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Chris Bailey (tennis)
Chris Bailey (born 29 April 1968) is a former professional tennis player (1987–1994), British No. 1 and ATP world No. 126 (1989), now a television sports commentator on tennis (BBC Sport 1995-2010, Sky Sports 1995–2007) and football (One since February 2010), and a real estate property consultant in Australia. Early life Chris D. Bailey was born in Norwich in 1968 and grew up in Norfolk. In 1980 he won the under-12 British Championships, subsequently reaching the semi-finals in the under-16 (1984) and under-18 (1986) Championships. In 1985 he won the Cromer Lawn Tennis & Squash Association tournament, which now incorporates the Men's Open Championship of Norfolk. In 1986 he reached the junior Wimbledon quarter-finals. His nickname is Bails. Tennis career Chris became a professional tennis player at the age of 19, in June 1987, with a provisional ranking of 625 in the world, winning his first match against fellow Englishman and world No. 202 Steve Shaw at the Bristol gras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain Davis Cup Team
The Great Britain Davis Cup team has represented the United Kingdom internationally since 1900 in the Davis Cup. Organised by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association (Tennis Europe). The team has won the world cup Davis Cup champions, 10 times and been runner-ups on 8 occasions. It has longstanding rivalries with Australia Davis Cup team, Australia and the United States Davis Cup team, United States. The national team took part in the 1900 International Lawn Tennis Challenge, inaugural Davis Cup in 1900, and has spent 16 years in the World Group. They are the third most successful team in terms of championships won. Despite this success, the team's performance has been inconsistent; between long periods without significant impact in the competition, it has enjoyed its most successful periods in the 1910s and the 1930s, with a significant resurgence in the mid-2010s. Under the current management of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Shaw (tennis)
Stephen "Steve" Shaw (born 1 January 1963) is a former professional tennis player from England who competed for Great Britain. Career While studying sports medicine, Shaw played college tennis for the University of Alabama, from 1980 to 1982. Shaw made his first big impression on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1985, when he made the final four at a tournament in Marbella. He had to retire hurt during his semi-final with Horacio de la Peña. The Englishman also reached quarter-finals in the 1987 Bordeaux Open and 1988 Bristol Open. He made the second round of a Grand Slam event on four occasions, with wins over Claudio Panatta, Damir Keretić, Todd Witsken and Carl Turich. He managed to take a set off Jimmy Connors in their second round meeting at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, Shaw teamed up with David Felgate in 1985 to win the Bordeaux Open. His best Grand Slam doubles performances were made in the 1988 Wimbledon Championships, where he reached the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. Henman played a serve-and-volley style of tennis. He was the first British man to reach the singles semifinals of Wimbledon since Roger Taylor in the 1970s. Henman reached six major semifinals and won 15 career ATP Tour titles (eleven in singles and four in doubles), including the 2003 Paris Masters. He also earned a 40–14 win-loss record with the Great Britain Davis Cup team. Henman was the British No. 1 player in 1996 and again from 1999 to 2005, at which point he was overtaken by Andy Murray. He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 three different times between July 2002 and October 2004. He is one of the most successful British players of the Open Era, winning $11,635,542 prize money. In the 2004 New Year Honours, he was appointed an OBE. Henman started playing tennis before the age of three, and began systematic training in the Slater Squad at eleven. After suffering ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Score
The tennis scoring system is a standard widespread method for scoring tennis matches, including pick-up games. Some tennis matches are played as part of a tournament, which may have various categories, such as singles and doubles. The great majority are organised as a single-elimination tournament, with competitors being eliminated after a single loss, and the overall winner being the last competitor without a loss. Optimally, such tournaments have a number of competitors equal to a power of two in order to fully fill out a single elimination bracket. In many professional and top-level amateur events, the brackets are seeded according to a recognised ranking system, in order to keep the best players in the field from facing each other until as late in the tournament as possible; additionally, if byes are necessary because of a less-than-full bracket, those byes in the first round are usually given to the highest-seeded competitors. A tennis match is composed of points, games, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Ivanišević
Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He is the only player to win a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon singles title as a Wild card (sports)#Professional tennis, wildcard. He achieved this in 2001 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2001 while ranked world No. 125, after being runner-up at Wimbledon in 1992 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 1992, 1994 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 1994 and 1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 1998. Ivanišević's career-high singles ranking was world No. 2, achieved in July 1994. He coached Marin Čilić from September 2013 to July 2016, leading Čilić to his only Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major title to date at the 2014 US Open – Men's singles, 2014 US Open. He has been coaching Novak Djokovic since 2019. Ivanišević was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020. Career Goran is the son of Srđa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male player in tennis history to hold the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. Only one other male player, Stefan Edberg, ever attained No. 1 in both, although at different times. McEnroe finished his career with 77 singles titles on the ATP Tour and 78 doubles titles; this remains the highest men's combined total of the Open Era. He is the only male player to win more than 70 titles in both the men's singles and the men's doubles categories. He also won 25 singles titles on the ATP Champions tour. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles (four at the US Open and three at Wimbledon), nine Grand Slam men's doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick McEnroe
