Tennis Chronology

Dorothea Lambert Chambers beats Dora Boothby 6-0, 6-0 in a record 25 minutes for Wimbeldon championship.

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1912

Feb 09

US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion.

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1913

Jul 28

US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2.

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1917

Jun 23

Molla Bjurstedt wins the US Lawn Tennis Assn title.

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1920

Jul 16

US wins Davis Cup sweeping Australia in 5 straight matches.

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1921

Aug 04

The first tennis match on radio was broadcast on KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This was a natural since KDKA was the first commercial radio station in the United States. Within eight months the powers that be figured out that sports on radio would bring in big sales revenues. And so, the Davis Cup match between Great Britain and Australia was aired on the radio; but much to the wonderment of KDKA’s listeners.

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1922

Feb 05

William Larned's steel-framed tennis racquet gets its first test.

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Jun 27

King George V opens New Lawn Tennis Ground at Wimbledon at 3:30 after rainstorm subsides.

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1923

Sep 01

US beats Australia in tennis, for their 4th straight Davis Cup.

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1925

Aug 25

Helen Willis wins her 3rd straight US Lawn Tennis Open.

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1926

Feb 16

Suzanne Lenglen defeated Helen Wills at Cannes, France to retain the women’s tennis championship title. It was the only meeting between the two tennis greats.

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Feb 17

Suzanne Lenglen defeats Helen Wills 6-3, 8-6 in a tennis match played in Cannes, France in their only match.

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US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship.

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1927

First American to win Wimbeldon in 20 years (Helen Wills Moody).

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France wins its first Davis Cup.

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Sep 16

Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for US Lawn Tennis Assn title.

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1928

Jul 12

First televised tennis match.

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1931

Jul 29

Helen Wills Moody mentioned that she favored short skirts and no stockings when she played tennis. However, she said that shorts would never be popular with top women tennis players.

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1932

Sep 03

Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US tennis title.

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1934

27th Australian Men's Tennis Open Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61).

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Elizabeth Ryan wins her 12th Wimbeldon doubles championship.

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Aug 19

Helen Hull Jacobs win US Lawn Tennis Association.

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27th Australian Men's Tennis Open Fred Perry beat Crawford (63 75 61).

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1935

Helen Wills Moody wins her 7th Wimbeldon championship.

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US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year.

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Nov 04

Tennis star Frances Shields signed a 7-year acting contract with Samuel Goldwyn at MGM. She was on the set a lot and she netted a considerable amount of fame by serving up great characters.

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1937

Jun 21

Wimbledon tennis tournament first televised.

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1938

Helen Wills Moody (US) wins her 8th & final Wimbeldon singles.

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Sep 24

Tennis champion Don Budge won the U.S. Tennis Open at Forest Hills, NY. The win made Budge the first player to win all four major titles (he also had won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open).

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1939

Jan 03

Tennis legend Don Budge played a pro tennis match, his first in Madison Square Garden, NY, before 16,725 spectators. Budge was touring the country as the top U.S. tennis player, having won the grand slam of tennis (Australian, French and U.S. Opens and Wimbledon) the year before.

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Aug 09

First televised tennis tournament Eastern Grass Court championships at Westchester Country Club.

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1940

Nov 13

Alice Marble turned pro. The tennis star signed for $25,000 plus a percentage of the gate receipts.

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1941

Jan 06

Alice Marble made her professional tennis debut by defeating Ruth Hardwick of Great Britain at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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1942

Aug 23

Francisco Segura of Ecuador wins the Longwood Bowl at Brookline, MA. Francisco became the first player from South America to win a major U.S. grass-court tennis tournament.

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1944

Sep 03

Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US tennis title.

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1946

Dec 26

35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0).

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Dec 27

The American team won the Davis Cup for the first time since 1938. The competition was held at Melbourne, Australia.

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1947

Dec 30

36th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1).

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1948

Mar 11

Reginald Weir of New York City became the first black tennis player to participate in a U.S. Indoor Lawn Tennis Association tournament.

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1949

Jun 04

Jack Kramer defeated Bobby Riggs and won the men’s pro-tennis title.

