2014 Event Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event French tennis player Alize Cornet beats top-ranked Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2014 Event Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, 2008 French Open Champion and former world number one, beats Serena Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, during the fourth round of the 2014 Australian Open 2013 Event For the second year in a row, Novak Djokovic is the winner of the Shanghai Masters Tennis competition 2013 Event At the U.S. Open, tennis pro Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka, winning Women's Singles for the fifth time 2013 Event Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic achieves a four-set victory over opponent Andy Murray, winning the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open 2013 Event At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na 2012 Event Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final 2012 Event At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, tennis pro Roger Federer beats Andy Murray three sets to one at the Men's Singles final 2012 Event Tennis pro Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwanska in the Women's Singles final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2011 Event Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China 2010 Event The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis 2003 Death Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76 2001 Event 115th U.S. Womens Tennis 2001 Event 121st U.S. Mens Tennis 1999 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event 68th French Womens Tennis: 1998 Event 86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62) 1998 Event 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63) 1998 Death Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1997 Event Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1997 Event 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1997 Event 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) 1997 Event 117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) 1997 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) 1997 Event 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna 1997 Event 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) 1997 Event 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) 1997 Event 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) 1997 Event 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) 1997 Event Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International 1996 Death Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 1996 Event 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0) 1996 Event 110th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64) 1996 Event 116th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76) 1996 Event Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Event Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1996 Event 110th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: R Krajicek beats M Washington (63 64 63) 1996 Event 103rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats Aranxta S Vicaro (63, 75) 1996 Event 66th French Mens Tennis: Yevgeny Kafelnikov beats M Stich (76, 75, 76) 1996 Event 66th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats A S Vicario (63, 67, 108) 1996 Death Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, dies at 45 1996 Event 84th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats M Chang (62 64 26 62) 1996 Event 70th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61) 1995 Event 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2) 1995 Death Frank Hammond, tennis umpire, dies of ALS at 66 1995 Death Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77 1995 Death Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77 1995 Event 115th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 46 75) 1995 Event 109th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (76 06 63) 1995 Event Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis 1995 Event 109th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats B Becker (67 62 64 62) 1995 Event 102nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Graf beats Arantxa S Vicario (46 61 75) 1995 Death Richard "Pancho" Gonzalez, tennis great, dies of stomach cancer at 67 1995 Event 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) 1995 Event 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60) 1995 Death Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85 1995 Event 69th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Mary Pierce beats Vicario (63 62) 1995 Event 83rd Australian Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Sampras (46 61 76 64) 1995 Event 69th Australian Womens Tennis: Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62) 1994 Death Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40 1994 Event 114th U.S. Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (61 76 75) 1994 Event 108th U.S. Womens Tennis: Aranxta S Vicario beats Steffi Graf (16 76 64) 1994 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single session (total) 23,618 1994 Event 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 1994 Death Jean Borotra, Flying Basque, French tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95 1994 Death Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91 1994 Event 108th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: P Sampras beats G Ivanisevic (76 76 60) 1994 Death Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59 1994 Event 101st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: C Martinez beats Navratilova (64 36 63) 1994 Event Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal) 1994 Event Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic 1994 Event 64th French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats A Berasategui (63 75 26 61) 1994 Event 64th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats M Pierce (64 64) 1994 Event Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center 1994 Event Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana 1994 Event 68th Australian Women's Tennis Open: S Graf beats A S Vicario (60 62) 1994 Event 82nd Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64) 1993 Event Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27) 1993 Death Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48 1993 Event 113rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (64 64 63) 1993 Event 107th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63) 1993 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open 2 sessions (total) daily gate (43,502) 1993 Event Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 minutes U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM 1993 Event Goran Ivanisevic and Daniel Nestor play longest tie-break in U.S. Tennis 1993 Event 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0) 1993 Event 107th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Courier (76 76 36 63) 1993 Event 100th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats J Novotna (76 16 64) 1993 Event 63rd French Mens Tennis: S Bruguera beats Jim Courier (64 26 62 36 63) 1993 Event 63rd French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M J Fernandez (46 62 64) 1993 Event Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte 1993 Death Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49 1993 Event 81st Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (62 61 26 75) 1993 Event 67th Australian Women's Tennis Open: Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62) 1992 Event 112th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62) 1992 Event 106th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63) 1992 Event 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1) 1992 Event 106th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Agassi beats Ivanisevic (67 64 64 16 64) 1992 Event 99th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (62 61) 1992 Death Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96 1992 Event Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame 1992 Event 62nd French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats Petr Korda (75 62 61) 1992 Event 62nd French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (62 36 10-8) 1992 Event Tennis ace Stefan Edberg marries Annette Olsen in Sweden 1992 Event 80th Australian Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats S Edberg (63 36 64 62) 1992 Event 66th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63) 1991 Event Monica Seles, sets female tennis record winning $2,457,758 in a year 1991 Event Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins 1991 Event Steffi Graf becomes the youngest woman to win 500 pro tennis matches 1991 Event 111th U.S. Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Jim Courier (62 64 60) 1991 Event 105th U.S. Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Martina Navratilova (76 61) 1991 Event 29th Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Nottingham England (2-1) 1991 Event 105th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Michael Stich beats B Becker (64 76 64) 1991 Event 98th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats G Sabatini (64 36 86) 1991 Event 61st French Mens Tennis: Jim Courier beats A Agassi (36 64 26 61 64) 1991 Event 61st French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A S Vicario (63 64) 1991 Event North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1991 Event 79th Australian Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats I Lendl (16 64 64 64) 1991 Event 65th Australian Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61) 1991 Death Bill Riordon, U.S. tennis promotor (Jimmy Connors), dies 1991 Event Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours and 11 minutes 1990 Death Alice Marble, California, tennis star, dies at 77 1990 Event 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different 1990 Event 110th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi (64 63 62) 1990 Event 104th U.S. Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76) 1990 Event 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats U.S.S.R. in Atlanta Georgia (2-1) 1990 Event 104th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats B Becker (62 62 36 36 64) 1990 Event 97th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Zina Garrison (64 61) 1990 Event 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64) 1990 Event 60th French Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats Steffi Graf (76 64) 1990 Event 78th Australian Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats S Edberg (46 76 52-ret) 1990 Event 64th Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats MJ Fernandez (63 64) 1989 Event 27th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Tokyo Japan (3-0) 1989 Event 109th U.S. Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (76 16 63 76) 1989 Event 103rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (36 75 61) 1989 Event Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st and last U.S. Tennis Open singles victory 1989 Event 103rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Becker beats Stefan Edberg (60 76 64) 1989 Event 96th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Graf beats M Navratilova (62 67 61) 1989 Event 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62) 1989 Event 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title 1989 Event Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan 1989 Event 77th Australian Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62) 1989 Event 63rd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64) 1988 Event 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) 1988 Event 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4 hours 55 minutes - longest men's final in U.S. Open history 1988 Event 102nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini (63 36 61) 1988 Event Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1988 Event 102nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Becker (46 76 64 62) 1988 Event 95th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Navratilova (57 62 61) 1988 Event 58th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Henri Leconte (75 62 61) 1988 Event 58th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats N Zvereva (60 60) 1988 Event 76th Australian Mens Tennis: M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86) 1988 Event 62nd Australian Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76) 1988 Event Czechoslovakian born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen 1987 Event 107th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (67 60 76 64) 1987 Event Ivan Lendl defeat Mats Wilander to win U.S. Tennis Open in 4 hours 47 minutes 1987 Event 101st U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (76 61) 1987 Event Largest U.S. Tennis Open single night session (total) 21,016 1987 Event John McEnroe is fined $17,500 for tirades at U.S. Tennis Open 1987 Event 15 yr old Michael Chang is youngest man to win U.S. Tennis Open match 1987 Event 25th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats USA in Vancouver Canada (2-1) 1987 Event 101st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pat Cash beats Ivan Lendl (76 62 75) 1987 