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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