Tennis FAQ - Part 3 - Player Information


3.1 - Grand Slam Winners

The highest achievement in professional tennis is winning the Grand Slam, which means winning all four major titles, the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, in the same calendar year. Therefore, those four tournaments are also called the Grand Slam events.

Following are Grand Slam winners and the year(s) they won the Grand Slam:


         Budge         1938             Connolly      1953
         Laver         1962             Court         1970
           "           1969             Graf          1988 *

   * Graf won a "Golden Slam" -- The Grand Slam plus the 1988 Olympic
     Gold Medal.

3.2 - Grand Slam Event Winners in the Open Era



  Note: During the late seventies through 1985, the Australian Open was
        held in the month of December.  The Australian Open was held in
        January starting in 1987 and was not held in 1986.

Men
           (Jan.)                                                  (Dec.)
         Australian    French        Wimblebon     US Open       Australian
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1997     Sampras       Kuerten       Sampras       Rafter 
1996     Becker        Kafelnikov    Krajicek      Sampras
1995     Agassi        Muster        Sampras       Sampras
1994     Sampras       Bruguera      Sampras       Agassi
1993     Courier       Bruguera      Sampras       Sampras
1992     Courier       Courier       Agassi        Edberg
1991     Becker        Courier       Stich         Edberg
1990     Lendl         Gomez         Edberg        Sampras
1989     Lendl         Chang         Becker        Becker
1988     Wilander      Wilander      Edberg        Wilander
1987     Edberg        Lendl         Cash          Lendl
1986                   Lendl         Becker        Lendl
1985                   Wilander      Becker        Lendl         Edberg
1984                   Lendl         McEnroe       McEnroe       Wilander
1983                   Noah          McEnroe       Connors       Wilander
1982                   Wilander      Connors       Connors       Kriek
1981                   Borg          McEnroe       McEnroe       Kriek
1980                   Borg          Borg          McEnroe       Teacher
1979                   Borg          Borg          McEnroe       Vilas
1978                   Borg          Borg          Connors       Vilas
1977     Gerulaitis    Vilas         Borg          Vilas         Tanner
1976     Edmondson     Panatta       Borg          Connors
1975     Newcombe      Borg          Ashe          Orantes
1974     Connors       Borg          Connors       Connors
1973     Newcombe      Nastase       Kodes         Newcombe
1972     Rosewall      Gimeno        Smith         Nastase
1971     Rosewall      Kodes         Newcombe      Smith
1970     Ashe          Kodes         Newcombe      Rosewall
1969     Laver         Laver         Laver         Laver / Smith **
1968     B Bowrey      Rosewall      Laver         Ashe / Ashe **
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Women
           (Jan.)                                                  (Dec.)
         Australian    French        Wimblebon     US Open       Australian
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1997     Hingis        Majoli        Hingis        Hingis
1996     Seles         Graf          Graf          Graf
1995     Pierce        Graf          Graf          Graf
1994     Graf          Sanchez V.    Martinez      Sanchez V.
1993     Seles         Graf          Graf          Graf
1992     Seles         Seles         Graf          Seles
1991     Seles         Seles         Graf          Seles
1990     Graf          Seles         Navratilova   Sabatini
1989     Graf          Sanchez V.    Graf          Graf
1988     Graf          Graf          Graf          Graf
1987     Mandlikova    Graf          Navratilova   Navratilova
1986                   Evert         Navratilova   Navratilova
1985                   Evert         Navratilova   Mandlikova    Navratilova
1984                   Navratilova   Navratilova   Navratilova   Evert
1983                   Evert         Navratilova   Navratilova   Navratilova
1982                   Navratilova   Navratilova   Evert         Evert
1981                   Mandlikova    Evert         Austin        Navratilova
1980                   Evert         Goolagong     Evert         Mandlikova
1979                   Evert         Navratilova   Austin        B Jordan
1978                   Ruzici        Navratilova   Evert         C O'Neil
1977     Goolagong     Jausovec      Wade          Evert         Melville-Reid
1976     Goolagong     S Barker      Evert         Evert
1975     Goolagong     Evert         King          Evert
1974     Goolagong     Evert         Evert         King
1973     Court         Court         King          Court
1972     Wade          King          King          King
1971     Court         Goolagong     Goolagong     King
1970     Court         Court         Court         Court
1969     Court         Court         A Jones       Court / Court **
1968     King          Richey        King          Wade / King **
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  **  US Open had Amateur and Pro tournaments in 1968 and 1969.

