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  • Vitas Gerulaitis Owns the Best Sports Quote Ever Made

    Vitas Gerulaitis Owns the Best Sports Quote Ever Made

    Sometimes you’re not best remembered for your titles, or even a dominance in a famous rivalry. In the case of Vitas Gerulaitis, his most memorable mark in the sport of Tennis is his timeless quote about finally being able to beat Jimmy Connors.

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Bjorn Borg Selection Makes Him Angry

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Bjorn Borg Selection Makes Him Angry

    The ego and big mouth of Zlatan Ibrahimovic never disappoint, and him finishing second behind Bjorn Borg in a Swedish newspaper’s list ranking Sweden’s greatest athletes of all-time didn’t go so well with the PSG striker.

  • Longest Grand Slam Championship Streaks

    Longest Grand Slam Championship Streaks

    By winning the Australian Open for a third consecutive time, Novak Djokovic put himself on a very prestigious list of men’s tennis players who won at a Grand Slam competition at least three time, previously inhabited by Roger Federer, Bjorn Borg, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras and Ivan Lendl.

  • The Greatest Wimbledon Champions in the Open Era

    We’ve got Wimbledon coming up in just over a week, so it’s a good time to read through the history book and stat charts and see who are the most successful players at the All-England club since the beginning of the Open era.

  • 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.

  • The Roland Garros’ Greatest Champions

    Six days before the Roland Garros begins. A year ago, Rafael Nadal came in as the World’s number one player but after a loss to Roger Federer in the Madrid final. Nadal was stunned early on by Soderling while Federer finally captured his white whale. This year? Federer is way off his mark although still holds the number one spot. Nadal? Still hasn’t lost on clay this season, looking ready to continue his Paris domination. As a historical and statistical preview – here are the men who have won at Paris more than once, the true greats of the Paris clay courts.