Are you ready for the Grand Finale in the Aussie Open?
Wawrinka v.s. Nadal
Who do you go for???
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Are you ready???
Are you ready for tonight matchup between Federer v.s. Nadal in the Australian Open semifinals?
Who do you go for?
Sunday, January 19, 2014
First Wimbledon Champion
The first Wimbledon champion Spencer Gore in 1877 said he didn't think this new game
would catch on.
A Grand Slam Full of Surprises
Who would think that Australian Open would be full of surprises. Ana Ivanovic the 14th seed defeated Serena Williams Number 1 seed in three sets on the fourth round of the Aussie Open 4-6 6-3 6-3.
On the other hand number 20th seed Cibulkova defeated number 3 seed Maria Sharapova also in three sets 3-6 6-4 6-1.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Fun Fact
The fastest serve in the women's tennis was done by Venus Williams who recorded a serve of 205 km/h.
Did you know???
Did you know that the last Australian player to win the Australian Open is Mark Edmondson on 1976 against another Australian John Newcombe in a score of 6-7 6-3 7-6 6-1.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Most Grand Slam Wins by a Man
Roger Federer still holds the record of having the most Grand Slam wins by winning 4 Australian Opens, 1 French Open, 7 Wimbledons, and 5 US Opens in a total of 17 Grand Slams.
Longest Tennis Match
The longest tennis match was played on Wimbledon 2011 in the first round match of Nicolas Mahut v.s. John Isner the match started on Tuesday June 22 and finished at Thursday June 24 and took 11hrs and 5min for a score of 6-4 3-6 6-7 7-6 70-68.
Top 25: Weeks being Number 1 in the world
| Player | Weeks At No. 1 |
| Roger Federer | 287 |
| Pete Sampras | 286 |
| Ivan Lendl | 270 |
| Jimmy Connors | 268 |
| John McEnroe | 170 |
| Bjorn Borg | 109 |
| Rafael Nadal | 102 |
| Andre Agassi | 101 |
| Lleyton Hewitt | 80 |
| Stefan Edberg | 72 |
| Jim Courier | 58 |
| Novak Djokovic | 53 |
| Gustavo Kuerten | 43 |
| Ilie Nastase | 40 |
| Mats Wilander | 20 |
| Andy Roddick | 13 |
| Boris Becker | 12 |
| Marat Safin | 9 |
| Juan Carlos Ferrero | 8 |
| John Newcombe | 8 |
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6 |
| Thomas Muster | 6 |
| Marcelo Rios | 6 |
| Carlos Moya | 2 |
| Patrick Rafter | 1 |
Did you know???
Did you know that before Andy Murray defeated Novak Djokovic on Wimbledon 2013 the last men that had won from Great Britain was Fred Perry in 1936 by defeating Gottfried von Cramm
6-1 6-1 6-0.
Top 20
Here are the top 20 players in the ATP right know.
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