Event 94th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (75 63) 1987 Event 57th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mats Wilander (75 62 36 76) 1987 Event 57th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats M Navratilova (64 46 86) 1987 Death Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1987 Event 75th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63) 1987 Event 61st Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76) 1986 Event Pat Davis, ranked 412th among world tennis competitors wins Davis Cup 1986 Event Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1986 Event 100th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Helena Sukova (63 62) 1986 Event 106th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (64 62 60) 1986 Event Ivan Lendl defeats Miloslav Mecir for U.S. Tennis open title 1986 Event Tennis ace John McEnroe marries actress Tatum O'Neal 1986 Event 24th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Czechoslovakia in Prague, Czechoslovakia (3-0) 1986 Event 100th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (64 63 75) 1986 Event 93rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats H Mandlikova (76 63) 1986 Event 56th French Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats Mikael Pernfors (63 62 64) 1986 Event 56th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 63 63) 1986 Event Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1986 Event Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 and suspended for 10 weeks 1985 Event 74th Australian Mens Tennis: S Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63) 1985 Event 60th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62) 1985 Event 105th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64) 1985 Event 99th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats M Navratilova (76 16 76) 1985 Event Mary Joe Fernandez, 14 years and 8 days old is youngest to win a U.S. Tennis Open match (beats Sara Gomer in 1st round) 1985 Event 99th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Boris Becker beats K Curren (63 67 76 64) 1985 Event 92nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (46 63 62) 1985 Event 55th French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (36 64 62 62) 1985 Event 55th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Navratilova (63 67 75) 1985 Event Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame 1985 Event M Navratilova is 3rd to win 100 tennis tournaments (Connors and Evert) 1985 Event 23rd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1) 1984 Event 59th Australian Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63) 1984 Event 73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62) 1984 Event Steffi Graf plays her 1st pro tennis match 1984 Event 104th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl (63 64 61) 1984 Event 98th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64) 1984 Event 22nd Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Australia in Sao Paulo Brazil (2-1) 1984 Event 98th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats J Connors (61 61 62) 1984 Event 91st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (76 62) 1984 Event 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75) 1984 Event 54th French Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats C Evert (63 61) 1984 Event Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day 1984 Death Anne Townsend, lacrosse/tennis/field hockey star, dies 1983 Event 72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64) 1983 Event 58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76) 1983 Event 103rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60) 1983 Event 97th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills (61 63) 1983 Event Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player 1983 Event 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czechoslovakia beats Germany in Zurich, Switzerland (2-1) 1983 Event 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62) 1983 Event 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63) 1983 Event Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1983 Birthday Kim Clijsters, born in Bilzen, Belgium, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World for singles and doubles, winner of 36 WTA singles and 11 WTA doubles titles 1983 Event 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76) 1983 Event 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62) 1983 Event Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis 1982 Event 71st Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62) 1982 Event 57th Australian Womens Tennis: C Evert beats M Navratilova (63 26 63) 1982 Death Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies 1982 Event Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 1982 Event 102nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) 1982 Event 96th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61) 1982 Event Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY 1982 Birthday Andy Roddick, born in Omaha, Nebraska, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World for singles in November 2003 1982 Event 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) 1982 Event 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64) 1982 Event 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62) 1982 Event 52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) 1982 Event 52nd French Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger, 76 61 1982 Event 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64) 1981 Event 56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75) 1981 Birthday Serena Williams, born in Saginaw, Michigan, professional tennis player, winner, top earning female athlete of all time, 5th Australian title at 2010 Australian Open 1981 Event 101st U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (46 62 64 63) 1981 Event 95th U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76) 1981 Birthday Roger Federer, born in Wollerau, Switzerland, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World in March 2010, many consider him the greatest tennis player of all time 1981 Event 95th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats B Borg (46 76 76 64) 1981 Event 88th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Mandlikova (62 62) 1981 Event 51st French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats I. Lendl (61 46 62 36 61) 1981 Birthday Anna Kournikova, born in Moscow, Russia, professional tennis player, model, winner, Grand Slam titles in Australia, 1999 and 2002 1981 Event 51st French Womens Tennis: Hana Mandlikova beats Sylvia Hanika (62 64) 1981 Birthday Lleyton Hewitt, born in Adelaide, South Australia, professional tennis player, youngest male ever ranked number one in the World, at age 20 1981 Event 69th Australian Mens Tennis: B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63) 1981 Event 55th Australian Womens Tennis: H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75) 1980 Birthday Martina Hingis, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1997 Australia/US/Wimb 1980 Event 100th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg (76 61 67 57 64) 1980 Event 94th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats H Mandlikova (57 61 61) 1980 Event 87th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats C Evert (61 76) 1980 Event 94th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats McEnroe (16 75 63 67 86) 1980 Birthday Venus Williams, born in Lynwood, California, tennis star 1980 Event 50th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Virginia Ruzici (60 63) 1980 Event 50th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Vitas Gerulaitis (64 61 62) 1980 Event Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis 1980 Birthday Aubrie Rippner, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1995 USTA National Girls 18 1980 Event 68th Australian Men Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62) 1980 Event 54th Australian Womens Tennis: Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63) 1979 Event 93rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats C E Lloyd Mills (64 63) 1979 Event 99th U.S. Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis (75 63 63) 1979 Event Roscoe Tanner fires 11 aces, breaks the net with his bullet serve and upsets top-seeded Bjorn Borg in U.S. Tennis Open quarterfinals 1979 Event Kathy Horvath (14y5d) is youngest to play in U.S. Tennis Open, she loses 1979 Event Wildest U.S. Tennis Open match, McEnroe defeats Ilie Nastase 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Nastase was defaulted by the umpire then reinstated 1979 Event 93rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats R Tanner (67 61 36 63 64) 1979 Event 86th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert (64 64) 1979 Death Elizabeth Ryan, tennis ace (won 19 Wimbledon titles), dies at 87 1979 Event 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64) 1979 Event 49th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Wendy Turnbull (62 60) 1979 Birthday Petra Cada, Prague Czechoslovakia, Canadian table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star, ITF/Cali-COL 1978 Birthday Magdalena Grzybowska, Poznan Pol, tennis star, 1995 Futures Slovakia 1978 Event 98th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 62 62) 1978 Event 92nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats Pam Shriver (75 64) 1978 Event USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York 1978 Event 92nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Jimmy Connors (62 62 63) 1978 Event 85th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (26 64 75) 1978 Birthday Tatyana Jecmenica, Novi Sad Yugo, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Novi Sad 1978 Birthday Sandra Kleinova, Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Turku-FIN 1978 Birthday Mike Bryan, born in Oxnard, California, tennis star, USTA National 18 doubles 1978 Birthday Siobhan Drake-Brockman, born in Bunbury, Australia, tennis star, 1994 Port Pirie 1978 Birthday Annabel Ellwood, Canberra Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures NC 1977 Birthday Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR 1977 Birthday Alejandro Hernandez, born in Tijuana, Mexico, tennis pro 1977 Event 97th U.S. Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60) 1977 Event 91st U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris Evert L Mills beats W Turnbull (76 62) 1977 Birthday Iva Majoli, Zagreb Croatia, tennis star, 1996 Pan Pacific 1977 Birthday Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star 1977 Event 91st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Connors (36 62 61 57 64) 1977 Event 84th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats B Stove (46 63 61) 1977 Birthday Lindsay Lee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Woodlands TX 1977 Birthday Yvette Basting, born in Breda, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Flensberg-GER 1977 Birthday Anca Barna, Cluj, Romania, tennis star, semifinals 1995 ITF Poland 1977 Birthday Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1977 Birthday Ludmila Richterova, born in Kosice, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995 Bournemouth 1977 Birthday Dally Randriantefy, Antananarivo Madag, tennis star, 1993 Marseille 1977 Birthday Melanie Schnell, Radstadt Austria, tennis star, 1994 semi Surabaya 1977 Birthday Justin Gimelstob, New Jersey, tennis star, 1994 doubles USTA Bakersfield 1977 Birthday Lenka Cenkova, Trinec Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Vaihingen-GER 1977 Birthday Anne Miller, Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1995 Darmstadt Germany 1976 Birthday Mark Philippoussis, Australia, tennis star, 140 MPH serve 1976 Birthday Jana Kandarr, born in Halle, East Germany, professional tennis player, performed in Australian Open in 2000, WTA tournaments in 1996 and 2001 1976 Event 96th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg (64 36 76 64) 1976 Event 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins) 1976 Birthday Sjeng Schalken, Weert, Netherlands, tennis star 1976 Birthday Carlos Moya, born in Geneva, Spain, professional tennis player, ranked 1st in the World for singles, won over 500 ATP-level matches, won French Open singles, 1998 1976 Birthday Anna Smashnova, born in Minsk, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Erlangen GER 1976 Event 90th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Ilse Nastase (64 62 97) 1976 Event 83rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats E Goolagong (63 46 86) 1976 Birthday Paola Suarez, born in Pergamino, Argentina, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Buenos Aires 1976 Birthday Lindsay Davenport, born in Palos Verdes, California, tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1976 Birthday Scott Humphries, born in Greely, Colorado, tennis star, 1995 doubles Binghampton 1976 Birthday Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star 1976 Birthday Sonya Jeyaseelan, born in Newestminster BC, tennis star, 1995 Futures Fla 1976 Birthday Lenka Nemeckova, born in Brno Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Maribor-SLO 1976 Birthday Jennifer Capriati, born in Long Island, New York, tennis pro, 1992 Olympics gold 1976 