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Jul 15

Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US

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Sep 04

The longest pro tennis match in history was played. Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets.

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Sep 20

Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional.

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1950

Apr 26

University of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82.

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Jul 12

ILTF re-admit Germany & Japan in Davis Cup, Poland & Hungary withdraw.

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Aug 22

Althea Gibson becomes first black competetor in natl tennis competition.

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Aug 26

Bobby Riggs signed ‘Gorgeous Gussie’ (Gertrude) Moran to his pro tennis troupe for a mininum salary of $75,000 a year.

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1951

Sep 05

Maureen "Little Mo"Connolly becomes youngest ever winner of U.S. Tennis Championship at age 15.

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Dec 27

40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2).

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40th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Sydney (3-2).

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1953

Jan 16

27th Australian Womens Tennis Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62).

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Jan 16

41st Australian Mens Tennis Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64).

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May 30

23rd French Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Vic Seixas (6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2).

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May 30

23rd French Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4).

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1954

May 04

The first intercollegiate court tennis match in the United States was held -- at the Racquet and Tennis Club in NY City. Princeton and Yale were on opposite sides of the net. There was no love lost between the two teams.

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43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2).

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1955

Apr 02

Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules

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Aug 26

First color telecast (NBC) of a tennis match (Davis Cup).

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44th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (5-0).

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1956

Dec 27

45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0).

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45th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Adelaide (5-0).

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1957

Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to win a Wimbleton singles title by defeating fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.

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Jul 21

Althea Gibson became the first black woman to win a major US tennis title. She won the Women’s National clay-court singles competition.

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Mal Anderson & Althea Gibson win tennis' US Open.

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1958

Dec 31

47th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Brisbane (3-2).

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1959

Aug 31

Australia defeats the US for tennis' Davis Cup.

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1960

34th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Smith beats J Lehane (7-5 6-2).

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48th Australian Men's Tennis Rod Laver beats N Fraser (5-7 3-6 6-3 8-6 8-6).

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May 01

Pancho Gonzalez retires from tennis.

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Dec 13

Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals).

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1961

First women's singles final played at Wimbledon between Christine Truman and Angela Mortimer.

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1962

Jan 15

50th Australian Mens Tennis Rod Laver beats R Emerson (86 06 64 64).

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Feb 16

Jimmy Bostwick defeated his brother, Pete to win the U.S. Open Court Tennis championships for the third time.

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Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis.

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1963

Dec 29

52nd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (3-2).

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1964

Aug 01

Arthur Ashe becomes the first African-American to play on the U.S. Davis Cup tennis team.

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Sep 28

Australia beats US in first clay court Davis Cup.

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1966

Billie Jean King wins her first of 6 Wimbeldon single titles.

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1967

Billie Jean King concludes Wimbeldon sweep (singles, doubles & mix).

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1968

First US Open, held as an "open" (Arthur Ashe-wins).

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Arthur Ashe becomes first Black male athlete to win major tennis tournament the U.S. Open.

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Dec 12

Arthur Ashe becomes first black to be ranked #1 in tennis.

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57th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Adelaide (4-1).

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1969

Jun 25

Longest tennis match in Wimbeldon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr 12m) marathon.

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Ann Jones defeats Billie Jean King for Wimbeldon Ladies championship.

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Rod Laver became the first man to win four Wimbledon tennis titles.

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1970

Aug 31

The US defeats the (West) German FR for tennis' Davis Cup.

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1971

Evonne Goolagong scored her first major singles victory as she defeated Margaret Court in the finals of the Victorian Open, played in Melbourne, Australia.

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Oct 03

Billie Jean King became first female athlete to win $100,000.

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1972

Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbeldon.

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1973

Jan 01

47th Australian Women's Tennis Margaret Court beats Goolagong (64 75).

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May 13

Tennis star Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court in a televised tennis match that was seen worldwide. The outrageous tennis hustler, however, didn’t fare so well against women’s tennis champion, Billy Jean King, in a much-hyped match at the Houston Astrodome. He lost, but helped bring women’s tennis to the forefront as a competitive sport with a growing legion of fans.

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First all-US women's Wimbeldon, Billie Jean King beats Chris Evert.

