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Saturday 4 February 2012

Olympic Tennis Men's Singles Browns Medalists History 1896-2008

1896 - Konstantinos Paspatis, GRE & Momscillo Topavicza, HUN
1900 - Reggie Doherty, GBR & Arthur Norris, GBR
1904 - Alonzo Bell, USA & Edgar Leonard, USA
1906 - Zdenek “Jansky” Zemla, BOH
1908 - Wilberforce Eaves, GBR
1908 (indoor) - Josiah Ritchie, GBR
1912 - Oscar Kreuzer, GER
1912 (indoor) - Tony Wilding, AUS(NZL)
1920 - Charles Winslow, SAF
1924 - Umberto Luigi de Morpurgo, ITA
1928-84 not held
1988 - Stefan Edberg, SWE & Brad Gilbert, USA
1992 - Andrey Cherkasov, EUN & Goran Ivaniševic, CRO
1996 - Leander Paes, IND
2000 - Arnaud Di Pasquale, FRA
2004 - Fernando Gonzalez, CHI
2008 - Novak Djokovic, SRB

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Olympic Tennis Men's Singles Silver Medalists History 1896-2008

1986 - Dionysios Kasdaglis, EGY
1900 - Harold Mahoney, GBR
1904 - Robert LeRoy, USA
1906 - Maurice Germot, FRA
1908 - Otto Froitzheim, GER
1908 (Indoor) - George Caridia, GBR
1912 - Harold Kitson, SAF
1912 (indoor) - Charles Dixon, GBR
1920 - Ichiya Kumagee, JPN
1924 - Henri Cochet, FRA
1928-84 not held
1988 - Tim Mayotte, USA
1992 - Jordi Arresse, ESP
1996 - Sergi Bruguera, ESP
2000 - Tommy Haas, GER
2004 - Mardy Fish, USA
2008 - Fernando Gonzalez, CHI

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Friday 3 February 2012

Olympic Tennis Men's Singles Gold Medalists 1896-2008

Trace Olympic tennis history through this list of every past gold in Olympic men's singles.

1896 - John Pius Boland, GBR 6-2, 6-2
1900 - Hugh “Laurie” Doherty, GBR 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1904 - Beals Wright, USA 6-4, 6-4
1906 - Max Decugis, FRA 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 6-1
1908 - Josiah Ritchie, GBR 7-5, 6-3, 6-4
1908 (indoor) - Arthur “Wentworth” Gore, GBR 6-3, 7-5, 6-4
1912 - Charles Winslow, SAF 7-5, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6
1912 (indoor) - Andre Gobert, FRA 8-6, 6-4, 6-4
1920 - Louis Raymond, SAF 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1924 - Vincent Richards, USA 6-4, 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-2
1928-84 not included in Olympic program
1988 - Miroslav Mecir, TCH 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1992 - Marc Rosset, SUI 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 8-6
1996 - Andre Agassi, USA 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
2000 - Yevgeniy Kafelnikov, RUS 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
2004 - Nicolas Massu, CHI 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2008 - Rafael Nadal, ESP 6-3, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3

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Friday 6 January 2012

Tennis History 2000-2011

From the year 2000 on women’s tennis witnessed the rise of other phenomena in the shape of the William’s sisters. If Steffi Graf had gilded her Grand Slam in 1988, Venus Williams did something similar in 2000. Venus Williams won her first Wimbledon title in the year 2000 and retained it in 2001 after a match against her sister, Serena Williams. Arriving in Sydney unbeaten since the French Open, the elder of the two tennis-playing sisters prevented Russia from taking both singles gold medals when she beat Elena Dementieva to extend her personal unbeaten run to 35 matches. She also took the doubles gold with her sister, Serena.

An innovation for the Sydney Olympic 2000 tennis event was the introduction of ranking points for the men. There is a school of thought that says the Olympics itself is enough of an incentive without the need for a player to earn ranking points. But the counter argument is that, as the Olympic tennis championships are such a prestigious event, the best performances should be a contributory factor in a player’s personal ranking. In Athens Olympics 2004, where concerns that some of the Olympic venues wouldn’t be ready in time were thankfully unfounded, ranking points became available for women, too. Justine Henin, then playing under her married name of Henin-Hardenne, cashed in by taking the singles gold medal, confirming her position as the world’s top player.

As if in revenge for blotting the sisters’ hitherto perfect record at Wimbledon, Venus WIlliams demolished defending 2004 Wimbledon champion Maria Sharpova on her way to the 2005 title. For the second time in just seven years, in 2008, the Wimbledon women’s singles final was once again between the two Williams sisters. It is a testament to their domination of the historic Centre Court that, in the period 2000 - 2008, one of the Williams sisters has been the Wimbledon champion for seven of eight years.

