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Sports Illustrated
January 17, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Brits are fired up Down Under Hard to believe that a few weeks ago, Australia was the overwhelming favorite to win the Davis Cup. Since then, the country's tennis fortunes have plunged like Enron's...   |
Sports Illustrated
September 9, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
An Open to remember Some random notes on a pretty fair U.S. Open |
Sports Illustrated
July 1, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Springboard to success American tennis player Laura Granville hopes better days are ahead. |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
One for the ages Ivanisevic rides serve into history... |
Sports Illustrated
June 30, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Midterm grades It was a typically wacky first week at Wimbledon. (And Richard Williams and his greaseboard weren't even around.) On the vacant middle Sunday, as the grass gets tended to and Mother Nature, thus far benevolent, devises her game plan for Week 2, we distribute our midterm grades. |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
American Beauty In very different ways, it was now or never for both Wimbledon champs.... |
Sports Illustrated
July 10, 2001
Rick Reilly |
Disadvantage, Women The women are more popular, make more headlines and play more entertaining tennis than the men, yet the women made $790,919 less over the Wimbledon fortnight than the men and $428,637 less at the French... |
Sports Illustrated
July 24, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
All eyes on Henman Favorite son once again carries England's hopes at Wimbledon. |
Sports Central
June 26, 2006
Ricky Dimon |
Wimbledon Preview: Who'll Stop the Reign? Should the All-England Lawn and Tennis Club even bother hosting Wimbledon for the men this year? Many athletes say that it's not worth showing up if they don't have a chance to win. |
Sports Central
July 29, 2014
Mert Ertunga |
Roland Garros vs. Wimbledon Fans (Pt. 2) In contrast to French Roland Garros fans, British Wimbledon fans are less emotional and more serious, and their attachments to tradition and to the sport outweigh all others. |
Sports Illustrated
September 6, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Unfulfilled promise Head games keep French tennis player Amelie Mauresmo from reaching her peak... |
Sports Illustrated
June 25, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
It's all about grass It is completely counterintuitive that tennis' "magical fortnight," as some put it, its most esteemed event, is played on the most anomalous and rare surface. But that's the way it goes: Wimbledon is the Rose Bowl of tennis... |
Salon.com
July 4, 2001
Allen Barra |
Coulda been contenders? The Williams sisters had best start putting a little effort into their games, or they'll be looking back at what might have been sooner than they think... |
Sports Illustrated
June 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Chat Reel Hingis' Wimbledon woes are largely mental... |
Sports Central
June 6, 2006
Mert Ertunga |
French Open: Les Miserables Part Umpteen In tennis, the French belong right up there with the British, if not higher, but the French's words are more piercing and downright mean on a personal level. |
Sports Illustrated
June 20, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Wimbledon draw Our writer peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 women's seeds for Wimbledon. Scroll down to see the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions... |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next. |
Sports Illustrated
February 28, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
Sports Central
September 26, 2006
Ricky Dimon |
If Not For Agassi... What more can be said about Andre Agassi, the American tennis legend who finally called it quits after his third-round loss in the U.S. Open? Quite frankly, nothing. |
Sports Illustrated
December 14, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
The 2001 Baggie Awards The fourth annual installment of our end-of-the-year tennis awards... |
Sports Central
October 7, 2004
Mert Ertunga |
Tennis Offseason Reading Picks No tennis to watch? Then read about the game. Tennis books are secret gems that most tennis fans choose to ignore. Here are four worth a trip to the bookstore or library. |
Sports Central
July 1, 2009
Tom Kosinski |
Indoor Tennis at Wimbledon? Thanks to the new retractable roof system on Center Court at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon matches were played indoors for the first time in the tournaments 132 years of existence. |
Sports Illustrated
January 21, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt needs to be more media-friendly Tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is locked in mortal combat with the Australian media. I'm assuming that when he's Up Over, he'll be more accommodating... |
Sports Central
September 6, 2005
Mert Ertunga |
Are Women Playing at the U.S. Open? The women's draw so far has consisted of bunch of matches, under an hour long, without much excitement. The big names have consistently outplayed their opponents, only stopping short of collecting an hourly fee for a tennis lesson, when they shake their hapless opponents' hands at the end of the matches. |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Me, myself and tennis What is this attitude about Martina Navratilova playing doubles again?... Lindsay Davenport or Martina Hingis?... Jensen brothers... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
May 7, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Roddick excites American fans Pretty soon, seats on the Andy Roddick bandwagon are going to be available through scalpers only... |