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Jul 11

Tennis stars Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs announced their forthcoming (September, 1973) Battle of the Sexes. The winner would take home $100,000. The event would be staged at the Houston Astrodome in TX (before 30,472 spectators, as it turned out; the largest crowd ever for a tennis match) and broadcast on national TV. Who would win? Hint: The female sex.

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First all Australian women's US Open final, (Court beats Goolagong).

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Sep 20

In their so-called "battle of the sexes," tennis star Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, at the Houston Astrodome.

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62nd Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in Cleveland (5-0).

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Dec 10

First time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors).

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Dec 31

61st Australian Men's Tennis: John Newcombe beats O Parun (63 67 75 61).

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1975

May 26

Tennis game in the Surrey championships lasts 31 minutes.

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Jun 07

Spain's Manuel Orantes wins US Open, beating Jimmy Connors in 3 sets.

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Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win a Wimbledon singles title as he defeated Jimmy Connors.

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Sep 06

Czechoslovakian tennis star, Martina Navratilova, requests political asylum while in New York for the U.S. open.

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Dec 21

64th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Czechoslovakia in Stockholm (3-2).

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1976

Aug 27

Former doctor Richard Raskind, now female Renee Richards, barred from U.S. Open Tennis meet.

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Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins).

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1977

Jul 01

Virginia Wade beats Betty Stove for Wimbeldon's woman's singles.

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Sweden's Bjorn Borg won Wimbeldon men's singles over Jimmy Connors.

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Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O'Connors wins US Open.

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1978

Martina Navratilova captures Wimbledon defeating Chris Evert.

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Bjorn Borg of Sweden won 3rd consecutive title at Wimbledon.

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Dec 10

67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1).

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1979

May 12

Chris Evert's 125-match winning streak on clay comes to an end.

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Jun 28

Billie Jean King defeated Linda Siegel with a first at the 102-year-old Wimbledon tennis championships. Not only did King defeat Siegel, but in an embarrassing moment, Siegel, wearing a plunging neckline tennis top became partly naked when the neckline plunged too far.

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Billy Jean King wins 20th Wimbledon title breaking old record of Elizabeth Ryan who died yesterday.

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Tracy Austin became the youngest player to win the US Open women’s tennis title. She was 16 years old.

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John McEnroe beats Vitas Gerulaitis, for the US Open Tennis title.

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Dec 16

68th Davis Cup: USA beats Italy in San Francisco (5-0)

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1980

Jan 01

54th Australian Womens Tennis Barbara Jordan beats S Walsh (63 63).

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Jan 02

68th Australian Men Tennis Guillermo Vilas beat John Sadri (76 63 62).

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Apr 16

Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis.

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Jun 06

Bjorn Borg beats John McEnroe for Wimbeldon title.

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Jun 07

John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open.

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1981

Jan 03

55th Australian Womens Tennis H Mandlikova beats W Turnbull (60 75).

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Jan 04

69th Australian Mens Tennis B Teacher beats Kim Warwick (75 76 63).

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Jan 16

Ivan Lendl intentionally loses a match in the Volvo Masters in order to avoid having to play Björn Borg.

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Jun 07

Bjorn Borg wins his 6th French Open singles (defeats Ivan Lendl).

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Jun 22

John McEnroe exhibites a disgraceful act of misbehavior at Wimbeldon.

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John McEnroe defeated Czechoslovakia’s Ivan Lendl. It was McEnroe’s fourth US Open, men’s singles, tennis championship. This one was won over Lendl by scores of 6-3, 6-4, and 6-1.

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Sep 13

John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open title.

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Dec 05

56th Australian Women Tennis: Navratilova beats Chris Evert (67 64 75).

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Dec 13

70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1).

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1982

Jan 02

70th Australian Mens Tennis Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64).

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Jul 03

Martina Navratilova defeats Chris Evert Lloyd at Wimbeldon.

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Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe for his last Wimbeldon championship.

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For the first time since 1974, Jimmy Connors won the men’s singles tennis title at Wimbledon. Connors beat John McEnroe 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

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Chris Evert 6th US open title defeats Hana Mandlikava.

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Sep 24

Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26.

