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Eugenie Bouchard: Young Woman in a Big Girl’s Game

June 11, 2013 By David Kane 3 Comments

Nearly a year removed from her championship run to the Wimbledon girl’s title, Canadian teenager Eugenie Bouchard has joined the WTA tour looking every bit the part of junior prodigy turned senior contender. Impeccably packaged, Bouchard is tall, blonde, and obviously styled to have a Sharapova-like serenity on the court. But her “womanly bearing” can [...]

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Filed Under: David Kane, Lead Story Tagged With: 2012 Wimbledon girls singles, 2013 Birmingham, Bojana Jovanovski, canadian tennis, Caroline Wozniacki, cunning, defense, Eugenie Bouchard, guile, junior champion, junior prodigies, Martina Hingis, offense, tennis canada, Tracy Austin, well-packaged, Wimbledon warm-up

From Grassroots to Boardrooms: Ray Benton is a Statesman for the Game

March 2, 2012 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

by Steve Fogleman, Special for Tennis Grandstand When I arrived at the Tennis Center at College Park to speak with its CEO, Ray Benton, he was finishing up a lesson with former U.S. Congresswoman Jane Harman. He’d agreed to speak with me after the practice and he was still stretching when our conversation began. I [...]

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Filed Under: Lead Story Tagged With: Arthur Ashe, ATP, beatrice capra, bob lange, boomer esiason, congresswoman jane harman, dave winfield, Davis Cup, denis kudla, Dennis van der Meer, Donald Dell, dubuque country club, duke tennis, grassroots tennis, house speaker tip o'neill, IMG, International Hall of Fame, iowa hawkeye tennis, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, michael jordan, mitchell frank, national junior tennis league, Nick Bollettieri, payne stewart, pga, plastic tennis racquet, proserv, ray benton, skylar morton, Stan Smith, tennis and law, tennis and politics, tennis center at college park ceo, Tracy Austin, ucla tennis, vic braden tennis academy, virginia tennis, youth tennis

Federer commemorative stamp launched in Austria: This Week in Tennis Business

September 30, 2009 By Justin Cohen 4 Comments

From the Austrian Postal Service launching a commemorative Roger Federer stamp to the Andre Agassi Foundation raising $8 million during the Grand Slam for Children event in Las Vegas to former top-ranked doubles player Ai Sugiyama retiring from professional tennis.

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Filed Under: Lead Story, TSF Tagged With: AEGON, Ai Sugiyama, Andre Agassi, ATP World Tour, Australian Open, Barry MacKay, Bill Dwyre, Bjorn Borg, Buenos Aires, Charlie Pasarell, Daniela Hantuchova, Davis Cup, Donald Dell, Gisela Dulko, Grand Slam, Indian Wells, Jack Kramer, Jelena Dokic, John McEnroe, Katarina Srebotnik, Lagardere, Los Angeles Times, Maria Sharapova, Max Eisenbud, Melanie Oudin, Nadia Petrova, Pablo Cuevas, Pam Shriver, Paul-Henri Mathieu, Pete Sampras, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour, Toray Pan Pacific, Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tracy Austin, US Open, Wimbledon, WTA

Tracy Austin rallies Team Lendl to victory in US Open Champions Invitational

September 13, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand Leave a Comment

Team Lendl rallied behind the dominating play of two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin to defeat Team Cash 21-17 in the final day of the US Open Champions Invitational at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

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Filed Under: Featured Columns Tagged With: Billie Jean King, Conchita Martinez, grand slam champions, Guillermo Vilas, Ilie Nastase, Iva Majoli, Jimmy Arias, Lendl, mandlikova, national tennis center, open champions, open history, Pat Cash, tiebreak, Tracy Austin, undefeated team, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, win team, world teamtennis

Team Lendl Tops Team King 24-16 In First Day Of US Open Champions Invitational

September 9, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 2 Comments

Team Lendl defeated Team King 24-16 in Overtime to win the first match of the US Open Champions Invitational today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

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Filed Under: Featured Columns Tagged With: Billie Jean King, Conchita Martinez, final match, Gigi Fernandez, grand slam champions, Guillermo Vilas, Ivan Lendl, Luke Jensen, Mary Joe Fernandez, national tennis center, olympic gold medals, open history, Pat Cash, Stan Smith, team victory, Tracy Austin, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, world teamtennis

USTA Launches New Programming And Fan Enhancements For 2009 US Open

August 20, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 7 Comments

The USTA announced today a series of expanded fan enhancements and programming for the 2009 US Open. This year’s Opening Night ceremony will celebrate athletes who “give back” with a special appearance by Andre Agassi and other notable athletes.

