not […] Continue to read full article...
Andre Agassi · ATP · Croatia · Goran Ivanisevic · Head · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Wimbledon
By Scoop Malinowski (with an assist from Sander Groen) DOB: March 1, 1946 In: Prague, Czech Republic Ht: 5-9 Wt: 158 Status: French Open champion 1970, 1971; Wimbledon champion 1973. First memory of tennis: My father was working at a tennis club and he brought me there. Tennis heroes/inspirations: When I was a ball boy […] Continue to read full article...
Czech Republic · Davis Cup · French Open · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Jan Kodes · Wimbledon
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When Billie Jean King Snapped At A Ballboy
11 Comments · Posted by Scoop Malinowski in Articles, Scoop
We all know tennis can be excruciatingly stressful and tense and even the coolest, most admired legends of the game can have a bad moment of judgement they would later regret. Even Billie Jean King, the pioneer hero and sort of godmother of tennis, was not always an angel on the court in the heat […] Continue to read full article...
Billie Jean King · Boston · International Tennis Hall of Fame · USTA · Virginia Slims · Wimbledon · WTA
Indian tennis great Leander Paes is one of six nominees in the Player Category for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s ballot for the Class of 2024. In addition to Paes, Cara Black, Ana Ivanović, Carlos Moyá, Daniel Nestor and Flavia Pennetta return to the ballot in the Player Category. The Player Category recognizes ATP […] Continue to read full article...
Carlos Moya · International Tennis Hall of Fame · Leander Paes · Newport