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Dec 12

57th Australian Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats Martina Navratilova (63 26 63).

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Dec 13

71st Australian Men's Tennis: Johan Kriek beats Steve Denton (63 63 62).

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1983

Jan 23

Björn Borg announces his retirement from tennis.

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Jul 03

John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon.

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Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player.

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Dec 10

58th Australian Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76).

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Dec 11

72nd Australian Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64).

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72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).

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1984

Jan 15

Hana Mandlikova ends Martina Navratilova's 54-match winning streak.

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May 27

Manuela Manleeva wins 3 singles tennis matches in one day.

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Jun 10

Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his first grand slam title.

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John McEnroe made short work of Jimmy Connors at Wimbledon. Connors managed to win only four games and tied for the second lowest number of games won by a Wimbledon men’s singles finalist since 1922. McEnroe won the event in just 1 hour 20 minutes.

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John McEnroe beats Ivan Lendl, for the US Open Tennis title.

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Oct 24

Steffi Graf plays her first pro tennis match.

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Dec 06

Martina Navratilova’s 74-game winning streak over 11+ months came to an end. The 19-year-old tennis star was defeated by Helen Sukova in the semifinals of the Australian Open.

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Dec 08

73rd Australian Men Tennis: Mats Wilander beats K Curren (67 64 76 62).

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Dec 09

59th Australian Women's Tennis: Chris Evert beats H Sukova (67 61 63).

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John McEnroe and Peter Fleming lost a doubles tennis match in the Davis Cup competition for the first time in 14 matches. Anders Jarryd and Stefan Edberg lead the Swedish team to the title. It marked the worst defeat for the United States team since 1973.

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Dec 18

73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1).

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1985

Jan 13

23rd Tennis Fed Cup Czech beats USA in Nagoya Japan (2-1).

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Jan 14

Martina Navratilova joined Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert Lloyd as the only professional tennis players to win 100 tournaments. To accomplish this, Martina defeated Manuela Maleeva to win the Virginia Slims competition in Washington, D.C.

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Mar 21

Arthur Ashe is named to International Tennis Hall of Fame.

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Jun 06

Chris Evert wins a grand slam title for 13th straight year (French).

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Jun 18

The Wimbledon tennis seeding-committee, unable to decide on a favorite, made Chris Evert Lloyd and Martina Navratilova co-number one seeds. It was the first time in the 63-year history of the Wimbledon Open that a first co-seeding was utilized.

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Jul 03

Kevin Curren whipped #1-seeded John McEnroe at the Wimbledon tennis championships. McEnroe had been attempting to become the first American to earn three consecutive men’s titles at Wimbledon.

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Boris Becker won the Wimbledon tennis title by defeating Kevin Curren 6-3, 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. Becker became the youngest, the first German and the first unseeded player to win the title in the 108-year history of Wimbledon. Becker was only 17 years old at the time -- not even old enough to drive a car in his own country!

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Dec 08

60th Australian Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (62 46 62).

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Dec 09

74th Australian Men's Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Mats Wilander (64 63 63).

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Dec 22

74th Davis Cup: Sweden beats Germany in Munich (3-2).

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1986

Feb 21

Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks.

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Mar 08

Martina Navratilova is first tennis player to earn $10 million.

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Mar 23

Martina Navratilova defeats Hana Mandlikova to win the Virginia Slims Championship. It was the first women’s tournament to go four sets since 1901.

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Jun 27

Anne White shocks Wimbeldon by wearing only a body stocking.

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Aug 05

John McEnroe beat Marko Ostoja in the Volvo Invitational Tournament held in VT. The ‘bad boy of tennis’ had taken a 6-1/2 month respite from tennis before returning to the court to defeat Ostoja.

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Nov 30

Ivan Lendl became the first tennis player in the world to gain career earnings exceeding $10 million.

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Dec 21

75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).

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Starting a comeback after being sidelined seven months for back surgery, Pat Davis (ranked 412th among world tennis competitors) wins the Davis Cup (men’s international tennis team championship) for Australia by defeating Mikael Pernfors.

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1987

Jan 24

61st Australian Women's Tennis H Mandlikova beat M Navratilova (75 76).