Birthday Barbara Schett, born in Innsbruck, Austria, tennis star 1976 Birthday Adriana Serra-Zanetti, born in Modena Italy, tennis star, 1995 Moscow semi 1976 Birthday Chanda Rubin, Lafayette, Louisiana, tennis star, 1996 Australian Open doubles 1976 Birthday Nancy Feber, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1995 Puerto Rico 1976 Birthday Laurence Courtois, Kortrijk Belg, tennis star, 1995 finalist Jakarta 1975 Birthday Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam 1975 Birthday Ju-Yeon Choi, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Seoul-KOR II 1975 Birthday Sarah Pitkowski, Seclin France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Koksijde 1975 Birthday Elena Likhovtseva, Alma-Ata Kazakhstan, tennis star 1975 Event 95th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Orantes beats Jimmy Connors (64 63 63) 1975 Event 89th U.S. Womens Tennis: Chris E L Mills beats E G Cawley (57 64 62) 1975 Event Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests U.S. political asylum 1975 Event Czechoslovakian tennis ace Martina Navratilova asks for political asylum in New York City 1975 Event 1st night match at U.S. Tennis Open (Parun defeats Smith) 1975 Birthday Gloria Pizzichini, born in Italy, tennis star 1975 Event 89th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats J Connors 1975 Birthday Ai Sugiyama, born in Tokyo, Japan, tennis star 1975 Event 82nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (60 61) 1975 Birthday Catalina Cristea, born in Bucharest, Rom, tennis star, 1995 quarter Jakarta 1975 Birthday Alberto Costa, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis pro 1975 Birthday Asa Carlsson, born in Vasteras, Sweden, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Stockholm 1975 Event 45th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Guillermo Vilas (62 63 64) 1975 Event 45th French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats M Navratilova (26 62 61) 1975 Event Tennis game in Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes 1975 Event Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee 1975 Birthday Petra Begerow, born in Germany, tennis star, 1996 quarter Hilton Head 1975 Birthday Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow 1975 Birthday Rita Grande, born in Napoli, Italy, tennis star, 3rd round 1996 Australia Open 1975 Birthday Jiri Novak, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Birthday Claude N'Goran, born in Adzope Ivory Coast, tennis pro 1975 Birthday Bohdan Utihrach, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1975 Birthday Sung-Hee Park, Pusan Korea, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Seoul 1975 Birthday Hendrik Dreekmann, Germany, tennis star 1975 Birthday Mary Pierce, born in Montreal, Canada, tennis star, 1995 Australian Open 1974 Birthday Alex Radutescu, Romania, tennis star 1974 Death Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (U.S. Open 1909-11), dies at 87 1974 Birthday Anke Huber, Bruchsal Germany, tennis star, 1996 finalist Australian 1974 Birthday Meike Babel, Langen Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Paderborn-GER 1974 Birthday Sandra Cacic, born in Joliet, Illinois, tennis star 1974 Event 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75) 1974 Event 88th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75) 1974 Event 94th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61) 1974 Birthday Andrei Medvedev, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1991 French Open junior 1974 Birthday Adrian Voinea, born in Focsani, Romania, tennis star, 1995 Malta 1974 Birthday Vincent Spadea, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star 1974 Event 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64) 1974 Event 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64) 1974 Birthday Tatiana Ignatieva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sopot POL 1974 Birthday Jana Nejedly, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Mahesh Bhupathi, born in India, tennis pro 1974 Birthday Barbara Mulej, Kranj Slovenia, tennis star, 1992 Futures Germ 1974 Birthday Maria Alejandra Vento, Caracas Venz, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Braz 1974 Birthday Keri Phebus, Laguna Beach, California, tennis star 1974 Birthday Alex Corretja, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1990 Orange Bowl boys 16 1974 Birthday Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island 1974 Birthday Petra Kamstra, born in Rotterdam, Holland, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles 1974 Birthday Tina Krizan, Maribor Slovenia, tennis star, 1995 Surabaya doubles 1974 Birthday Thomas Enqvist, born in Stockholm Sweden, tennis star, 1991 Wimbledon jr boys 1974 Birthday Karol Kucera, born in Bratislava, Slovakia, tennis star, 1995-Rosmalen 1974 Birthday Kyoko Nagatsuka, Shizuoka Prefecture Japan, tennis star, 1996 Hobart 1974 Birthday Katerina Kroupova, Olomouc Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Sofia-BUL 1974 Birthday Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Sochi Russia, tennis star, 1995 doubles-Hamburg 1974 Birthday Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, tennis star 1974 Birthday Lea Ghirardi-Rubbi, Colombes France, tennis star, 1994 Futures NC 1974 Birthday Stephanie Rottier, St. Niklaas Belgium, tennis star, 1995 semi Prague 1973 Event 61st Australian Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61) 1973 Birthday Kristie Boogert, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands, tennis star, 1996 Paris 1973 Event 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith and J Connors) 1973 Birthday Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1992 1973 Birthday Alexandra Fusai, St. Cloud France, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Szczecin 1973 Birthday Shi Ting Wang, Tainan Taiwan, tennis star, 1994 Taipei 1973 Birthday Angelica Gavaldon, born in El Centro, California, tennis star, 1995 quarter Australia 1973 Birthday Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star 1973 Event Billy Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in battle-of-sexes tennis match 1973 Event 93rd U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Jan Kodes (64 16 46 62 62) 1973 Event 87th U.S. Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62) 1973 Birthday Greg Rusedski, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis star, 1995 Seoul 1973 Birthday Joanette Kruger, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, tennis star 1973 Birthday Lisa Raymond, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, tennis star, 1995 Indian Wells doubles 1973 Birthday Karina Habsudova, born in Bojnice, Slovakia, tennis star 1973 Birthday Andrea Gaudenzi, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star, 1990 French Open junior 1973 Event 80th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats C Evert, 60 75 1973 Event 87th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jan Kodes beats Alex Metreveli, 61 98 63 1973 Birthday Alberto Berastegui, born in Spain, tennis star 1973 Birthday Ines Gorrochategui, born in Cordoba, Argentina, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Brindisi 1973 Event 43rd French Mens Tennis: Ilse Nastase beats Nikki Pilic (63 63 60) 1973 Event 43rd French Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beats C Evert (67 76 64) 1973 Birthday Sargis Sargsian, born in Yerevan, Armenia, tennis star, 1995 NCAA 1973 Birthday Dominique van Roost, Verviers Belg, tennis star, 1995 Futures-GBR 1973 Birthday Todd Sweeris, Grand Rapids, Michigan, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1993 Belgium doubles 1973 Birthday Karim Alami, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, ranked 25th in the World for singles in February, 2000 1973 Birthday Dominique Monami, Verviers Belgium, tennis star 1973 Event Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments 1973 Birthday Sebastien Lareau, born in Montreal, Quebec, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1973 Birthday Barbara Rittner, born in Krefeld, West Germany, tennis star, 1992 Schenectady 1973 Birthday Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, tennis star 1973 Birthday Naoko Sawamatsu, born in Nishinomiya, Japan, tennis star, 1994 Singapore 1973 Birthday David Prinosil, born in Olmutz, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 ATP Newport 1973 Birthday Nicole Pratt, born in Mackay, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures Australia 1973 Birthday Kirrily Sharpe, born in Bankstown, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Saga-JPN 1973 Birthday Kristin Godridge, born in Traralgon, Australia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Singapore 1973 Birthday Radka Bobkova, born in Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, quarter Bournemouth 1973 Birthday Elena Makarova, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Val 1973 Birthday Michael Joyce, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA National Boys' 18 1973 Birthday Chris Woodruff, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star, 1993 NCAA Division I 1973 Event 47th Australian Women's Tennis: Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75) 1973 Birthday Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP 1972 Birthday Patrick Rafter, born in Queensland, Australia, tennis star, 1993 USTA/Aptos California 1972 Birthday Marcos Ondruska, South Africa, tennis star 1972 Birthday Fabrice Santoro, Tahiti, tennis star 1972 Birthday Jordi Burillo, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player, won ATP Tour singles title and doubles title, coached Julian Alonso 1972 Birthday Kerry Anne Guse, Brisbane Queensland, tennis star, 1996 final Hobart 1972 Birthday Virag Csurgo, Siofok Hungary, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Freeport 1972 Birthday Laxmi Poruri, Guntur India, tennis star, 1994 Futures-College Park 1972 Birthday Jane Taylor, born in Maitland, Australia, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Wagga Waga 1972 Birthday Ruxandra Dragomir, Pitesti Rom, tennis star, 1996 Bournemouth doubles 1972 Birthday Erika de Lone, born in Boston, Massachusetts, tennis star, 1996 Futures-Wilmington DE 1972 Birthday Cathy Caverzasio, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1972 Birthday Amy Frazier, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1972 Event 92nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Ilie Nastase beats Arthur Ashe 1972 Event 86th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75) 1972 Birthday Miriam Oremans, Berlicum, Netherlands, tennis star 1972 Birthday Daniel Nestor, born in Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1972 Birthday Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star 1972 Birthday Christian Ruud, born in Oslo, Norway, tennis star, 1989 Norwegian 1972 Birthday Silvia Ramon-Cortes, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Vigo 1972 Birthday Martin Damm, Czech Republic, tennis star 1972 Birthday Brenda Schultz, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1972 Event 86th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: S Smith beats I Nastase (46 63 63 46 75) 1972 Event 79th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Goolagong (63 63) 1972 Birthday Nathalie Baudone, born in Rocurt, Belgium, tennis star, 3rd round 1995 U.S. Open 1972 Birthday Petra Schwarz-Ritter, Vienna Aus, tennis star, 1988 Futures-Bari-ITA 1972 Birthday Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR 1972 Birthday Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles 1972 Birthday Sabine Appelmans, Aalst Belg, tennis star, Strasbourg doubles final 1972 Birthday Conchita Martinez, born in Monzon, Spain, tennis star, 1996 final Indian Wells 1972 Birthday Sandrine Testud, born in Lyon, France, tennis star, 1993 Strasbourg 1972 Birthday Naoko Kijimuta, born in Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan, tennis star, 1996 Jakarta 1972 Birthday Jonas Bjorkman, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, Davis Cup 1994 1972 Birthday Filip Dewulf, born in Mol, Belgium, professional tennis player, won two ATP Tour singles titles, one doubles titles 1972 Birthday Hernan Gumy, born in Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star 1972 Birthday Mikael Tillstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star 1972 Death Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 1972 Birthday Michael Chang, born in Hoboken, New Jersey, tennis star, 1989 French Open 1971 Birthday Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Barcelona, tennis star, Silver and Bronze Medals 1992 Olympics 1971 Birthday Mauricio Hadad, Cali Colombia, tennis star, 1995 Bermuda 1971 Birthday Richard Krajicek, Netherlands, tennis star, Wimbledon-1996 1971 Birthday Rika Hiraki, Beirut Lebanon, tennis star, 1992 Japan doubles 1971 Birthday Rachel McQuillan, born in Merewether, Australia, tennis star, 1989 Futures ITA 1971 Birthday Yone Kamio, Yokohama Japan, tennis star, 1995 semi-finalist Hobart 1971 Birthday Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Evansville IN 1971 Birthday Natalia Medvedeva, born in Kiev, Ukraine, tennis star, 1993 Prague Essen 1971 Event U.S. table tennis team arrived in China 1971 Birthday Amanda Coetzer, born in Hoopstad, South Africa, tennis star, 1996 Australia semi 1971 Birthday Kimberly Po, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Evansville IN 1971 Birthday Wayne Ferreira, Johannesburg South Africa, tennis star, Munich 1995 1971 Birthday Goran Ivanisevic, born in Crotia, tennis star, 1994 Wimbledon finalist 1971 Event 85th U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76) 1971 Event 91st U.S. Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) 1971 Event Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches 1971 Birthday Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, U.S. tennis star, 1996 Olympics gold 1971 Birthday Pete Sampras, born in Washington D.C., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1990, 93 95 1971 Birthday Mary Joe Fernandez, Dominican Republic, tennis player, U.S. National 16s 1971 Birthday Neus Avila, born in Lerida, Spain, tennis star, Futures-Valencia-ESP 1995 1971 Birthday Donna Faber, born in East Orange, New Jersey, tennis star 1971 Event 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64) 1971 Event 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61) 1971 Birthday Jared Palmer, born in New York City, tennis star 1971 Birthday Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian 1971 Birthday Elena Brioukhovets, born in Odessa, Ukraine, tennis star, finalist 1990 Moscow 1971 Birthday Jamie Morgan, Australia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Meredith McGrath, born in Midland, Michigan, tennis star, 1996 Essen doubles 1971 Birthday Chuck Adams, born in Pacific Palisades, California, tennis star, 1989 USTA Boys 1971 Birthday Nicklas Kulti, born in Stockholm, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Australian Open in Wimbledon junior titles in 1989, top singles title in Adelaide, 1990 1971 Birthday Natasha Zvereva, born in Minsk, Belarus, tennis ace, finals 1995 Indian Wells 1971 Birthday Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star 1971 Event U.S. table tennis team arrives in China PR 1971 Birthday Nana Miyagi, born in Seattle, Washington tennis star, 1995 final Surabaya doubles 1971 Birthday Todd Woodbridge, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, '95 doubles Wimbledon 1971 Birthday Daniel Vacek, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Rennae Stubbs, Sydney Australia, tennis star 1971 Birthday Mariaan de Swardt, born in Johannesburg, South Africa tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia 1971 Birthday Li Chen, born in Changsha China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Austin Texas 1971 Birthday Jim Butler, born in Iowa City, Iowa, table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1971 Birthday Linda Wild, Arlington Heights, Illinois, tennis star, 1993 Melbourne Open 1971 Birthday Mana Endo, Hiroshima Japan, tennis star, 1996 3rd round Australia Open 1971 Birthday Min Tang, Hunan China, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Canberra AUS 1971 Birthday Sergi Bruguera, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player, played for Spain, won consecutive men's singles titles at the 1993 and 1994 French Open 1971 Birthday Sergei Bruguera, Spain, tennis star 1970 Birthday Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Haarlem, Netherlands, tennis star, 95, 96 Oklahoma City 1970 Birthday Radka Zrubakova, Bratislava Slovakia, tennis star, 1994 Futures-GER 1970 Birthday Susan Sloane, Lexington, Kentucky, tennis star 1970 Birthday Yayuk Basuki, Yogyakarta Indonesia, tennis star, 1996 Hobart doubles 1970 Birthday Marc Rosset, born in Geneva, Switzerland, tennis star, 1992 French Doubles 1970 Birthday Steve Campbell, Buffalo, New York, tennis star 1970 Birthday Ann Grossman, Grove City Ohio, tennis star, 1994 LA finalist 1970 Birthday Nicolas Pereira, Salto Uruguay, tennis pro 1970 Birthday Kimiko Date, Kyoto Japan, tennis star, 1996 Japan Open 1970 Event 84th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61) 1970 Event 90th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63) 1970 Birthday Julie Halard, born in Versailles, France, tennis star, 1995 Prague 1970 Event 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death) 1970 Birthday Barbara Paulus, born in Vienna, Austria, tennis star 1970 Birthday Flora Perfetti, born in Faenza, Italy, tennis star 1970 Birthday Jacco Elringh, Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Birthday Jacco Eltingh, Heerde, Netherlands, tennis star, 1993 ATP World Doubles 1970 Birthday Debbie Graham, Walnut Creek California, tennis star, 1993 Taranto doubles 1970 Birthday Els Callens, Antwerp Belgium, tennis star, 1996 quarterfinalist Essen 1970 Birthday Jim Courier, born in Sanford, Florida, tennis champ, 1990, 91 French 1970 Birthday Slava Dosedel, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Event International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule 1970 Birthday Todd Martin, born in Hinsdale, Illinois, tennis star, 1988 USTA Boys' 18 1970 Event 84th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Newcombe beats K Rosewall (57 63 62 36 61) 1970 Birthday Andrei Cherkasov, U.S.S.R., tennis star 1970 Event 77th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats King (14-12 11-9) 1970 Birthday Petra Langrova, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Palermo doubles 1970 Birthday Sandra Dopfer, Lustenau Austria, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Lerida 1970 Birthday Renzo Furlan, born in Conegliano, Italy, professional tennis player, represented Italy at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, 1996 1970 Birthday Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver 1970 Birthday Alexia Dechaume-Ballert, La Rochelle, France, tennis star, 1992 Australia 1970 Birthday Andre Agassi, born in Las Vegas, Nevada, tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics, U.S. Open 1994 1970 Birthday Richard Fromberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Emanuela Zardo, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1970 Birthday Cristiano Caratti, born in Italy, tennis star, 1987 Orange Bowl boys doubles 1970 Birthday Jan Siemerink, born in Netherlands, tennis star 1970 Birthday Jason Stoltenberg, born in Australia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Magnus Larsson, Sweden, tennis star 1970 Birthday Diego Nargiso, Naples Italy, tennis pro 1970 Birthday Kristine Radford, born in Sydney, Australia, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Lyneham 1970 Birthday Radka Zrubakova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1970 Birthday Guillaume Raoux, France, tennis star 1970 Birthday Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Birthday Sabine Hack, West Germany, tennis star 1969 Birthday Helen Kelesi, born in Victoria, Canada, professional tennis player, dubbed 'Hurricane Helen', ranked 13th in the World, November 1989 1969 Birthday Jan Apell, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, professional tennis player, won the Davis Cup in doubles, 1994, played with Jonas Bjorkman 1969 Birthday Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Birthday Byron Black, born in Salisbury, Zimbabwe, professional tennis player, double-handed forehand player, played for Zimbabwe, singles ranking 22nd in the World, June, 1996 1969 Birthday Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star, 1995 Auckland 1969 Event Smallest U.S. Tennis Open single session-131 (men's doubles final only) 1969 Event 2nd U.S. Tennis Open smallest session - 3708 (men's singles final-rain) 1969 Event 89th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62) 1969 Event U.S. amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61) 1969 Event 83rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Nancy Richey (62 62) 1969 Event Rod Laver completes his 2nd grand slam winning U.S. Tennis Open 1969 Event U.S. amateur Womens Tennis: Margaret Court beat Virginia Wade (46 63 60) 1969 Birthday Nicole Arendt, Somerville, New Jersey, tennis star, 1996 Australia doubles finalist 1969 Birthday Elly Hakami, born in San Francisco, California, tennis star 1969 Birthday Maria Strandlund, born in Akersberga, Sweden, tennis star, 1987 Futures NOR 1969 Birthday Halle Cioffi, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star 1969 Birthday Sabine Hack, born in Ulm, Germany, tennis star, 1995 Jakarta 1969 Event 83rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats J Newcombe (64 57 64 64) 1969 Event 76th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Ann Jones beats Billie J King (36 63 62) 1969 Event Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1969 Birthday Melissa Gurney, born in California, tennis player, Virginia Slims of, South Dakota, 1986 1969 Birthday Malivai Washington, born in Glenn Cove, New York, tennis star 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Cedric Pioline, born in Neuilly, France, tennis star, 1996 Coopenhagen 1969 Birthday Steffi Graf, born in Bruhl, West Germany, tennis player, Grand Slam 1988 1969 Birthday David Wheaton, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star, 1987 U.S. junior boys 1969 Birthday Wiltrud Probst, Nuermberg Germany, tennis star, 1992 Belgian Open 1969 Birthday Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star 1969 Birthday Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984 1969 Birthday Brett Steven, born in Bermuda, New Zealand tennis player 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Amy Feng, born in Tianjin, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1969 Birthday Arnaud Boetsch, born in Meulam, France, tennis star, 1985 European Junior 1969 Birthday Gilbert Schaller, Bruck Austria, tennis star 1969 Birthday Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Reims-FRA 1969 Birthday Katarzyna Nowak, Lodz Poland, tennis star, 1994 Futures France 1968 Birthday Shaun Stafford, Ocala Florida, tennis star, 1992 Taipei 1968 Event Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis 1968 Birthday Isabel Cueto, West Germany, tennis star 1968 Birthday Elna Reinach, Pretoria South Africa, tennis star 1968 Birthday Jeff Tarango, California, tennis star, defaulted 1995 Wimbledon 1968 Birthday Claudia Porwik, Coburg Ger, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Valladolid 1968 Birthday Tami Whitlinger-Jones, Neenah Wisconsin, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Sedona 1968 Birthday Francisco Claver, Spain, tennis star 1968 Birthday Bettina Fulco Villella, Mar Del Plata Arg, tennis star, 1993 Futures 1968 Birthday Denisa Szabova, Bratislava Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1987 Futures-GER 1968 Birthday Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star 1968 Birthday Jana Novotna, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Australia/Wimbledon doubles 1968 Birthday Ginger Helgeson Nielson, St. Cloud, Minnesota, tennis star 1968 Event Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to win U.S. Tennis Open 1968 Event 82nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Virginia Wade beats Billie Jean King (64 64) 1968 Event 88th U.S. Mens Tennis: Arthur Ashe beats Tom Okker 1968 Birthday Jolene Watanabe, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Evansville 1968 Event 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Birthday Henrik Holm, born in Taby, Sweden, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles, achieved highest ATP-ranking of 17th in the world, July 1993 1968 Birthday Horst Skoff, born in Klagenfurt, Austria, professional tennis player, won top-level singles title in Athens in 1989, ranked 18th in world rankings for singles, 70th for doubles 1968 Birthday Tomas Carbonell, born in Barcelona, Spain, tennis star 1968 Birthday Patricia Tarabini, born in La Plata, Argentina, tennis star, 1985 Futures ITA 1968 Birthday Christina Singer, born in Goeppingen, Germany, tennis star, 1991 Futures GBR 1968 Birthday Silke Meier, born in Wiesbaden, Germany, tennis star, 1994 Futures-Bad Gogging 1968 Event 75th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats J Tegart (97 75) 1968 Event 82nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Tony Roche (63 64 62) 1968 Event 38th French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats R Laver (63 61 26 62) 1968 Event 38th French Womens Tennis: Nancy Richey beats Anne H Jones (57 64 61) 1968 Birthday Omar Camporese, born in Bologna, Italy, professional tennis player, won two top-level singles and five tour doubles titles, ranked 18th in the World in singles, 27th for doubles, 1992 1968 Birthday Carlos Costa, born in Spain, tennis star 1968 Birthday Bernd Karbacher, Germany, tennis star 1968 Birthday Clare Wood, born in Zululand, South Africa, tennis star, 1986 Futures-Lisbon 1968 Birthday Dinky van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1968 Birthday Martin Sinner, Koblenz Germany, tennis star, 1990 Pretoria 1968 Birthday Michael Stich, Germany, tennis star 1968 Birthday Regina Rajchitova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1968 Birthday Mark Koevermans, Netherlands, tennis star 1968 Birthday Javier Sanchez, born in Pamplona, Spain, professional tennis player, won four top-level singles titles, 26 doubles titles in his career 1968 Birthday Petr Korda, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1993 Doubles-Cincinnati 1968 Birthday Leila Meskhi, Tbilisi Georgia SSR, tennis star, 1995 Hobart 1968 Birthday Kent Carlsson, Sweden, born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, professional tennis player, won nine career titles, three-time European Champion 1967 Birthday Boris Becker, West Germany, tennis player, Wimbledon 1985, 86, 89 1967 Birthday Laura Garrone, born in Milan, Italy, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, ranked 32nd in the World, January 1987 1967 Birthday Shuzo Matsuoka, Tokyo, Japan, tennis star, 1995 USTA/Binghampton 1967 Birthday Jaime Yzaga, born in Lima, Peru, professional tennis player, ranked 18th in the World for singles and 54th in the World in doubles 1967 Birthday Adrianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, 1990 Futures-Chiba 1967 Birthday Marianne Werdel Witmeyer, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1967 Birthday Nathalie Tauziat, Bangui Cent Afr Rep, tennis star, 1993 Quebec City 1967 Birthday Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canada, tennis player/actress, Spring Fever 1967 Birthday Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star 1967 Birthday Thomas Muster, born in Leibnitz, Austria, tennis star, 1995 French Open 1967 Event 81st U.S. Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64) 1967 Event 87th U.S. Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86) 1967 Birthday Debbie Spence, San Jose Cal, tennis star 1967 Birthday Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, tennis star 1967 Birthday Aaron Krickstein, Ann Arbor, Michigan, tennis player, Tel Aviv 1983 1967 Birthday Sean O'Neill, born in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1967 Birthday Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star 1967 Birthday Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star 1967 Birthday Christian Bergstrom, born in Sweden, tennis star 1967 Birthday Leonardo Lavalle, Mexico, tennis star 1967 Event 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64) 1967 Event 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61) 1967 Birthday Michelle Torres, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis star 1967 Birthday Stephane Simian, born in France, tennis star 1967 Birthday Olivier Delaitre, Metz France, tennis star, 1991 Guaruja Doubles 1967 Birthday Beate Reinstadler, Stuttgart, Germany, tennis star, 1989 Futures Israel 1967 Birthday Julie Richardson, born in Auckland New Zealand, tennis star, 1992 Futures-Canberra 1967 Birthday Kathy Rinaldi-Stunkel, born in Florida, tennis player, Virginia Slims of Ark 1987 1967 Birthday Alexander Volkov, born in Russia, tennis star 1967 Birthday Jenny Byrne, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1984 Futures-Wyong-AUS 1967 Birthday Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix 1967 Birthday Laura Golarsa, born in Milan, Italy, professional tennis player, played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001, 124 - 184 singles record included wins over Jana Novotna and Zina Garrison 1967 Birthday Ulf Stenlund, born in Falun, Sweden, professional tennis player, won one doubles title in Bari, 1987 and one singles title in Palermo, 1986, highest ATP-ranking was 23rd in the World, April, 1987 1967 Birthday Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, tennis star 1966 Birthday Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star 1966 Birthday Terry Phelps, Larchmont, New York, tennis star 1966 Birthday Jay Berger, Fort Dix, New Jersey, tennis star 1966 Birthday Stefan Edberg, born in Vastervik, Sweden, professional tennis player, ranked number one in the World in singles and doubles tennis 1966 Birthday Rosalyn Fairbank, South Africa, tennis player 1966 Birthday Jonas B, Svensson Sweden, tennis star 1966 Birthday Isabelle Demongeot, Gassin France, tennis star 1966 Event 80th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61) 1966 Event 86th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64) 1966 Birthday Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star 1966 Birthday Larisa Neiland, born in Lvov, Ukraine, tennis star, 1996 Essen winner 1966 Birthday Annabel Croft, born in England, tennis star 1966 Event 73rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Frasier (63 36 61) 1966 Event 80th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: M Santana beats D Ralston (64 11-9 64) 1966 Birthday Larisa Savchenko, Neiland Latvia, tennis star 1966 Birthday Patrick McEnroe, Manhasset, New York, tennis star 1966 Birthday Mercedes Paz, born in Tucum, Argentina, tennis star, 1990 Strasbourg 1966 Birthday Camille Benjamin, born in Cleveland, Ohio, tennis star 1966 Birthday Luke Jensen, born in Grayling, Michigan, tennis star, 1993 French Open doubles 1966 Birthday Mark Kratzmann, Australia, tennis star 1966 Birthday Andrea Temesvari, born in Budapest, Hungary, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Clay Courts 1966 Birthday Pascale Paradis-Mangon, born in France, tennis star 1966 Birthday Andrei Olhovskiy, born in Moscow, Russia, tennis pro 1966 Birthday Myriam Schropp, West Germany, tennis star 1966 Birthday Nathalie Herreman, France, tennis star 1966 Birthday Tine Scheuer-Larsen, Denmark, tennis star 1966 Birthday Judith Wiesner, born in Hallein, Austria, tennis star, 1994 Schenectady 1966 Birthday Paul Haarhuis, Eindhoven, Netherlands, tennis star, 1994 U.S./Austral doubles 1966 Birthday Patrick Kuhnen, West Germany, tennis star 1966 Birthday Alex Antonitsch, Austria, tennis star 1966 Birthday Andrei Chesnokov, Russia, tennis star 1966 Birthday Stefan Edberg, Sweden, tennis player, Wimbledon 1988, U.S. Open 1991 1966 Birthday Anna Ivan, La Jolla Cal, tennis star 1965 Birthday Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star 1965 Birthday Raffaella Ragge, Italy, tennis star 1965 Birthday Grant Connell, Regina Saskatchawan, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Raffaella Reggi, Italy, tennis star 1965 Birthday Derrick Rostagno, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1965 Birthday Amos Mansdorf, born in Tel Aviv, lsrael, professional tennis player, ranked 67th in the World for doubles, May, 1986 1965 Birthday Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star 1965 Birthday Richey Reneberg, born in Phoenix, Arizona, tennis star, 1995 Australian doubles 1965 Birthday Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Mark Woodforde, Adelaide Australia, tennis star, 1993 Wimbledon mixed 1965 Event 79th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) 1965 Event 85th U.S. Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61) 1965 Event Manuel Santana wins U.S. Tennis Open 1965 Birthday Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Kathleen Horvath, born in Chicago, Illinois, tennis player, French Open, Jr. 1980 1965 Birthday Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star, 1994 Auckland doubles 1965 Birthday Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star 1965 Birthday John Frawley, Australia, tennis star 1965 Event 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser (64 75) 1965 Event 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle (62 64 64) 1965 Birthday Gianluca Pozzi, born in Bari, Italy, tennis star, 1991 Brisbane 1965 Birthday Claudio Mezzadri, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1965 Birthday Andrea Jaeger, born in Chicago, tennis player, retired as a teenager 1965 Birthday Jonathan Canter, LA Cal, tennis star 1965 Birthday Emilio Sanchez, born in Madrid, Spain, Tennis player, 1988 Olympic bronze 1965 Birthday Catherine Tanvier, France, tennis star 1965 Birthday Pat Cash, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1987 1965 Birthday Lilian Drescher, Venezuela, tennis star 1965 Birthday Paolo Cane, born in Italy, tennis star 1965 Birthday Patty Fendick, born in Sacramento, California, tennis star, 1989 Auckland 1965 Birthday Karel Novacek, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1994 Hilversum 1965 Birthday Marian Vajda, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1965 Birthday Molly Van Nostrand, born in West lslip, New York, tennis star 1965 Birthday Eric Jelen, West Germany, tennis star 1965 Birthday Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles 1965 Birthday Helena Sukova, Prague, Czech Republic, tennis star, 1985 U.S. Open's Double 1965 Birthday Tarik Benhabiles, Algeria, tennis star 1965 Birthday Peter Lundgren, Sweden, tennis star 1965 Birthday Guy Forget, born in Casablanca, Morocco, professional tennis player, helped France with the 1991 and 1996 Davis Cup, served as France's Favid Cup team captain 1964 Birthday Gary Muller, South Africa, tennis star 1964 Birthday Ronald Agenor, Rabat Morocco, tennis player, 1989 French quarters 1964 Birthday Jakob Hlasek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1964 Birthday Jill Hetherington, Brampton Ontario, tennis player 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Lawson Duncan, Asheville, North Carolina, tennis star 1964 Birthday Etsuko Inoue, born in Japan, professional tennis player, first to win women's tennis competition at the Asian Games, 1982 1964 Birthday Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star 1964 Event 78th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Carole Graebner (61 60) 1964 Event 84th U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Frederick S Stolle (64 62 64) 1964 Birthday Jordi Arrese, born in Barcelona, Spain, professional tennis player, won silver Olympic medal at the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona 1964 Birthday Mats Wilander, born in Vaxjo, Sweden, tennis star, 1988-US, Australia, French 1964 Birthday Jimmy Arias, Buffalo, New York, tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup team 1964 Birthday Barbara Chiu, born in Canton, China, Canada table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1964 Event 71st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats M Court (64 79 63) 1964 Event 78th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Stolle (64 12-10 46 63) 1964 Birthday Susan Mascarin, born in Detroit, Michigan, tennis star 1964 Birthday Beth Herr, Middletown Ohio, tennis star 1964 Birthday Sara Gomer, born in Torquay, England, professional tennis player, ranked 46th in the World, September, 1988 1964 Birthday Miloslav Mecir, Czechoslovakia, tennis player 1988 Olympics gold 1964 Birthday Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1964 Birthday Jim Grabb, born in Tucson, Arizona, tennis star 1964 Birthday Manon Bollegraf, born in den Bosch, Netherlands, tennis star, semi 1996 Australia doubles 1964 Birthday Hans Schwaier, West Germany, tennis star 1964 Birthday Henrik Sundstrom, Sweden, tennis star 1964 Birthday Gigi Fernandez, Beatriz, San Juan PR, U.S. tennis star, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Gretchen Magers, Pittsburgh PA/San Antonio, Texas, tennis star 1964 Birthday Jim Pugh, born in Burbank, California, tennis star 1964 Birthday Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player 1964 Birthday Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star 1964 Birthday Francisco Maciel, Mexico, tennis star 1963 Birthday Milan Srejber, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Pam Casale, Camden, New Jersey, tennis player, Marco Island finals 1985 1963 Birthday Lori McNeil, born in San Diego, California, tennis star, 1995 Oakland doubles 1963 Birthday Claudia Kohde-Kilsch, born in West Germany, tennis star 1963 Birthday Robin White, San Diego Cal, tennis player, U.S. Open doubles 1988 1963 Birthday Zina Garrison Jackson, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star, 1988/90 Wimbledon 1963 Birthday Gideon Joe Ng, born in Toronto, Ontario, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Dan Goldie, Sioux City IO, tennis star 1963 Birthday Bonnie Gadusek, Pittsburgh, tennis player, French Juniors 1981 1963 Event 77th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 Event 83rd U.S. Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62) 1963 Birthday David Zhuang, born in China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Greg Holmes, Covina Cal, tennis star 1963 Birthday Lily Yip, Canton China, U.S. table tennis player, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Luiz Mattar, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, professional tennis player, won seven top-level singles titles and five doubles titles from 1986 to 1995 1963 Birthday Libor Pimek, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Siobodan Zivojinovic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Mikael Pernfors, Sweden, tennis star 1963 Birthday Thierry Tulasne, born in France, tennis star 1963 Event 70th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Smith beats Billie J King (63 64) 1963 Event 77th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: C McKinley beats Fred Stolle (97 61 64) 1963 Birthday Henri Leconte, born in France, tennis player, French finalist 1988 1963 Birthday Matt Anger, born in Walnut Creek, California, tennis star 1963 Birthday Bettina Bunge, born in Switzerland, tennis player, Virginia Slims of California 1983 1963 Birthday Catarina Lindqvist, born in Sweden, tennis player, Swedish Open 1986 1963 Birthday Sabrina Goles, born in Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Ken Ftach, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis star 1963 Birthday Wally Masur, born in Southampton, England, tennis coach, professional tennis player from Australia, won Australian Junior Championships at age 18 1963 Birthday Robert Seguso, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star 1963 Birthday Hu Na, born in Taipei, Republic of China, professional tennis player, defected from the People's Republic of the United State to the United States in 1982 1963 Birthday Elizabeth Smylie, born in Perth, Australia, tennis star, 1987 Oklahoma City 1963 Birthday Sammy Giammatva, born in Houston, Texas, tennis star 1963 Birthday Paul Annacone, born in Southampton, New York, tennis star 1963 Birthday Anne Minter, Australia, tennis star 1963 Birthday Francesco Cancellotti, Italy, tennis star 1963 Birthday Joakim Nystrom, Sweden, tennis star 1963 Birthday Lijuan Geng, Hebei China, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1963 Birthday Kate Gompert, born in Ames lowa, professional tennis player, career record 77 - 78, ranked 18th in the World for singles in July, 1987 1962 Birthday Tracy Austin, born in Rolling Hills, California, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1979, 81 1962 Birthday Christo van Rensburg, South Africa, tennis star 1962 Birthday Shahar Perkiss, Israel, tennis star 1962 Birthday Johnny Huang, Canton China, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 Event 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 Event 76th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith Court beats Darlene Hard (97 64) 1962 Event 82nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Roy Emerson (62 64 57 64) 1962 Birthday Scott Davis, born in Santa Monica, California, tennis star 1962 Event 69th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Karen Susman beats Vera Sukova (64 64) 1962 Event 76th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Martin Mulligan (62 62 61) 1962 Birthday Pam Shriver, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, 1991 U.S. Open doubles, 4 Gold Medals 1988, 1992 Olympics 1962 Event 32nd French Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Roy Emerson (36 26 63 97 62) 1962 Birthday Jan Gunnarsson, Sweden, tennis star 1962 Birthday David Pate, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star 1962 Birthday Juan Aguilera, born in Spain, tennis star 1962 Birthday Elise Burgin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star 1962 Birthday Chunli Li, Auckland New Zealand, table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1962 Birthday Hana Mandlikova, Prague Czechoslovakia, tennis player, 1985 U.S. Open 1962 Event U.S. Open Tennis: Jimmy Bostwick defeats brother Pete to win 1962 Birthday Diego Perez, born in Montevideo, Uruguay, professional tennis player, won ATP Tour singles title and three doubles titles in his career, ending in 1996 1962 Birthday Ben Testerman, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, tennis star 1962 Event 50th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64) 1961 Birthday Christiane Jolissaint, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1961 Birthday Barbara Potter, Connecticut, tennis player, changed shirt on Wimbledon Court 1961 Birthday Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star 1961 Birthday Anne White, Charleston, West Virginia, tennis, Wore spandex in '85 Wimbledon 1961 Event 75th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Ann Haydon Jones (63 64) 1961 Event 81st U.S. Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Rodney G Laver (75 63 62) 1961 Birthday Bettine Vriesekoop, Dutch table tennis star 1961 Birthday Brad Gilbert, born in Oakland California, tennis star 1961 Birthday Mary Lou, Daniels Chicago lL, tennis star 1961 Birthday Anders Jarryd, born in Lidkoping, Sweden, tennis star 1961 Event 75th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats Chuck McKinley (63 61 64) 1961 Birthday Ramesh Krishnan, born in India, tennis star 1961 Birthday Peter Doohan, Australia, tennis star 1961 Birthday Wei Wang, born in Beijing, China, U.S. table tennis player 1996 Olympics 1961 Birthday Todd Nelson, Dalles Ore, tennis star 1961 Birthday Alycia Moulton, Sacramento California, tennis star 1961 Birthday Eva Pfaff, West Germany, tennis star 1960 Birthday Broderick Dyke, Australia, tennis star 1960 Birthday John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 Birthday John Fitzgerald, Australia, tennis star 1960 Birthday Rosalyn Nideffer, Durban South Africa, tennis star, 1993 Futures-Midland MI 1960 Birthday Wendy White, born in Atlanta, Georgia, tennis player 1960 Event 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64) 1960 Event 80th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97) 1960 Birthday Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player, Denver-1985 1960 Birthday Tim Mayotte, born in Springfield, Massachusetts, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver 1960 Birthday lva Budarova, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1960 Birthday Christina Singer, born in Geoppingen, Germany, tennis star 1960 Birthday Jo Durie, born in Bristol, England, professional tennis player, tennis commentator, ranked 5th in the World, winner of two Grand Slam titles 1960 Birthday Yannick Noah, France, tennis player, French 1983 1960 Event Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis 1960 Birthday Robert Green, born in Omaha, Nebraska, tennis star 1960 Birthday Mike Leach, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tennis star 1960 Birthday Ivan Lendl, born in Czechoslovakia, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1985-87 1960 Birthday Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990 1960 Event 34th Australian Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (75 62) 1960 Event 48th Australian Mens Tennis: Rod Laver beats N Fraser (57 36 63 86 86) 1959 Birthday Mark Dickson, born in Tampa, Florida, tennis star 1959 Birthday Kathy Jordan, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, tennis player, U.S. Opens Doubles 1981 1959 Birthday Sylvia Hanika, Munich West Germany, tennis player, Avon-1982 1959 Birthday Tim Wilkison, Shelby, North Carolina, tennis player, WCT Atlanta finals-1986 1959 Birthday Ann Henricksson, St. Paul Minnesota, tennis star 1959 Birthday Michiel Schapers, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 Event 73rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Christine Truman (61 64) 1959 Event 79th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale Fraser beats Alejandro Olmedo (63 57 62 64) 1959 Birthday Anne Hobbs, born in Nottingham, England, professional tennis player, played singles but primarily a doubles specialist, tennis coach, consultant in sports psychology 1959 Birthday Bud Schultz, Meriden Conn, tennis star 1959 Event 66th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Darlene Hard (64 63) 1959 Event 73rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Alex Olmedo beats Rod Laver (64 63 64) 1959 Birthday Eduardo Bengoechea, born in Argentina, tennis star 1959 Birthday Anne Smith, born in Dallas, Texas, tennis star 1959 Birthday Marcella Mesker, Netherlands, tennis star 1959 Birthday Petra Delhees, born in Jauch, Switzertand, tennis star 1959 Birthday Eliot Teltscher, born in California, tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup team 1959 Birthday John McEnroe, tennis player, U.S. Open 1979-81, 84 Wimb 1981, 83, 84 1959 Birthday Heinz Gunthardt, born in Switzerland, tennis star 1959 Birthday Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star 1958 Birthday Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1958 Birthday Marty Davis, San Jose Cat, tennis star 1958 Event 72nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene R Hard (36 61 62) 1958 Event 78th U.S. Mens Tennis: A J Cooper beats M J Anderson (62 36 46 108 86) 1958 Birthday Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star 1958 Event 65th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Mortimer (86 62) 1958 Event 72nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A Cooper beats N Fraser (36 63 64 13-11) 1958 Birthday Fernando Luna, born in Cuidad Real, Spain, tennis player, highest singles ATP-ranking was 33rd in 1984 1958 Birthday Johan Kriek, born in South Africa, tennis player, U.S. Indoor 1982 1958 Birthday Andreas Maurer, West Germany, tennis star 1958 Birthday Kevin Curren, South Africa, tennis star 1958 Birthday Regina Marsikova, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1958 Birthday Ricardo Acuna, born in Santiago, Chile, former tennis player, ranked was 47th in the world, won three doubles titles during his career 1957 Birthday Jeanne Evert, tennis player, Chris' sister 1957 Event 77th U.S. Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64) 1957 Event 71st U.S. Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats A Louise Brough (63 62) 1957 Birthday Harry Stefanki, Mento Park Cal, tennis star 1957 Event 1st black to win a major U.S. tennis tournament, Althea Gibson 1957 Event 64th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Althea Gibson beats Darlene Hard (63 62) 1957 Event 71st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ashley J Cooper (62 61 62) 1956 Birthday Betsy Nagelsen, St. Petersburg, Florida, tennis star 1956 Birthday Martina Navratilova, Revnice Czechoslovakia, tennis, Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87 1956 Event 70th U.S. Womens Tennis: Shirley J Fry beats Althea Gibson (63 64) 1956 Event 76th U.S. Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Lewis Hoad (46 62 63 63) 1956 Birthday Dianne Fromhottz, Balestrat Australia, tennis star 1956 Birthday Mima Jausovec, born in Yugoslavia, tennis player, French Open-1977 1956 Event 63rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Shirley Fry beats Angela Buxton (63 61) 1956 Event 70th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall (62 46 75 64) 1956 Birthday Eddie Edwards, South Africa, tennis star 1956 Birthday Bjorn Borg, born in Stockholm, Sweden, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1976-79 1956 Birthday Tomas Smid, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1956 Birthday Sue Barker, born in Paignton, England, professional tennis player, television presenter with the BBC, won singles title at the French Open, highest career singles ranking was third in the World 1955 Birthday Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star 1955 Event 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62) 1955 Event 75th U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63) 1955 Event 1st color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup) 1955 Event 62nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats B Fleitz (75 86) 1955 Event 69th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Kurt Nielsen (63 75 61) 1955 Birthday Buster Mottram, born in Kingston upon Thames, in south-west London, English tennis player, ranked 15th best tennis player in the world, represented Great Britain in Davis Cup eight times 1955 Event Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules 1955 Birthday Virginia Ruzici, Romania, tennis star 1955 Birthday Peter Fleming, New Jersey, tennis player, U.S. Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83 1954 Birthday Brian Teacher, San Diego Cal, tennis star 1954 Birthday Chris Evert, Ft. Lauderdale, tennis pro 1954 Birthday Paul McNamee, Australia, tennis star 1954 Birthday JoAnne Russell, born in Miami, Florida, tennis player, Wibeldon Double 1977 1954 Event 68th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86) 1954 Event 74th U.S. Mens Tennis: E V Seixas, Jr. beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64) 1954 Birthday John Lloyd, England, tennis star, former husband of Chris Everet 1954 Birthday Vitas Gerulaitis, born in Brooklyn, New York, tennis star, Australia 1987 1954 Event Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident 1954 Event 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75) 1954 Event 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97) 1954 Birthday Daniel Seemiller, Pitts, U.S. Olympic table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1954 Birthday Balazs Taroczy, Hungary, tennis star 1953 Birthday Vijay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor, Octopussy 1953 Birthday Hank Pfister, Bakersfield Cat, tennis star 1953 Event 67th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) 1953 Event 73rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (63 62 63) 1953 Event 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75) 1953 Event 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64) 1953 Birthday Raul Ramirez, born in Ensenada, Baja California, professional Mexican tennis player, in 1976, ranked No. 4 in the world, in 1983, ranked No. 6 in the world in doubles, won 60 doubles titles, 19 singles titles, married former Miss Universe, Venezuelan-born Maritza Sayalero 1953 Death Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 1953 Event 23rd French Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats V Seixas (63 64 16 62) 1953 Event 23rd French Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64) 1953 Event 27th Australian Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62) 1953 Event 41st Australian Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64) 1952 Birthday Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player, 1979,82 U.S. Opens Double 1952 Event 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) 1952 Event 66th U.S. Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (63 75) 1952 Event 72nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) 1952 Birthday Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1977 1952 Birthday Wojtek Fibak, born in Poland, tennis star 1952 Event 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63) 1952 Event 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62) 1952 Birthday Terry Moor, Hartford Conn, tennis star 1952 Birthday Anand Armitraj, born in India, tennis player, Brother of ViJay 1952 Birthday Guillermo Vilas, tennis player, 1977 U.S. Open 1952 Birthday Insook Bhushan, Seoul Korea, U.S. U.S. table tennis player 1992 Olympics 1952 Birthday Brian Gottfried, born in Baltimore, Maryland, tennis star, Wimbledon Doubles 1976 1951 Birthday Roscoe Tanner, tennis player, Wimbledon Finals 1979 1951 Birthday Timothy Gullikson, tennis player and coach, Pete Sampras 1951 Birthday Tom Gullikson, born in Wisconsin, tennis player, U.S. mixed Doubles 1984 1951 Event 65th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mo Connolly beats Shirley J Fry (63 16 64) 1951 Event 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Elias Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61) 1951 Event 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61) 1951 Birthday Evonne Goolagong, born in Cawley, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon 1971 1951 Event 58th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Shirley Fry (61 60) 1951 Event 65th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Dick Savitt beats Ken McGregor (64 64 64) 1951 Event International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel) 1950 Event Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament 1950 Birthday Adriano Panatta, Rome, tennis star, French 1976, Italian 1976 1950 Event 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) 1950 Event 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) 1950 Event Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition 1950 Event 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61) 1950 Event 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63) 1950 Event University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 1949 Event Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional 1949 Event 63rd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) 1949 Event 69th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64) 1949 Event Czechoslovakian tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 1949 Event 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8) 1949 Event 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64) 1949 Birthday Manuel Orantes, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1975 1948 Event 62nd U.S. Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats A L Brough (46 64 15-13) 1948 Event 68th U.S. Mens Tennis: "Pancho" Gonzales beats E Sturgess (62 63 14-12) 1948 Event Richard A Gonzales wins U.S. Tennis Open 1948 Birthday Rudy Hartono Kurniawan, Indonesia, All-England tennis champ 1948 Event 55th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats Doris Hart (63 86) 1948 Event 62nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Falkenburg beats Bromwich (75 06 62 36 75) 1948 Event Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open 1947 Event 61st U.S. Womens Tennis: A Louise Brough beats M O duPont (86 46 61) 1947 Event 67th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Frank A Parker (46 26 61 60 63) 1947 Event 54th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne beat Doris Hart (62 64) 1947 Event 61st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom P Brown (61 63 62) 1947 Event Tennis shoe introduced 1946 Birthday Stanley R Smith, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1972, U.S. Open-1971 1946 Event 60th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) 1946 Event 66th U.S. Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown, Jr. (97 63 60) 1946 Event Jack Kramer wins U.S. Tennis Open 1946 Birthday Ilie Nastase, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis player, U.S. Open 1972 1946 Event 53rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Louise Brough (62 64) 1946 Event 60th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Yvon Petra beats G Brown (62 64 79 57 64) 1945 Death Dwight Davis, donator of tennis' Davis cup, dies 1945 Event 65th U.S. Mens Tennis: Sergeant Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62) 1945 Event 59th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) 1945 Birthday Virginia Wade, England, tennis star, Wimbledon 1977 1945 Birthday Betty Stove, born in Netherlands, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1972 1945 Birthday Tony Roche, born in Tarcutta, Australia, professional tennis player, coach, upset Adriano Panatta to win the Davis Cup, 1977 1944 Event 64th U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63) 1944 Event 58th U.S. Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86) 1944 Event Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for U.S. Tennis title 1944 Birthday Tom Okker, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, tennis player, nickname, The Flying Dutchman, world's top doubles player, 1969, world's top ten singles player for 17 years 1944 Birthday Charles Pasarell, tennis pro 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, born in Long Beach, California, tennis pro 1943 Birthday Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75 1943 Event 63rd U.S. Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60) 1943 Event 57th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (63 57 63) 1943 Birthday Arthur Ashe, tennis pro, 1968 U.S. Open, 1975 Wimbledon 1943 Birthday John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71 1943 Death Richard Sears, 1st to win U.S. amateur national tennis match, dies at 81 1942 Birthday Francoise Durr, France, tennis player, 1976 U.S. indoor Doubles 1942 Birthday Karen Susman, tennis pro, Wimbledon 1962 1942 Event 62nd U.S. Mens Tennis: F Schroeder, Jr. beats F Parker (86 75 36 46 62) 1942 Event 56th U.S. Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64) 1942 Birthday Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant, Texas, tennis player, U.S. Doubles 1965, 66 1942 Birthday Margaret Smith Court, born in Australia, tennis pro, 1970 Grand Slam 1941 Event Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro 1941 Event 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Riggs beats Francis Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 Event 55th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62) 1941 Event 61st U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63) 1941 Death Benjamin Dwight, U.S. tennis championship umpire, dies 1941 Birthday Christine Janes, tennis player 1940 Event 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: W D McNeill beats Robert L Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1940 Event 54th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) 1940 Event 60th U.S. Mens Tennis: McNeill beats Robert Riggs (46 68 63 63 75) 1939 Birthday Maria Bueno, born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, tennis player, Wimbledon 1959 1939 Event 53rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64) 1939 Event 59th U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats S Welby van Horn (64 62 64) 1939 Event 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62) 1939 Event 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60) 1938 Birthday Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1966 1938 Event Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles U.S. tennis title 1938 Event Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam 1938 Event 52nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Nancye Wynne Bolton (60 63) 1938 Event 58th U.S. Mens Tennis: J Donald Budge beats C Gene Mako (63 68 62 61) 1938 Event Don Budge wins U.S. Tennis open and completes Grand Slam 1938 Birthday Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1963 1938 Birthday Rod Laver, Australia, tennis ace, 1962, 1969 Grand Slam 1938 Event 51st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (64 60) 1938 Event 58th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats Henry Austin (61 60 63) 1938 Birthday Manuel Santana, tennis player, U.S. Open 1965 1937 Event 51st U.S. Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62) 1937 Event 57th U.S. Mens Tennis: J D Budge beats G vs. Cramm (61 79 61 36 61) 1937 Event 57th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Don Budge beats G von Cramm (63 64 62) 1937 Birthday Arthur Kopit, U.S., playwright, Day Whores Came Out to Play Tennis 1936 Birthday Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player, Wimbledon-1964, 65, U.S. Open-61 1936 Birthday Roy Emerson, tennis player, won 12 Majors in singles from 1961-67 1936 Birthday Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957 1936 Event 50th U.S. Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) 1936 Event 56th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108) 1936 Event 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75) 1936 Event Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m) 1935 Event 55th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) 1935 Event 49th U.S. Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64) 1935 Event 48th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats H Jacobs (63 36 75) 1935 Birthday Malcolm J. Anderson, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1957 1934 Birthday Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star, Wimbledon 1953, 56 1934 Birthday Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1956 1934 Birthday Maureen "Little Mo" Connolly, California, tennis, 1st woman grand slam, 1953 1934 Event 54th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86) 1934 Event 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H P Fabyan (61 64) 1934 Birthday Renee Richards, Richard Rankind, trans-sexual tennis player 1934 Event 48th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Sarah H Cooke (61 64) 1934 Birthday Maureen Connally, champion tennis player, Wimbledon 1934 Event 27th Australian Men's Tennis Open: Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61) 1933 Birthday Neale A Fraser, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1959 1933 Event Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship 1933 Event 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J H Crawford (63 11-13 46 60 61) 1933 Event 53rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Jack Crawford (63 1113 46 60 61) 1933 Event 47th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Helen Moody (86 36 30 ret) 1933 Event 46th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats D Round (64 68 63) 1932 Event 52nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry E Vines beats Henri Cochet (64 64 64) 1932 Event Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for U.S. Tennis title 1932 Event 46th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Jacobs beats Carolin A Babcock (62 62) 1932 Event 52nd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ellsworth Vines beats H Austin (64 62 60) 1932 Event 45th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (63 61) 1932 Birthday Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon 1931 Event 51st U.S. Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott, Jr. (79 63 97 75) 1931 Event 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen B Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 Event 45th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Eileen Whitingstall (64 61) 1931 Event 51st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Sid Wood, Jr. beats F X Shields (walkover) 1931 Birthday John Bartlett, tennis player, Davis Cup captain-Britain 1930 Event 50th U.S. Mens Tennis: J H Doeg beats Francis Shields (10-8 16 64 16-14) 1930 Event 44th U.S. Womens Tennis: Betty Nuthall beats Anna McCune Harper (61 64) 1930 Birthday Marion A. Trabert, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1953 1930 Birthday Tony Trabert, tennis pro, 1955 Wimbeldon 1930 Event 50th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W Allison (63 97 64) 1930 Event 43rd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Elizabeth Ryan (62 62) 1930 Event 6th French Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats Bill Tilden (36 86 63 61) 1930 Event 6th French Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (62 61) 1929 Event 49th U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Francis Hunter (36 63 46 62 64) 1929 Event 43rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) 1929 Event 42nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats Helen Jacobs (61 62) 1928 Event 48th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henri Cochet beats F T Hunter (46 64 36 75 63) 1928 Event Henri Cochet wins U.S. Tennis Open 1928 Event 42nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen W Moody beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 61) 1928 Event 1st televised tennis match 1928 Event 41st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 63) 1928 Birthday Richard A. "Pancho" Gonzalez, born in Los Angeles, California, tennis star, U.S. 1948-49 1927 Birthday Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1951 1927 Event 47th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats William T Tilden (119 63 119) 1927 Event Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title 1927 Event 41st U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Betty Nuthall (61 64) 1927 Birthday Althea Gibson, born in Silver, South Carolina, 1st black tennis champion in a major event 1927 Event 47th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: H Cochet beats Borotra (46 46 63 64 75) 1927 Event 40th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Helen Moody beats L de Alvarez (62 64) 1927 Event 3rd French Mens Tennis: R Lacoste beats B Tilden (64 46 57 63 11-9) 1926 Event 46th U.S. Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats Jean Borotra (64 60 64) 1926 Event Jean Rene Lacoste wins U.S. Tennis Open 1926 Birthday Alfred Slote, author, Love and Tennis, Omega Station 1926 Event 40th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Elizabeth Ryan (46 64 97) 1926 Event 2nd French Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Mary K Browne (61 60) 1926 Event Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match 1926 Event Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills in Tennis at Cannes France 1925 Event 45th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (46 119 63 46 63) 1925 Event Bill Tilden wins 6th straight U.S. tennis championship 1925 Event 39th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62) 1925 Event 45th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Rene Lacoste beats J Borotra (63 63 46 86) 1925 Event 38th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats Joan Fry (62 60) 1925 Birthday Doris J Hart, born in St. Louis, Missouri, tennis player, Wimbledon 1951 1925 Birthday Arthur D. Larsen, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1950 1924 Event 44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62) 1924 Event 38th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (61 63) 1923 Event 43rd U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats W M Johnston (64 61 64) 1923 Event Bill Tilden wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Open 1923 Event U.S. beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup 1923 Birthday Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56 1923 Event 37th U.S. Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Molla B Mallory (62 61) 1923 Event 43rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats F Hunter (60 63 61) 1923 Event 36th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats K McKane (62 62) 1923 Birthday A Louise Brough Clapp, born in Oklahoma, tennis player, 4 time Wimbledon champ 1922 Event 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats W M Johnston (46 36 62 63 64) 1922 Event 42nd U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston 46 36 62 63 64 1922 Event 36th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Helen Wills Moody (63 61) 1922 Event 35th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats M Mallory (62 60) 1921 Birthday Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player, World Champ 1950-55 1921 Birthday Jaroslav Drobny, born in Czechoslovakia, hockey, tennis, Silver Medal 1948 Olympics 1921 Event 41st U.S. Mens Tennis: William T Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 63 61) 1921 Event 35th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats M Browne (46 64 62) 1921 Birthday Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star, Wimbeldon 1947, U.S. Open-1946 1921 Birthday Frederick Schroeder, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1942 1921 Event 41st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: B Tilden beats B Norton (46 26 61 60 75) 1921 Event 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60) 1920 Event 34th U.S. Womens Tennis: M B Mallory beats M Zinderstein (63 61) 1920 Event 40th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Tilden beats Wm M Johnston (61 16 75 57 63) 1920 Event 40th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bill Tilden beats Patterson (26 63 62 64) 1920 Birthday A. J. Mottram, tennis player 1919 Event 33rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Zinderstein (61 62) 1919 Event 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63) 1919 Birthday Pauline Betz Addie, born in Dayton, Ohio, tennis champ, Wimbledon 1946 1919 Event 32nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: S Lenglen beats Chambers (10-8 46 97) 1919 Birthday Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1943 1918 Birthday William Talbert, tennis doubles champ, U.S. 1942, 45, 46, 48 1918 Event 38th U.S. Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75) 1918 Event 32nd U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats E E Goss (64 63) 1918 Birthday W Donald McNeill, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1940 1918 Birthday Margaret Dupont, tennis champion 1918 Birthday Margaret Osborne DuPont, born in Joseph, Oregon, tennis pro, U.S. Open 1948-50 1918 Birthday Bobby Riggs, U.S. tennis star, U.S. Open 1939, 41 1917 Event 37th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Lindley Murray beats N W Niles (57 86 63 63) 1917 Event 31st U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla Mallory beat Marion Vanderhoef (46 60 62) 1916 Event 36th U.S. Mens Tennis: R N Williams III beats Johnston (46 64 06 62 64) 1916 Birthday Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles 1916 Event 30th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Louise Raymond (60 61) 1916 Event Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at U.S. tennis championship 1916 Birthday Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player, U.S. Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31 1916 Birthday Frank A Parker, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1944 1915 Event 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Johnston beats M E McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 Event 35th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Johnston beats McLoughlin (16 60 75 108) 1915 Birthday J. Donald Budge, U.S. tennis player, 1st to hold world's 4 major titles 1915 Event 29th U.S. Womens Tennis: Molla B Mallory beats Hazel Wightman (46 62 60) 1914 Event 34th U.S. Mens Tennis: R Norris W III beats M E McLoughlin (63 86 10-8) 1914 Event 28th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Marie Wagner (62 16 61) 1914 Birthday Katherine Stammers Menzies, born in England, doubles tennis player, Wimb 1935 1913 Birthday Alice Marble, Beckworth California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1936, 1938-40 1913 Event 27th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Dorothy Green (62 75) 1913 Event 33rd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats R N Williams (64 57 63 61) 1913 Event 37th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: A F Wilding beats McLoughlin (86 63 10-8) 1912 Event 32nd U.S. Mens Tennis: M E McLoughlin beats W F Johnson (36 26 62 64 62) 1912 Event 26th U.S. Womens Tennis: Mary K Browne beats Eleonora Sears (64 62) 1912 Event U.S. Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion 1911 Birthday Henry Ellsworth Vines, Jr., tennis, U.S. Open 1931, 32, golfer 1911 Event 25th U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats F Sutton (8-10 61 97) 1911 Event 31st U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62) 1911 Event 28th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: D Chambers beats D Boothby (60 60) 1911 Event National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City) 1910 Event 30th U.S. Mens Tennis: Wm Larned beats Thomas Bundy (61 57 60 68 61) 1910 Event 24th U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss Wightman beats L Hammond (64 62) 1910 Event Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship 1910 Birthday R. J. Ritchie, tennis player 1909 Event 29th U.S. Mens Tennis: W A Larned beats W J Clothier (61 62 57 16 61) 1909 Event 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: Hazel H Wightman beats M Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 Event 23rd U.S. Womens Tennis: H Hotchkiss beats Maud Barger-Wallach (60 61) 1909 Birthday Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator, Wimbledon, 1934-36 1908 Birthday John H Doeg, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1930 1908 Birthday Helen Hull Jacobs, born in Berkley, California, U.S. tennis champ, 1932-35 1908 Birthday Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, born in Essen, Germany, tennis star, French 1935 1908 Birthday Rene Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star, Wimbledon 1934 1906 Birthday George Martin Lott, Jr., tennis champ, 1931 U.S. Open runner-up 1906 Event William J. Clothier wins the U.S. Tennis Open 1905 Event 1st game ever played in the Australian Tennis Open 1905 Birthday Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro, 8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938 1905 Event 25th U.S. Mens Tennis: Beals C Wright beats Holcombe Ward (62 61 119) 1904 Birthday Wilmer L Allison, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1935 1904 Event 24th U.S. Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) 1903 Event 23rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Hugh L Doherty beats William A Larned (60 63 108) 1903 Birthday Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro, elected 1961 1902 Birthday James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis 1901 Event 1st table tennis tournament is held (London Royal Aquarium) 1901 Birthday Henri Cochet, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1928 1901 Event 21st U.S. Mens Tennis: William Larned beats Beals C Wright (62 68 64 64) 1900 Event 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later 1900 Event Dwight Davis established a new tennis trophy, the Davis Cup 1899 Birthday Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion, 6-times 1898 Event 18th U.S. Mens Tennis: Malcolm Whitman beats Dwight Davis (36 62 62 61) 1898 Birthday Jean Borota, France, tennis champ, 35 Wimbeldons between 1922-64 1898 Birthday Allison Danzig, sports writer, Tennis Pictorial History 1897 Birthday Kitty McKane, England, tennis, Olympic-gold/2 silver/2 bronze-1920, 24 1895 Event 15th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred H Hovey beats Robert D Wrenn (63 62 64) 1894 Birthday William Johnston, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1915 1893 Birthday R Lindley Murray, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1918 1893 Event 13rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Robert D Wrenn beats Fred H Hovey (64 36 64 64) 1893 Event For only time in history of U.S. Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago 1893 Birthday William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player, U.S. Open 1920-25, 29 1891 Event 11th U.S. Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62) 1891 Birthday Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim California, doubles tennis champ, 6 time Wimbled 1891 Birthday R N Williams II, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1914 1890 Event Oliver S. Campbell wins U.S. Tennis Open 1890 Birthday Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1912 1889 Event 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1888 Event 8th U.S. Mens Tennis: Henry W Slocum, Jr. beats Howard A Taylor (64 61 60) 1887 Event 4th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Lottie Dod beats Blanche Hillyard (62 60) 1886 Birthday Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, California, tennis player, U.S. Open 1909-11 1886 Event Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles 1881 Birthday William J Clothier, 1st President of tennis hall of fame, U.S. Open 1906 1881 Event 1st U.S. Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62) 1881 Event 1st U.S. men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI) 1881 Event U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name 1881 Event U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms 1880 Birthday Julian Myrick, promoter of junior tennis 1879 Birthday Beals C Wright, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1905 1879 Birthday Dwight Filley Davis, U.S. Sect of War/donated tennis' Davis Cup 1878 Birthday Holcombe Ward, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1904 1877 Event 1st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Spencer W Gore beats Marshall (61 62 64) 1877 Event 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held 1877 Birthday Malcolm D. Whitman, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1898 1876 Event Albert Spalding with $800 starts sporting goods co, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football 1875 Birthday Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1903 1874 Event Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court 1874 Event Game of lawn tennis introduced 1874 Event Major Walter Winfield patents game called "sphairistike" (lawn tennis) 1873 Birthday Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ, U.S. Open - 1893 1872 Birthday William A. Larned, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1901 1871 Birthday Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1890 1868 Birthday Fred H Hovey, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1895 1862 Birthday Henry W. Slocum, Jr., tennis champ, U.S. Open-1888 1861 Birthday Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, U.S. Open, 1881 1793 Event Tennis is 1st mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1789 Event Oath of Tennis Court (for a new constitution) in France taken 1659 Event Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.)