In Beijing Olympics 2008, it was a case of Russian domination in the women’s singles event as Elena Dementieva, Dinara Safina and Vera Zvonareva sealed an impressive clean sweep of gold, silver and bronze. In the final, Dementieva outlasted her fellow countrywoman Safina 36 75 63 to claim what is undoubtedly her biggest achievement in the game, having never managed to win an elusive Grand Slam title. In the men’s singles, Rafael Nadal added an Olympic gold medal to his ever expanding trophy cabinet. Serbia’s Novak Djokovic took bronze with victory over James Blake. The women’s doubles gold medal went, for the second time in their career, to American sisters Venus and Serena Williams, while the men’s doubles will stick long in the memory for something that happened off the court. The Swiss pairing of Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka won the gold medal after a four-set win over Sweden’s Simon Aspelin and Thomas Johansson.

The Wimbledon final of 2008 marked a turning point in the rivalry that existed between Nadal and Federer. The battles were played out publicly on the greatest tennis courts of the world during the Grand Slam tournaments. The feud had been hard fought since the young Nadal shocked Federer by delivering the then Wimbledon champion a straight set defeat at the 2004 Miami Masters.

Today professional tennis is a highly competitive sport, a far cry from the days of palming a ball around on a gentile Frenchman’s lawn. Tournaments are televised and beamed around the world to huge audiences. Tennis is well and truly back in the Olympic family. And when one observes the joy and pride on the faces of those tennis players, like Federer, who have had the honors of carrying their country’s Olympic flag in the opening ceremony, it is clear that, even in a sport where the top players can do so well financially, the five rings really do mean something very special.

The thirtieth Summer Games will be held in the year 2012 in the London Olympic Stadium in London. There will be 300 events in 26 sports, the events included in the schedule are archery, athletics, baseball, basketball, badminton, boxing, canoeing, cycling, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.

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Tennis History 1991-1999

In the 1990s, Lendl, Edberg, and Becker continued their success, joined by outstanding American players such as Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang. Graf developed a rivalry with Serbian-born Monica Seles, who emerged as a dominant player, winning the U.S., French, and Australian opens in both 1991 and 1992. Navratilova remained one of the highest ranking players until her retirement from singles competition in 1995, and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario of Spain, Jennifer Capriati of the United States, and Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina also encountered success.

The Nineties at Wimbledon belonged to Pete Sampras. The American won the men’s singles title at Wimbledon eight times between 1992 and 2000. Sampras only failed to take the title once in that nine-year stretch, in 1996 when he was knocked out in the quarter final by surprise winner that year Richard Krajicek.

John McEnroe may have lacked Bjorn Borg’s film star looks but he wasn’t short of showmanship. McEnroe is possibly more famous for an incident involving an umpire rather than actually playing tennis. While disputing a line call at Wimbledon in 1981 McEnroe was heard shouting "You can not be serious!" at the embattled umpire. The phrase went on to pass into folk legend and was later the title of McEnroe’s autobiography. McEnroe’s various outbursts even earned him the nickname ‘superbrat’ from the British press. During their careers as adversaries Borg was portrayed as the super cool ice-man and McEnroe as the firebrand. However, while this may be generally an accurate observation, McEnroe never once lost his temper when playing in a match against Borg.

In Olympics 1996, Stone Mountain Park, 16 miles east of Atlanta, was the setting for the 1996 Olympic Tennis Event where the respective singles champions, Andre Agassi and Lindsay Davenport, naturally enjoyed ecstatic support from the large American crowds.The bronze medal went to Jana Novotna in a play-off against Mary Joe Fernandez, who had the compensation of winning gold in the doubles with Gigi Fernandez. That was actually a historic moment for the Fernandez duo, as they became the only players to successfully defend an Olympic tennis title, having also won gold in Barcelona.

Agassi was fortunate to survive a stormy quarterfinal against Wayne Ferreira, in which he might have been disqualified for losing his temper as well as his serve. But, in a one-sided final, he swept away Spain's Sergi Bruguera in 77 minutes. Leander Paes from India earned the bronze.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, won a first tennis gold medal for Australia. What Woodbridge and Woodforde discovered in Atlanta, Yevgeny Kafelnikov had confirmed in Sydney: however many Grand Slam titles you win on the tennis tour, an Olympic gold medal counts for more among a large swathe of sports fans.