Patrick William McEnroe (born July 1, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player, broadcaster, and former captain of the United States Davis Cup team. Born in Manhasset, New York, he is John McEnroe's youngest brother. He won one singles title and 16 doubles titles, including the 1989 French Open. His career-high rankings were world No. 28 in singles and world No. 3 in doubles. Juniors McEnroe started playing tennis as a young boy and was taught at the Port Washington Tennis Academy, where his brother John also played. As a junior, Patrick reached the semifinals of Wimbledon and the US Open boys' singles in 1983. He partnered with Luke Jensen to win the French junior doubles and the USTA Boys' 18 National and Clay Court titles in 1984. He also made his first impact on the professional tour that year, teaming up with brother John to win the doubles title at Richmond, Virginia. He won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games with Jensen, and hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (sports)
A wild card (also wildcard or wild-card and also known as an at-large berth or at-large bid) is a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that fails to qualify in the normal way; for example, by having a high ranking or winning a qualifying stage. In some events, wildcards are chosen freely by the organizers. Other events have fixed rules. Some North American professional sports leagues compare the records of teams which did not qualify directly by winning a division or conference. International sports In international sports, the term is perhaps best known in reference to two sporting traditions: team wildcards distributed among countries at the Olympic Games and individual wildcards given to some tennis players at every professional tournament (both smaller events and the major ones such as Wimbledon). Tennis players may even ask for a wildcard and get one if they want to enter a tournament on short notice. In Olympics, countries that fail to produce athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Verkerk
Martin Willem Verkerk (born 31 October 1978) is a retired professional Dutch tennis player. He reached the final of the 2003 French Open – Men's singles, French Open in 2003 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of No. 14 in September 2003. During his career he won two ATP singles titles. Early life Verkerk started playing tennis at the age of seven, playing in local tournaments and training with his parents. He played in a tennis facility in his home city of Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, where his talent was discovered by local coaches, and he soon had the opportunity to train with many better players. He later won the 18 and Under Dutch title in 1995. Career In 2003, playing in only his third Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam event and ranked 46, Verkerk reached the final of the French Open. Along the way, he beat Željko Krajan, Luis Horna, Vince Spadea and Rainer Schüttler before overcoming experienced clay court players Carlos Moyá (seeded 4th) and Guillermo Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Stefan Edberg defeated the defending champion Boris Becker in the final, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships. Seeds Ivan Lendl ''(semifinals)'' Boris Becker ''(final)'' Stefan Edberg (champion) John McEnroe ''(first round)'' Andrés Gómez ''(first round)'' Tim Mayotte ''(first round)'' Brad Gilbert ''(quarterfinals)'' Aaron Krickstein ''(withdrew)'' Jim Courier ''(third round)'' Jonas Svensson ''(third round)'' Guy Forget ''(fourth round)'' Pete Sampras ''(first round)'' Michael Chang ''(fourth round)'' Petr Korda ''(first round)'' Henri Leconte ''(second round)'' Yannick Noah ''(first round)'' Aaron Krickstein withdrew due to injury. He was replaced in the draw by Qualifier Shuzo Matsuoka. Qualifying Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Livingston Open – Singles ...
Andre Agassi was the defending champion, but did not participate this year. Brad Gilbert won the title, defeating Jason Stoltenberg 6–4, 6–4 in the final. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Bottom half External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:Livingston Open - Singles,1989 Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Stella Artois Championships – Singles
Boris Becker was the defending champion but did not compete that year. Ivan Lendl won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Christo van Rensburg. Seeds # Ivan Lendl (champion) # Stefan Edberg ''(first round)'' # Mats Wilander ''(quarterfinals)'' # Tim Mayotte ''(second round)'' # Kevin Curren ''(second round)'' # Amos Mansdorf ''(first round)'' # Darren Cahill ''(second round)'' # Christo van Rensburg ''(final)'' # Alexander Volkov ''(first round)'' # John Fitzgerald ''(third round)'' # Mark Woodforde ''(second round)'' # Paul Annacone ''(semifinals)'' # Patrik Kühnen ''(first round)'' # Derrick Rostagno ''(semifinals)'' # Eric Jelen ''(third round)'' # Wally Masur ''(third round)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 External links 1989 Stella Artois Championships draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1989 Stella Artois Championships - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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