3.3 - Number of Grand Slam Singles Titles Won (Players playing in Open Era)



    1. Emerson         12 *        1. Court           24
    2. Laver           11          2. Graf            21
       Borg            11          3. Navratilova     18
    4. Sampras         10             Evert           18
    5. Rosewall         8          5. King            12
       Connors          8          6. Seles            9
       Lendl            8          7. Goolagong        7
    8. Newcombe         7          8. Mandlikova       4
       McEnroe          7          9. Wade             3
       Wilander         7             Sanchez Vicario  3
                                      Hingis           3

    * Didn't win any GS titles in the Open Era.

3.4 - Players with Highest Number of Career Singles Titles (Open Era)



    1. Martina Navratilova    167       1. Jimmy Connors         109
    2. Chris Evert            157       2. Ivan Lendl             94
    3. Steffi Graf            103       3. John McEnroe           77
    4. Evonne Goolagong        88       4. Bjorn Borg             62
    5. Margaret Court          79          Guillermo Vilas        62
    6. Billie Jean King        67       6. Ilie Nastase           57
    7. Virginia Wade           55       7. Pete Sampras           51
    8. Monica Seles            41       8. Boris Becker           49
    9. Helga Masthoff          37       9. Rod Laver              47
   10. Olga Morozova           31      10. Thomas Muster          44
       Conchita Martinez       31                                   
                                                                     
                                           Andre Agassi           34   
                                                                    

3.5 - Head-to-head win-loss records of selected top players



  The head-to-head tables for current players is no longer maintained.
  A more selective record of top players' head-to-heads will be posted
  in the future.
 
  Notable Match-Ups:
 
  Navratilova-Evert    43-37        Lendl-Connors        23-13
  Navratilova-Shriver  37-3         Lendl-McEnroe        20-15
  Navratilova-Graf      9-9         Borg-McEnroe          7-7
  Navratilova-Sabatini 15-6         Lendl-Edberg         13-14
  Seles-Navratilova    10-7         Lendl-Becker         11-10
  Martinez-Navratilova  4-1         Becker-Edberg        25-10
  Graf-Sabatini        29-11
  Seles-Sabatini       12-3

Head-to-head records include regular tournaments, Davis Cup, the World Team Cup, etc., but not exhibitions and the Grand Slam Cup.


3.6 - Player and Fan Club Information

Thanks to Jimmy Lim and Jason Simmons for providing a majority of the initial information in this section.

Most players can be written to in care of the agencies that represent them. Addresses of the major agencies are provided immendiately below. For many players in the subsequent list, the agency representing the player is shown.

In most cases, the web sites listed in this section are unofficial player information sites. They are listed as a convenience for those who may wish to find news, statistics, and/or photos of a particular player.

Major Agencies:


                 International Management Group   (IMG)
                 One Erieview Plaza
                 Suite 1300
                 Cleveland, OH 44114, USA
                 Tel. 216-522-1200

                 Advantage International   (Advantage)
                 1751 Pinnacle Drive, Suite 1500
                 McLean, VA 22102, USA
                 Tel. 703-905-3300

                 ProServ
                 1101 Wilson Blvd.
                 Suite 1300
                 Tel. Arlington, VA 22209, USA

                 AMI Promanagement (AMI)
                 370 Felter Ave.
                 Hewlett, NY 11557, USA
                 Tel. 516-569-8922
                 

Players:

ANDRE AGASSI - IMG


   Andre Agassi Fan Club
   - c/o Denise Kimble, 227 Henley Rd, Caversham, Reading RG4 OLJ, UK
   - c/o U.E.C., Via R.Lanciani, 00162 Rome, Italy
   - Casella Postale 7228, 00100 Rome Nomentano, Italy

   http://www.superstars.com/andreagassi/index.html
   http://www.ids.net/~mattg/agassi/agassi.html

