HOUSTON – Long before they were coaching adversaries, Houston’s Ime Udoka and the Spurs’ Mitch Johnson were tennis partners. The two were assistants on Gregg Popovich’s staff in San Antonio beginning ...
John McEnroe once praised Jimmy Connors, admitting he could never match his arch-rival's "effort" on the court.
NEW YORK (AP)—Bjorn Borg will face longtime rival John McEnroe in a World Team Tennis match, replacing injured Jimmy Connors. Borg’s Philadelphia Freedoms will play McEnroe’s New York ...
McEnroe finished with $12,539,622 in official earnings and 77 singles titles, third most behind Jimmy Connors' 109 and Ivan Lendl's 94. He won 17 Grand Slam championships, including nine in men's ...
Jimmy Connors recently spoke about the mercurial nature of past greats like John McEnroe and himself, both of whom were known for their on-court temper. The eight-time Major winner admittedly ...
“(John) McEnroe, (Jimmy) Connors, Nastase, they weren’t fascinating just because they threw tantrums,” Shriver said. “It was a combination of their ranking and their personalities.
It wasn't until 1982 that Connors would win his second title on the Wimbledon grass. Three points from losing to John McEnroe in a fourth-set tiebreaker, Connors came back to win the tie-breaker ...
Grand Slam singles titles: Navratilova 18, Austin 2 As the 1970s came to a close, Martina Navratilova and Tracy Austin looked poised to challenge Chris Evert atop the women’s game entering the ...
A couple of days after becoming the third-oldest ATP semi-finalist since 1990, Stan Wawrinka secured another milestone at ...
With two clubs, plus courts at local schools and a specialty stringing shop, tennis has been a key piece of local culture for ...
Completing the 2024 field is four-time participant Andrey Rublev, Casper Ruud - who lost to Djokovic in the final of the 2022 ...
A little over a month after the release of the Netflix documentary, former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions is once again speaking openly about his time in Ann Arbor and his role as the 'sign stealer.