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  • Longest Time Before the First & Last Tennis Grand Slam Titles

    Longest Time Before the First & Last Tennis Grand Slam Titles

    Roger Federer winning his 19th Grand Slam title and 8th at Wimbledon makes it 14 years between his first and most recent major Tennis championship. While that beats out most players who have enjoyed longevity and multiple Grand Slam championships, surprisingly it isn’t the longest timeframe between first and last since the Open Era began.

  • Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Tennis Nostalgia

    Watching the pictures of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi from their match in the Madison Square Garden last night got me thinking. About rivalries, about the past, about the future, and about the Federer-Nadal rivalry.

  • Top Ten ATP Tour Career Earning Leaders

    With Serbia winning the 2010 Davis Cup, Roger Federer winning the World Tour Finals the end a rough year on a happy note while Rafael Nadal, despite the loss to Fed remains no.1 in the world after a sensetional year, we take a look at the biggest earners in the history of men’s tennis, from 80’s legends like Becker and Edberg, through the 90’s with Sampras and Agassi to Nadal and Federer today.

  • Most Grand Slam Titles in Mens Tennis

    With Nadal back on top, showing that 2010 is his year, winning his seventh and eigth grand slam titles, we decided it was a good opportunity to check the Grand Slam Titles leader board and check out who’s in the way between Nadal and Federer, who doesn’t look like he’s winning and Slam titles going by his current form.

  • America’s Looking for a New Tennis Superstar…

    After the glorious 90’s with Sampras and Agassi and the Connors McEnroe duels of the 80’s, US mens tennis, as of 2010, is pretty much Andy Roddick, turning 28 in 6 months. Any hope on the horizon?

  • Top 8 US Open Champions

    With 12 days to go before the 2009 US Open tennis tournament will begin at Flushing Meadows, New York, we take a look at the greatest champions of the tournament in the Open Era – the eight men who have won in New York more than once – From Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe in the 70’s and early 80’s to the kings of the 90’s – Sampras and Agassi, and the reigning king – Roger Federer.

  • Career Grand Slam Winners

    Roger Federer joined British Fred Perry, Americans Don Budge and Andre Agassi and Australians Rod Laver and Roy Emerson as the only players in mens tennis history to win all four grand slams after his win in Roland Garros this afternoon over Robin Soderling.

  • Roger Federer Finally Wins Roland Garros

    Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling in straight sets to claim his first Roland Garros title and with his win in the French Open ties at first with Pete Sampras’ 14 career Grand Slam titles and becomes the sixth player in history to achieve a career grand slam