KARIM ALAMI - Advantage

SABINE APPELMANS - Advantage


   http://www.ping.be/~ping0200/sabine.html
   http://www.xs4all.be/~kghysens

YAYUK BASUKI


   http://www.cam.org/~etoombs/yayuk.html

BORIS BECKER


   Boris Becker Fan Club
   - c/o Randy Pagel, PO Box 1491, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54902, USA
   - c/o J.Bramfitt, The Attic Flat, 29 Liverpool Road, Chester CH2 1AB, UK
   - c/o Silvia Keersten, Dussel 65, D-40219 Dusseldorf 1, Germany
   - Bum Bum Club, c/o Manuela Corsini, Lungarno Buozzi 2, 56100 Pisa, Italy

   http://www.aspide.it/freeweb/borisbecker
   http://www.ids.net/~japolin/boris.html

ALBERTO BERASATEGUI - Proserv
JONAS BJORKMAN - Advantage
ARNAUD BOETSCH - IMG
SERGI BRUGUERA - IMG

JENNIFER CAPRIATI


   Jennifer Capriati Fan Club
   - c/o Lorenzo Rapetti, via Melchiorre Gioia 133, 20125 Milan, Italy

   http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/students/gstein/Capriati

MICHAEL CHANG - Advantage


   http://www.mchang.com (Official)
   http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ct_chan/mchang.html
   http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/8319/mc.html

AMANDA COETZER - ProServ


   Amanda Coetzer Supporter's Group, Kris Z. Nocula, 325 Crest Drive,
      Jefferson City, MO 65109, USA

   http://web.idirect.com/~coetzer
   http://www.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h89/h8924465
   

ALBERTO COSTA - Advantage
JIM COURIER - IMG

KIMIKO DATE


   http://www.twics.com/~finlandh/date/kimiko.htm
   http://www.goldwin.co.jp/atlanta/date/index.html
   http://tsk-www.ss.titech.ac.jp/~shino/Kimiko/kimikoHP.html

LINDSAY DAVENPORT - IMG
RUXANDRA DRAGOMIR - AMI

STEFAN EDBERG - ProServ


   Stefan Edberg Fan Club
   - 122 Fountainbleu Drive, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115, USA
   - c/o Claudia Niesporek, Heidelberg str. 26,  D-68782 Bruhl, Germany
   - c/o Sabine Strößer, Gluckstr. 8, 91074 Herzogenaurach, Germany
   - Stefanello's Club, c/o Santochirico Nunzia, Via del Sanniti 5,
        75100 Matera, Italy

   http://amor.rz.hu-berlin.de/~h0053fac/se.html

JACCO ELTINGH - Advantage

THOMAS ENQVIST - IMG


   http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/4509

GIGI FERNANDEZ


   c/o The Sharf Marketing Group, 822 Boylston St., Suite 203,
      Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, USA

MARY JOE FERNANDEZ - IMG


   http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~wil/mary-joe.html

WAYNE FERREIRA - IMG

AMY FRAZIER - Advantage


   http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/medschool/students/gstein/Frazier

ANDREA GAUDENZI - AMI
ZINA GARRISON JACKSON - Advantage

INES GORROCHATEGUI


   http://www.epix.net/~bknizer/ines.html

STEFFI GRAF


   Steffi Graf Fan Club
   - c/o Michael Giesinger, Lm Schletter 2, A-6844 Altach, Austria
   - c/o Furloni Clemens, Via Ugo Foscolo 28, 25040 Cividate Camuno (Bs), Italy

   Steffi Graf International Supporters' Club
   --
   Jackie Tanner, 12108 Stoney Spur, San Antonio, TX  78247-3439, USA
       (e-mail: 73753.2571@CompuServe.COM)
   Chris Skelton, 308-2077 Prospect St, Burlington, Ontario L7R 1Z4, Canada
       (e-mail: cskelton@hookup.net)
   Peter Burton, 6 Kershope Close, Goldington, Bedford MK41 OAQ, UK
   Anke Rossol, OT Gadenstedt, Meierstrasse 8, D-31246 Lahstedt, Germany
   Alexandre Cheral, 15, parc du Chateau, F-78430 Louveciennes, France

   http://www.hookup.net/~cskelton
   http://www.octonet.com/~jo
   http://www.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/internet/sport/tennis/graf.html

