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Sports Illustrated
March 6, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A.   |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Pensive in Paris A few of your questions during Monday's rain delay ... |
Salon.com
August 10, 2000
Diane Seo |
The tennis world's new cover boys With Sampras and Agassi aging, men's tennis hopes to excite fans with a fresh crop of young men and a ballsy new ad campaign. |
Sports Illustrated
November 5, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
WTA soap opera continues Even by women's tennis' impossibly high standards for absurdity, it was a bizarre week on the WTA Tour... |
Sports Illustrated
August 7, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Getting blitzed by Venus Well, last week yours truly got an earful from Venus Williams, who chastised me -- good naturedly, with a smile on her face, I hasten to add -- for being "too negative" and "too sarcastic." |
Sports Illustrated
September 5, 2000
S.L. Price |
Inside Tennis A racy ad slogan points up an embarrassing truth about the men's game |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
September 24, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Grand it ain't Olympic tennis fever isn't contagious |
Sports Illustrated
November 20, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Tag-team tennis? With all apologies to the traditionalists at Wimbledon, I'm all for a WWF-style version of tennis, at least for promotional purposes. Matches would be played as singles, but tag-team style, with players able to bail out and switch with their partners when in need of "help"... |
Sports Illustrated
August 27, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Just a matter of time for Hewitt With Rafter, Agassi and Pete Sampras in their sunset years, I can't imagine Hewitt not winning at least a Slam or two on clay, concrete and Rebound Ace within the next decade... |
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? |
Sports Illustrated
August 13, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Recognizing Guga, scolding Capriati Next time the topic of the fittest players in men's tennis comes up, remember Gustavo Kuerten playing a set and half against Tim Henman on Sunday and then returning 20 minutes later to beat Pat Rafter... |
Sports Illustrated
August 21, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Aug. 21 Hot: Martina Hingis, Alex Corretja, Gustavo Kuerten, Andy Roddick... Not: Mark Philippoussis... Lindsay Davenport... Marcelo Rios... Vladmir Voltchkov... |
Sports Illustrated
April 24, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Pete ... and Steve Guttenberg Tennis Q&A: Anna Kournikova bandwagon... What must Pete Sampras do to win the French Open this year?... any chance of some young upstart no one has heard off winning one of the big four?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
January 30, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up Australia All credit to Jennifer Capriati for authoring such a great story -- and easing the guilt of so many. Lost amid the Cinderella hype: Her tennis was unparalleled... |
Sports Illustrated
October 29, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
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
June 5, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: June 5 Who's hot and who's not in tennis: Hot: Gustavo Kuerten, Monica Seles, Mary Pierce... Not: American men, Lindsay Davenport, Andre Agassi |
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 Illustrated
August 20, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Solving the rankings riddle As a USTA poster boy, rest assured Andy Roddick will be playing every match on a show court. He's popping serves, bludgeoning his groundies and moving well. More impressive, he's been showing poise that belies his age... |
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Back with some bite Are you a tennis junkie?... Eric Van Harpen is out as Anna Kournikova's coach... 10 suggested ATP Tour slogans that were rejected in favor of New Balls, Please... etc. |
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... |
Sports Illustrated
March 19, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Williamses' antics undermine the tour The episode hurts the Williamses' credibility and only fuels the widespread speculation that they treat the sport as something of a lark... Hicham Arazi, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami... Elena Bovina... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
June 26, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
London calling Questions answered: Has Martina Hingis created her own worst enemy in Mary Pierce? Will Pete Sampras choke? Is Arvind Parmar the real deal?... |
Sports Illustrated
October 9, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Overdue accolades Congrats to all those tennis players who had the mettle to medal... |
Sports Illustrated
October 23, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
How to beat the Williamses Why aren't other players following up on Lindsay Davenport's style of beating the Williams sisters? I thought that her technique revealed a weakness in their games... Plus, many other tennis questions... |
Sports Illustrated
May 15, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Jim Courier... Magnus Norman... Martina Hingis... Andre Agassi... etc. |
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
March 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Guga, Guga and more Guga Last week I explained that the reason Gustavo Kuerten is seldom discussed here -- relative to his ranking, anyway -- is because I rarely receive questions that pertain to him. Apres moi, le deluge... |
Sports Illustrated
May 20, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Safin doesn't have killer instinct Until Marat Safin learns to hate losing in the way that others do -- Lleyton Hewitt being the most obvious example -- he will underachieve on the court... |
Sports Illustrated
March 27, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Most memorable matches of the '90s Tennis Q&A: five best matches of the 1990s... least amount of talent?... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
March 20, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
On Agassi, mags and Hernan Gumy Tennis Q&A |
Sports Illustrated
February 28, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions |
Sports Illustrated
May 28, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Previewing the men Break down of the men's draw at this year's French Open, predicting how the seeds will fare and looking at some darkhorses and intriguing opening matchups... |
Sports Illustrated
November 6, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Venus speeds past Marion Jones From the Mailbag: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Sports Illustrated has declared Venus Williams Sportswoman of the Year. This award belongs to Marion Jones. No one even comes close. Of course I could be wrong... |
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
November 4, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Finishing first In tennis, season-long consistency is more important than winning Slams. |
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
January 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Aussie Open draw Analysis of the women players. |
Sports Illustrated
July 17, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
It's the Williamses' mailbag ... The Williams Show seems to have been given a second season. What are the chances that Serena and Venus will seek out proper coaching now and fine-tune their games so that their father's prediction of them ranking 1 and 2 really can come true? |
Sports Illustrated
June 5, 2001
S.L. Price |
Venus Falling As the star-starved French Open showed, the women's game is suddenly in a swoon... |
Sports Illustrated
June 11, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
French Open fallout Some leftover dust particles from Roland Garros... |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2000
Jon Wertheim |
Davis Cup on the mind Tennis Q&A: Pete Sampras... clay court?... cheerleaders and music added to the sport of tennis... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
February 18, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Don't compare figure skating to tennis What if tennis players smacked the ball to each other for an hour, no points, games or sets tallied, and then judges scored the participants in technical difficulty and presentation? |
Sports Illustrated
January 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Aussie Open draw Analysis of the male players. |
Sports Illustrated
February 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right? |
Sports Illustrated
November 12, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Still railing on rankings Is it possible that tennis could adopt something similar to golf's World Ranking? Golf's system is based on results over the last two years and uses average points per event, not total points... |
Sports Illustrated
August 5, 2002
Jon Wertheim |
Sampras appears on the rebound If his career was in seriously dire straits after Wimbledon, Pete Sampras bounced back with a vengeance in Toronto. |
Sports Illustrated
February 26, 2001
Jon Wertheim |
Building the perfect player If you were to build the perfect tennis players (male and female), whose forehands, backhands, serve, net game, mental toughness, etc., would you duplicate -- i.e., who has the greatest strengths ever? |
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. |