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Jan 25

75th Australian Mens Tennis S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63).

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Mar 15

US Davis Cup team loses to Paraguay.

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Apr 26

Tennis star Chris Evert won her 150th career tennis tournament. She beat Martina Navratilova in Houston, Texas.

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Jun 06

Steffi Graf beat Martina Navratilova and won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open in Paris. She is the only player in tennis history to win each of the four Grand Slam titles at least four times [Wimbledon: 7, French Open: 6, US Open: 5, Australian Open: 4].

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Martina Navratilova wins 6th straight Wimbeldon defeats Steffi Graf.

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Pat Cash, the 22-year-old, #11 seed, captured the Wimbledon singles tennis championship by defeating Ivan Lendl.

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Aug 17

Steffi Graf replaced Martina Navratilova as the number one tennis player in the Women’s International Tennis Association. The 18-year-old had won eight tournaments in 1987, including the French Open.

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Oct 31

A pair in Coventry, England ties the world record for the longest singles tennis match at 80 hrs 21 minutes.

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Dec 20

76th Davis Cup: Sweden beats India in Gothenburg (5-0).

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1988

Jan 23

62nd Australian Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Chris Evert (61 76).

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Jan 24

76th Australian Men's Tennis M Wilander beats P Cash (63 67 36 61 86).

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Steffi Graff beats Martina Navratilova for Wimbeldon crown.

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Steffan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon crown.

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Aug 30

Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills.

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Steffi Graf of West Germany achieved tennis' first Grand Slam since Margaret Court in 1970 by winning the U.S. Open women's final.

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77th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Gothenburg (4-1).

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1989

63rd Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (64 64).

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Jan 29

77th Australian Open Men Tennis Ivan Lendl beats Miloslav Mecir (62 62 62).

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Jun 09

Michael Changs French Open win makes him youngest male to go to finals.

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Jun 10

Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily favored Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title.

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Jun 11

Youngest male French Open champ & first US champ since 1955, Michael Chang, 17, beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden.

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First time Wimbeldon has both men & women's final on same day, Boris Becker beats Stefan Edberg & Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratilova.

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Steffi Graf beats Martina Navratalova for the US Open championship.

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Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship.

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78th Davis Cup: Germany beats Sweden in Stuttgart (3-2).

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1990

Jan 21

John McEnroe becomes the first ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum & swearing at an official.

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64th Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (63 64).

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78th Australian Men's Tennis Ivan Lendl beats Stefan Edberg (46 76 52-ret).

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Jun 09

Monica Salas beats Steffi Graff for French Open title.

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Jun 10

Andres Gomez beats Andre Agassi for French Open title.

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Zina Garrison upsets Steffi Graf in Wimbeldon semi-finals

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Martina Navratilova won a record ninth women's title at Wimbledon, defeating Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-1.

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Stefan Edberg beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon title.

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Gabriella Sabitini beats Steffi Graff to win the US Open.

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19 year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open.

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First time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different.

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64th Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Mary Jo Fernandez (63 64).

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79th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in St Petersburg (3-2).

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1991

Jan 18

Longest tennis match at the Australian Open, Boris Becker beats Italy's Omar Camporese in 5 hours & 11 minutes.

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Jan 26

65th Australian Womens Tennis Monica Seles beats J Novotna (57 63 61).

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79th Australian Open Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (16 64 64 64).

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Mar 11

Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1.

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Apr 23

Bjorn Borg loses 6-2, 6-3 to Jordi Arrese after 8 year lay off.

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Jun 08

Monica Seles beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, 6-3, 6-4 for French Open

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Jun 09

Jim Courier beats Andre Agassi for the French Open.

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Steffi Graf beats Gabriela Sabatini for Wimbeldon championship

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Michael Stich beats Boris Becker for Wimbeldon championship

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Sep 07

Monica Seles wins the US Open.

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Gabriela Sabatini won the US Open women's championship and her first grand slam title as she defeated Steffi Graf.

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Stefan Edberg wins the US Open

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Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi to win the US Open men's title.

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79th Australian Open Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Ivan Lendl (16 64 64 64).