Kafelnikov, who had become Russia’s first player to be ranked world No. 1 after winning the French Open in 1996 and Australian Open in 1999, cites his gold medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics as his greatest achievement, and the one he is most respected for back home. He beat Tommy Haas in the gold medal match. The smile on the face of Arnaud Di Pasquale when he beat Roger Federer to take bronze and Federer’s corresponding dejection also testify to how much any medal means to even the biggest-earning tennis professionals.

In 1998 Steffi Graf became the first and only tennis player to take the coveted Golden Slam title by winning all four Grand Slam. Graf’s 22 Grand Slam wins seem to place her second to Margaret Courts, who has 24 wins. But Graf is the only player to have won all four tournaments at least four times.

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Tennis History 1981-1990

All great players Connors, Borg, and McEnroe continued their successful play in the 1980s and other leading male players of this decade included Czech-born Ivan Lendl, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg of Sweden and Boris Becker of Germany, who at the age of 17 became the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon in 1985.

One of the most successful female players ever was Czech-born Martina Navratilova, whose career spanned from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s. During her career, Navratilova won 167 singles titles, including nine Wimbledon titles in 1978, 1979, 1982-1987 and 1990. Another dominant female player was American Chris Evert during the 1970s and 1980s, winning seven French Opens in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and in 1986. She also won Six U.S. Opens in 1975-1978, 1980 and in 1982. The rivalry between Navratilova and Evert was one of the most intense and long lasting in tennis history.

In Summer Olympics although only 11 of the world's Top 20 competed in the men's event at Seoul 1988, by the time Barcelona came round four years later, the Olympic appeal had really caught on. All of the world's Top 5 men, Jim Courier, Stefan Edberg, Boris Becker, Goran Ivanisevic and Pete Sampras took part.

Yet at the end of a wonderful event, it was Switzerland's Marc Rosset who carried off the gold along the way he had beaten both Courier and Ivanisevic, the proud bearer of the Croatian flag during the opening ceremony. Ivanisevic won a bronze medal in singles and, with Goran Prpic, another bronze in doubles.

In doubles the Germany's Boris Becker and Michael Stich, who won the gold medal. With the King and Queen of Spain as ardent supporters, there was naturally considerable pressure on the Barcelona native Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario to win gold in the women's singles, but in the semifinals she was outlasted by an inspired Jennifer Capriati. Capriati went on to play one of her greatest matches to beat Graf from a set down in the final.

In 1988 Steffi Graf from Germany had an outstanding year, capturing the grand slam and the Olympic gold medal. Steffi Graf is the most successful tennis player of all time. Graf’s 22 Grand Slam wins seem to place her second to Margaret Courts, who has 24 wins. But Graf is the only player to have won all four tournaments at least four times. Other leading female players of the 1980s included American Tracy Austin and Czech Hana Mandilikova.

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Thursday 5 January 2012

Tennis History 1960-1980

During the 1960s, Australians players Rod Laver, Fred Stolle, and John Newcombe continued that country's tennis success, and other male players who became prominent included Manuel Santana of Spain and Arthur Ashe(Link to Txt)and Stan Smith of the United States. Leading female players included Maria Bueno of Brazil, Margaret Smith Court, Virginia Wade of England, and Billie Jean King(Link to Txt) of the United States, who won Wimbledon six times (1966-1968, 1972, 1973, 1975).

Billie Jean King can be thanked for bringing women’s tennis into the limelight. Billie Jean King run of success between 1966 and 1979 King won a record 20 Wimbledon titles. Her haul consisted of six singles, 10 doubles and four mixed doubles championships. Billie Jean King finally bowed out of Wimbledon, aged 39, after suffering defeat at the hands of teenager Andrea Jaeger in the 1983 Wimbledon semi-finals.

In 1968 the open era began when tournaments were opened to professionals as well as amateurs. In the 1970s Newcombe, Ashe, and Smith continued their success, joined by such players as Ilie Nastase of Romania and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina. Jimmy Connors, whose career spanned from the early 1970s to the mid-1990s, won five U.S. Opens (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983). Björn Borg of Sweden won five consecutive Wimbledon titles (1976-1980). Borg's rivalry with American player John McEnroe during this period ranks as one of the best in tennis history. Among female players, Court, Wade, and King continued their success, joined by Australian Evonne Goolagong.

Since the early Seventies tennis has enjoyed a succession of pin up figures. Borg won five singles titles at Wimbledon, helping himself to 11 Grand Slam singles titles along the way. His first Wimbledon men’s singles championship came when he was just 20 years and one month old. The win made him the youngest ever Wimbledon champion. He secured his fifth consecutive title at Wimbledon in 1980, defeating his arch-rival John McEnroe in what is considered the best ever Wimbledon final.

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