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Johan Anderson
Johan Anderson (born 29 September 1971 in Västerås, Sweden) is an Australian former tennis player. Tennis career In 1988, Anderson won the List of Grand Slam Boys' Singles champions, boys' singles title at the Australian Open. He also partnered Todd Woodbridge to win the Australian Open and Roland Garros junior boys doubles in 1989. However, after playing on the men's professional tennis circuit for a short period, he decided not to pursue a professional tennis career. Anderson is currently coaching tennis at Sydney tennis academy. Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (1–0) Doubles: 2 (2–0) Performance timeline Singles References Sources * * 1971 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Australian people of Swedish descent French Open junior champions Naturalised citizens of Australia Natu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Grand Slam Boys' Singles Champions
List of Boys' Singles Junior Grand Slam tournaments tennis champions. Champions by year Statistics Most Grand Slam singles titles ''Note:'' when a tie, the person to reach the mark first is listed first. Grand Slam singles titles by country (since 1973) Grand Slam achievements Grand Slam ''Players who held all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously (in a calendar year).'' Career Grand Slam ''Players who won all four Grand Slam titles over the course of their careers.'' * The event at which the Career Grand Slam was achieved is indicated in bold. Multiple titles in a season Three titles in a single season ''Note: players who won 4 titles in a season are not included here.'' Two titles in a single season ''Note: players who won 3+ titles in a season are not included here.'' *Australian—French: **1952 Ken Rosewall **1961 John Newcombe **1962 John Newcombe (2) **1968 Phil Dent **1997 Daniel Elsner *Australian—Wimbledon: **1989 Nicklas Kulti * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Knowles
Mark Knowles (born 4 September 1971) is a Bahamian professional tennis coach and former professional tennis player, becoming the former number 1 in world as a specialist in doubles tennis. He won three of the four Grand Slam tournaments in men's doubles, partnering with Daniel Nestor, as well as Wimbledon in mixed doubles. At various times between 2002 and 2005 he was ranked World No. 1 in doubles. He is a five-time Olympian. Career Junior and college career After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick Bollettieri's famed academy at 10 years old, Knowles played junior tennis in his early years. His best singles performance came at the 1989 Junior US Open with a quarterfinal appearance and his best doubles performance came at the 1989 Junior French Open with a final appearance partnering Luis Herrera. He reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 12. He also played three seasons at UCLA in college tennis, where he earned All-American honours in both singles and doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis-Enrique Herrera
Luis-Enrique Herrera (born 27 August 1971) is a Mexican former professional tennis player. Career Herrera was Mexico's national champion in the 12s, 14s and 16s junior events. He partnered Mark Knowles in the Boys' Doubles at the 1989 French Open and they finished runners-up. He broke into the top 100 for the first time in 1991, after some good performances on the ATP Tour. Herrera reached the semi-final of the Seoul Open and the quarter-final in Washington. En route to the Washington quarter finals he defeated John McEnroe. He also won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games, held in Cuba. In 1992, he reached the third round of the Wimbledon Championships, having beaten veteran Jimmy Connors in four sets and Japan's Shuzo Matsuoka in five sets. This was the furthest a Mexican had gone at Wimbledon since Raúl Ramírez reached the quarters in 1978. He also made it into the semi-finals of the Manchester Open and along the way defeated second-seed Brad Gilbert, in a close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and venue are named after the French aviator Roland Garros. The French Open is the premier clay court championship in the world and the only Grand Slam tournament currently held on this surface. It is chronologically the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments, occurring after the Australian Open and before Wimbledon and the US Open. Until 1975, the French Open was the only major tournament not played on grass. Between the seven rounds needed for a championship, the clay surface characteristics (slower pace, higher bounce), and the best-of-five-set men's singles matches, the French Open is widely regarded as the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named in French ''les Internationaux de Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 French Open
The 1989 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 29 May until 11 June. It was the 93rd staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1989. For the first time in French Open history the Singles championships were won by two teenagers – Michael Chang (17 years, 3 months) and Arantxa Sánchez (17 years, 6 months). Chang still holds the record for youngest ever male Grand Slam singles title winner. He gained admirers for his audacious style of play and battling qualities. Sánchez broke the record for the youngest champion at Roland Garros, a record bettered the following year by Monica Seles (16 years, 6 months). Sánchez's victory made her only the seventh woman to win a Grand Slam tournament in the 1980s; the others being Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong, Steffi Graf and Hana Mandlíková. Steffi Graf's loss in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Morgan (tennis)
Jamie Morgan (born 8 June 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Morgan never won an ATP level singles title, but finished runner-up three times. He reached the fourth round of the 1993 U.S. Open, his best performance at a Grand Slam event. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in 1993. He played two singles matches for the Australian Davis Cup team in their 1994 World Group first round tie against Russia. Jamie attended Sydney Boys High School,http://www.shsobu.org.au/wp-content/uploads/sport.pdf graduating in 1986 before winning a tennis scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ... in 1986. Career finals Singles titles (1) Singles runners-up (8) References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Kratzmann
Andrew Kratzmann (born 3 November 1971 in Murgon, Queensland, Australia) is a former professional male tennis player from Australia. Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering his brother Mark. Kratzmann teamed up with Roger Federer in the men's doubles at Wimbledon in 2000. They got to the quarter-finals before losing to Paul Haarhuis and Sandon Stolle. They also played together at the US Open in 2000 but were knocked out by Wayne Arthurs and Nenad Zimonjić Nenad Zimonjić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Зимоњић, ; born 4 June 1976) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles. He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Cha .... Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ATP career finals Doubles: 21 (9 titles, 12 runners-up) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 1 (0–1) Doubles: 14 (8–6) Performance timeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Australian Open
The 1989 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 77th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1989. Seniors Men's singles Ivan Lendl defeated Miloslav Mečíř 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 * It was Lendl's 7th career Grand Slam title and his 1st Australian Open title. Women's singles Steffi Graf defeated Helena Suková 6–4, 6–4 * It was Graf's 6th career Grand Slam title and her 2nd Australian Open title. Men's doubles Rick Leach / Jim Pugh defeated Darren Cahill / Mark Kratzmann 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 * It was Leach's 2nd career Grand Slam title and his 2nd Australian Open title. It was Pugh's 4th career Grand Slam title and his 3rd Australian Open title. Women's doubles Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver defeated Patty Fendick / Jill Hetherington 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 * It was Navratilova's 52nd career Grand Slam title and her 11th Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player. Tennis career Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West (the bush) of New South Wales. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He is married to former Czechoslovakian player Andrea Strnadová. Juniors In 1987, he won the Boys' Singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the No. 1 junior player in the world. He turned professional later that year.Pro tour Stoltenberg reached his first tour singles final in 1989 at |
Richard Fromberg
Richard James Fromberg (born 28 April 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Tennis career Fromberg began playing tennis at the age of 10. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In 1987, he reached the Junior finals in both singles and doubles. He turned professional in 1988. In 1990, he won his first top-level singles title in at , and his first tour doubles title in |
Andrew Florent
Andrew Florent (24 October 1970 – 16 August 2016) was an Australian professional tennis player. Florent was born in Melbourne to parents who had migrated from Mauritius. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 10 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 13 in 2001. Florent died from colorectal cancer at the age of 45 on 16 August 2016. He is the father of the Sydney AFL footballer Oliver Florent Oliver Florent (born 22 July 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by the Sydney Swans with their first selection and eleventh overall in the 20 .... Career finals Doubles (3 titles, 7 runners-up) References External links * * * 1970 births 2016 deaths Australian male tennis players Tennis players from Melbourne Australian people of Mauritian d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