Sports Central
August 20, 2015
Luke Broadbent |
The Healthy State of Great British Tennis Britain has dominated track cycling, three of the last four Tour de France winners have been British and we exceeded all expectations at the London 2012 Olympics. And now, it seems, we are successful at tennis. |
Sports Illustrated
March 25, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt on and off the court After Lleyton Hewitt's 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Tim Henman at Indian Wells, I'm left wondering: Without the help of chicken pox -- or Nicolas Escude and a grass court -- how do you beat this guy? |
ifeminists
July 3, 2007
Carey Roberts |
Equal Pay for Equal Work at Wimbledon? If women's tennis is bringing in far less revenue but taking home just as much money as men's, where is their money coming from? You guessed it -- from the men. |
Sports Illustrated
August 23, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open draw The author predicts the fate of the top 16 men's and women's seeds for the U.S. Open. See the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions. |
Sports Central
June 28, 2010
Tom Kosinski |
Tradition is the Winner at Wimbledon 2010 As I write this, we are down to the final 16 men and women at the greatest sports championship in the world, the Wimbledon tennis championships. |
Sports Illustrated
July 9, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Venus, Goran come through I haven't watched too much tennis until this year, but after following the French Open and the first two days of Wimbledon, I can truly say how ugly the game of men's tennis is when it's played on grass... |
Sports Illustrated
June 18, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Early thoughts on Wimbledon Wimbledon's seeding formula: You love it. You hate it. You're confused and frustrated to the point of Ulhas from New Delhi, who suggests scrapping seeding altogether -- that action might yield disastrous first-round matchups but it would extinguish the controversy. My take? |
Sports Illustrated
July 8, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Wimbledon Some random ruminations from a random Wimbledon. |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
End of an era It was only a fourth-round victory. But when Roger Federer dropped to his knees. Federer, after all, had replicated a feat that only one other player had achieved since George Bush the Elder's administration: He beat Pete Sampras at Wimbledon... |
Sports Central
June 20, 2007
Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon, Save Us! A flip of a coin would have been more exciting than guessing the outcomes of tournaments and matches so far. |
Sports Illustrated
September 24, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Venus Williams, Guga, Jelena Dokic, Max Mirnyi, Vladimir Voltchkov, and Australia's uniforms... Not: U.S. Team, Lindsay Davenport, Marat Safin, Britain, Lleyton Hewitt, and Todd Martin... |
Sports Central
June 3, 2004
Mert Ertunga |
British Should Cherish Tim Henman Tim Henman has had to carry the burden of being declared the "British Hope" from the moment he broke into top-50 in the ATP rankings. He has handled it mostly with class and hardly any breakdowns. |
Sports Central
July 14, 2005
Mert Ertunga |
Who Are These Characters? Wimbledon aside, the real tennis heroes of the week were four characters who earned their rightful spots in the International Tennis Hall of Fame: Jim Courier, Yannick Noah, Jana Novotna, and Butch Buchholz. |
Sports Central
July 1, 2005
Tom Kosinski |
Give Henman a Hand, Not a Backhand Poor Tim Henman. You have to feel for the guy. Despite a valiant effort, the hearts of England were again saddened and there was even some booing supposedly heard after the match. |
Sports Illustrated
June 20, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Wimbledon draw Our writer peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of the top 16 men's seeds for Wimbledon. Scroll down to see the first-round matches you shouldn't miss, some darkhorse candidates to advance to Week 2, and his championship predictions... |
Sports Central
July 6, 2006
Mert Ertunga |
Wimbledon and All Else Unfortunately for Wimbledon, the World Cup has taken center stage in the world of sports, despite some of the best weather the courts at SW19 have seen in years, some high-quality tennis, and contested matches. |
Sports Illustrated
February 11, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Is there a Sampras/Roddick feud? Reading between the lines, it seemed there was some tension between Pete Sampras and Andy Roddick in Oklahoma City. Sounded like the typical "old guard, new guard" stuff... |
Sports Central
September 23, 2003
Tom Kosinski |
The Tennis Sky is Gray I never would have guessed that as I sat on the north practice court watching Andy Roddick with coach Brad Gilbert that I would be watching American tennis history in the making. |
Sports Illustrated
September 24, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Back to our show How on earth could the WTA not have canceled the Big Island Open in Hawaii?... |
Sports Central
November 28, 2012
Mert Ertunga |
Stellar 2012 Season Had a Few Low Points 2012 will go down as one of the best tennis seasons in the history of the game. On the men's side, we witnessed the confirmation of what many have accurately predicted back at the end of the previous decade: the next Golden Age of Men's Tennis is here. |
Sports Illustrated
September 11, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Safin has a good shot at No. 1 Rating the courts of the Slam venues... Prognosticating on the future rivalries in tennis... |
Sports Illustrated
June 10, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system. |
Sports Illustrated
July 16, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry? |
