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Sports Illustrated March 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Alex Corretja... Lindsay Davenport... Jared Palmer... Elena Dementieva... Martina Navratilova... Andre Agassi... Serena Williams... Martina Hingis... Pete Sampras... Pat Cash... |
Sports Illustrated January 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the Aussie Open draw Analysis of the women players. |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
No rest for the best While the women's game overall has improved immensely, I'm consistently frustrated by the fact that the top players (with the exception of the amazing yet annoying Wiliams sisters) have failed to round out their games... |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Pete Sampras... Martina Hingis... Serena Williams... Venus Williams... Anna Kournikova... etc. |
Sports Illustrated October 9, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Overdue accolades Congrats to all those tennis players who had the mettle to medal... |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Martina Hingis, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Thomas Enqvist, Daja Bedanova, Anna Kournikova... Not: Marat Safin, Magnus Norman, Anne-Gaelle, Pete Sampras... |
Sports Illustrated December 18, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The 2000 Baggie Awards It's that time of year again: trees, ornaments, good will, Dick Clark and, of course, the Gold Flake Open. Time to reflect on another enthralling, stranger-than-fiction year in professional tennis with the third annual Baggie Awards... |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Martina Hingis, Marat Safin, Anne Kremer, Elena Dementieva... Not: Richard Williams, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport... |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Hot: Australian Open, Tim Henman, Martina Hingis, Sjeng Schalken... Not: Marat Safin, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Gustavo Kuerten... |
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 25, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Breaking down the U.S. Open Womens' draw SI staff writer Jon Wertheim peers into his crystal ball to reveal the fate of all 32 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 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 September 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Grand it ain't Olympic tennis fever isn't contagious |
Sports Illustrated July 30, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Full of smarts and charisma Now that Anke Huber has announced her retirement, I want to assess her career. She started out so well early on but was dogged by constant comparisons to Steffi Graf. Do you think those expectations ultimately derailed her career, which included just one Grand Slam final? |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems |
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 September 4, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Sept. 4 Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Martina Hingis... Pete Sampras... Damir Dokic... Andre Agassi... etc. |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: July 10 Hot: Pete Sampras, Venus Williams, Pat Rafter... Not: Mark Philippoussis, Richard Williams, Natasha Zvereva |
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 August 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Aug. 28 Hot: Magnus Norman, Venus Williams, Pete Sampras... Not: The USTA... Goran Ivanisevic... Carlos Moya... Andre Agassi... |
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 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 May 22, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Gustavo Kuerten... Monica Seles... Lindsay Davenport... Venus Williams... etc. |
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 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 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Chat Reel Hingis' Wimbledon woes are largely mental... |
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 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 May 13, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Williams vs. Graf How do you feel a 25-year-old Graf would have faired against Venus Williams? |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Peering into my crystal tennis ball I will try and play tennis Carnac the Magnificent, and (a la Johnny Carson) try to divine the answers to tennis-related questions. After contemplating my navel since the U.S. Open, here's what I'm able to see... |
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 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 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 May 2, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Pioline is worth watching Tennis Q&A: Cedric Pioline... Mary Pierce... chances of Lindsay Davenport winning the French Open?... etc. |
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 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 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 October 7, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Ladies' might Presenting the top women tennis players of the last 25 years |
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 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 July 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tennis-book wish list My friend and I were checking out the WTA Tour message boards the other day and came across a thread on the "World's Shortest Tennis Books"... |
Sports Illustrated September 3, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Hingis' comments taken out of context What does it say about our society that Martina Hingis is vilified for stupid comments about the Williams sisters' endorsements, but Goran Ivanisevic, who fires off derogatory terms for homosexuals during press conferences, is as popular as ever? |
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 October 23, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: Oct. 23 Hot: Lindsay Davenport, Alex Corretja, ISL/ATP Tour, Meghann Shaughnessy, Magnus Norman... Not: Juan Carlos Ferrero, Amelie Mauresmo, Jelena Dokic, Kristina Brandi... |
Sports Illustrated June 12, 2000 |
The Hot List: June 12 Hot: Gustavo Kuerten, Mary Pierce; Not: Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, etc. |
Sports Illustrated October 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup... |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A. |
Sports Illustrated June 22, 2000 |
Previewing Wimbledon's women Sports Illustrated staff writer Jon Wertheim breaks down the women's draw at this year's Wimbledon, predicting how the seeds will fare and looking at some dark horses and intriguing opening matchups. |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Agassi vs. Mac Would John McEnroe have beaten Andre Agassi if they played when both were in their primes? |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Roddick is a class act Is Andy Roddick really that good? It seems to me that he still has a lot to prove. If he wasn't American, would he be just another prospect? |