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Filed Under: Featured Columns Tagged With: American Express, Andre Agassi, Arthur Ashe, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Battle of the Sexes, Billie Jean King, Bobby Riggs, Chris Ever, Chris Evert, ESPN, ESPN360, Goran Ivanisevic, Grand Slam, Grand Slams, Guillermo Vilas, HEAD, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Martina Navratilova, Mary Joe Fernandez, Pancho Gonzalez, Patrick McEnroe, Rod Laver, Sam Querrey, Serena Williams, Shahar Peer, Steffi Graf, Tennis Channel, The International Tennis Hall of Fame, The Open Era, Todd Martin, Tracy Austin, US Open, US Open Series, USTA, USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Venus Williams

History Made at Wimbledon

June 30, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

It was an historic day at Wimbledon Monday when the $225 million retractable roof was used for the first time, when it was closed for the conclusion of the women’s round of 16 match between No. 1 seed Dinara Safina and 2006 Wimbledon champion Amelie Mauresmo.

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Filed Under: Archives, Lead Story Tagged With: Amelie Mauresmo, Andre Agassi, Andrea Jaeger, Andy Murray, Australian Open, Bill Scanlon, Billie Jean King, Bjorn Borg, Boris Becker, Chris Evert, Dinara Safina, Frank Parker, Goran Ivanisevic, Ivan Lendl, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Mal Washington, Mark Philippoussis, Martina Navratilova, Mats Wilander, Miloslav Mecir, New York Times, Nick Brown, On This Day In Tennis History, Pat Cash, Pete Sampras, Ros Fairbank, Slobodan Zivojinovic, Stan Wawrinka, Sue Barker, Tim Gullikson, Tracy Austin, Virginia Wade

Sampras, Washington Fall in Davis Cup Play

April 7, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

Today, April 7, is an anniversary to forget for Pete Sampras and Mal Washington, who lost memorable Davis Cup matches ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY. The excerpts from the April 7 chapter of my book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY ($19.95, New Chapter Press, www.tennishistorybook.com) is excerpted below.

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Filed Under: Archives, Lead Story Tagged With: Andre Agassi, Barbara Paulus, Chris Evert, Evonne Goolagong, Jiri Novak, John McEnroe, MaliVai Washington, Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, Slava Dosedel, Tracy Austin

Mondays With Bob Greene: A win here is amazing, another victory at the start of the season

March 23, 2009 By Bob Greene 2 Comments

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the BNP Paribas Open.

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Filed Under: Lead Story, Mondays with Bob Greene Tagged With: Ana Ivanovic, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Andy Murray, Andy Roddick, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Billie Jean King, BNP Paribas Open, Bud Collins, Diane Desfor Stadler, Dinara Safina, Dumitru Haradau, Horacio Zeballos, Ivan Ljubicic, Julia Glushko, Lamine Ouahab, Lindsay Davenport, MaliVai Washington, Marcos Daniel, Mardy Fish, Mario Ancic, Mary Joe Fernandez, Mashona Washington, Michele Sicard, Mima Jausovec, Pam Shriver, Patrick Rafter, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Randy Villaneuva, Rashid Khan, Robin Soderlin, Roger Federer, Rosie Casals, Ruxandra Dragomir, Santiago Gonzalez, Schlomo Tzoref, Serena Williams, Tomas Berdych, Tracy Austin, Vera Zvonareva, Victoria Azarenka, Zljko Franulovic

McEnroe, Kournikova, Courier, Austin To Compete At Turning Stone Resort

March 19, 2009 By Tennis Grandstand 1 Comment

In celebrating the grand opening of the Tennis Dome at the Sportsplex, Turning Stone Resort • Casino will be hosting their first professional event. Four former world No. 1 players – John McEnroe, Jim Courier, Tracy Austin and Anna Kournikova – will compete in a “Legendary Night” to be held Saturday, May 2 at 7pm at the Turning Stone Event Center.

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Filed Under: Featured Columns, Lead Story Tagged With: Anna Kournikova, Jim Courier, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis, Tracy Austin

Eugenie Bouchard: Young Woman in a Big Girl’s Game

From Grassroots to Boardrooms: Ray Benton is a Statesman for the Game

Federer commemorative stamp launched in Austria: This Week in Tennis Business

Tracy Austin rallies Team Lendl to victory in US Open Champions Invitational

Team Lendl Tops Team King 24-16 In First Day Of US Open Champions Invitational

USTA Launches New Programming And Fan Enhancements For 2009 US Open

History Made at Wimbledon

Sampras, Washington Fall in Davis Cup Play

Mondays With Bob Greene: A win here is amazing, another victory at the start of the season

McEnroe, Kournikova, Courier, Austin To Compete At Turning Stone Resort

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