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Dec 01

80th Davis Cup: France beats USA in Lyon (3-1); this is France's first Davis Cup since 1932.

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George Lott Int. Tennis Hall of Famer [enshrined 1964]; dies.

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1992

Jan 25

66th Australian Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63).

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Jan 26

80th Australian Mens Tennis Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (63 36 64 62).

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Apr 08

Tennis great Arthur Ashe announced at a New York news conference that he had AIDS. (Ashe died in February 1993 of AIDS-related pneumonia at age 49.).

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Dec 06

81st Davis Cup: USA beats Switzerland in Fort Worth (3-1).

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Dec 15

Arthur Ashe is named Sports Illustrated Sportman of Year.

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1993

Jan 30

67th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beat Graf (46 63 62).

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Jan 31

81st Australian Men's Tennis Jim Courier beats Stefan Edberg (62 61 26 75).

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Dec 05

82nd Davis Cup: Germany beats Australia in Dusseldorf (4-1).

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Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27).

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1994

Jan 30

68th Australian Open Women's Tennis Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (60 62).

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Jan 30

82nd Australian Open Men's Tennis Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (76 64 64).

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Andre Agassi won the men’s title at the US Open tennis tournament, defeating Michael Stich 6-1, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5.

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Nov 15

‘Marvelous’ Martina Navratilova ended her 19-year tennis career with a disappointing 6-4, 6-2 loss to Gabriela Sabatini in the first round of the WTA Championships at Madison Square Garden in NY. Navratilova, a Tennis Hall-of-Famer, played 380 singles tournaments and 1,650 matches. She won 167 titles and 1,438 matches, with a won-lost mark of 1,438-212. She won $20,344,061.

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Dec 04

83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1).

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Dec 04

83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1).

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1995

69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62).

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69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (63 62).

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83rd Australian Open Men's Tennis Andre Agassi beats Pete Sampras (46 61 76 64).

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Jun 19

The Richmond Virginia Planning Commission approves plans to place a memorial statue of tennis professional Arthur Ashe.

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69th Australian Open Women's Tennis Mary Pierce beats A S Vicario (63 62).

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Dec 03

84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2).

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1996

70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61).

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84th Australian Men's Tennis Boris Becker beats Michael Chang (62 64 26 62).

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70th Australian Open Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats Anke Huber (64 61).

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Dec 01

85th Davis Cup: France beats Sweden in Malmo (3-2).

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1997

Jan 11

Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International.

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Jan 25

71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62).

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Jan 26

85th Australian Mens Tennis Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63).

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Martina Hingis, 16, became the youngest Wimbledom singles champion in 110 years as she beat Jana Novotna in the women's final.

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1998

Jan 31

72nd Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63).

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86th Australian Mens Tennis Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (6-2 6-2 6-2).

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Australian Mixed Doubles Tennis J Gimelstob & V Williams beat Suk & Sukova (6-2 6-1).

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Sep 12

Lindsay Davenport wins the US Open, defeating defending champion Martina Hingas 6-3, 7-5. (XDG, p 4A, 9/12/2003)

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1999

(Long Island) The Wall Street Journal reports on page W8 that tennis player John McEnroe purchase a $4.2M 8000 square foot home on two acres in Southampton, NY.

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Serena Williams won the US Open women’s title at age 17 in only her second year as a pro. Williams beat top-seeded Martina Hingis, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

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2000

Jun 11

Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil won his second French Open title, beating Magnus Norman 6-2, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (6).

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Venus Williams beat her sister, Serena, at Wimbledon. In one of the most eagerly anticipated Wimbledon matches in years, 18-year-old Serena was in tears after the final game. It was her fourth loss in five tennis matches to her 20-year-old sister.

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Top-seeded Pete Sampras won his seventh Wimbledon title as he defeated Patrick Rafter, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2.

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Sep 12

Andre Agassi captured his second US Open title, dominating Todd Martin 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-2.

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2001

Wildcard entrant Goran Ivanisevic won the men's title at Wimbleton by beating Patrick Rafter. (XDG, p 4A, 7/09/2002)

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Nicolas Escude gives France its 9th Davis Cup. (XDG, p 4A, 12/02/2002)

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2002