PAUL HAARHUIS - Advantage

KARINA HABSUDOVA


   - c/o Robert Kaplan, 145 East 18th Street, New York, NY 10005, USA

TIM HENMAN - IMG


   http://www.advantage-tennis.com/henman/memdet.htm

MARTINA HINGIS - IMG


   http://www.hingis.ch
   http://www.stack.urc.tue.nl/~geertt/martina.html
   http://www2.active.ch/~markus/martina.html
   http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~ransari/martina.htm
   http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Metro/5190/index2.html

RIKA HIRAKI


   http://www2b.meshnet.or.jp/~deuceit

ANKE HUBER


   - c/o MS Consulting GmbH, Bayernstrasse 383, 5071 Salzburg, Austria
   - Anke Huber Fan Club, 19 Cosgrove Crescent, Failsworth, Manchester,
        M35 OJX, England

   http://www.pncl.co.uk/~a.huber/index.html
   http://www.calvin.edu/~tslage78
   http://student.uq.edu.au/~s335129/huber/huber.html

GORAN IVANISEVIC


   - c/o Thomas F. Betz, Jr., T-V Enterprises Ltd., 2525 Dominion Tower,
        999 Waterside Drive, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA
   - Goran Invanisevic Fan Club, Aljinoviceva 28, 58000 Split, Croatia

   http://www.waterw.com/~sbhakta/goran.htm

LUKE & MURPHY JENSEN - ProServ
YEVGENY KAFELNIKOV - IMG

JANA KANDARR - IMG


   http://www.tref.nl/1378/sport/jana1.htm

PETR KORDA - ProServ
RICHARD KRAJICEK - Advantage
AARON KRICKSTEIN - ProServ

ANNA KOURNIKOVA - IMG


   http://www.healey.com.au/~bgrosman/anna

GUSTAVO KUERTEN


   http://www.virtuacomm.com/gugakuerten

FLORENCIA LABAT


   http://members.tripod.com/~Chris_G/index.html

HENRI LECONTE


   Henri Leconte Fan Club, c/o Daniela Franke, Seyboldstr. 9A,
        2050 Hamburg, Germany

IVAN LENDL


   Ivan Lendl Italian Fans' Club, c/o Claire Cena, Via Don Minzoni 47,
        41043 Formigine (Mo)

IVA MAJOLI - IMG


   http://srcm1.zems.fer.hr/~majoli

MAGDALENA MALEEVA - Advantage
TODD MARTIN - Advantage

CONCHITA MARTINEZ - Advantage


   http://ogyalla.konkoly.hu/staff/zsoldos/Conchita/home.html

LORI MCNEIL - IMG

ANDREI MEDVEDEV


   c/o Paul Theofanous, 114 West 86th Street, Suite 12C, New York, NY 10024, 
        USA

CARLOS MOYA


   http://www.laredcafe.com/jasm/moya.html

THOMAS MUSTER - AMI


   Thomas Muster Fan Club, c/o Giovanna Gaudio, via Galieno 46,
        80053 c/Stabia (Na),  Italy

   http://www.geocities.com/Paris/9644/muster.html
   http://www3.sympatico.ca/laflamme3/Muster.htm

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA - IMG

JANA NOVOTNA - Advantage


   http://www.waterw.com/~sbhakta/novotna.htm

LEANDER PAES


   http://www.its.uci.edu/~jaykay/leander.html

BARBARA PAULUS - IMG

MARK PHILIPPOUSSIS - Advantage


   http://www.primenet.com/~zed/mp/mp.htm
   http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/9519/MP.html
   http://www.geocities.com/Paris/LeftBank/3279/MARK.HTML

MARY PIERCE - IMG :


   Mary Pierce Fan Club, c/o Jack Torpey, 11 Neilson Rd., Wantage, NJ 07461, 
        USA

   http://www.alphalink.com.au/~benatar/pierce.htm

PATRICK RAFTER - IMG:


   PR UnLtd, Official Patrick Rafter Supporter's Club,
        5 Degilbo Street, Maryborough  QLD 4650, Australia

   http://www.ntplx.net/~radagast/rafter

LISA RAYMOND - Advantage


   Raymond Racquet Force; 47 Carol Place; Bloomfield, NJ 07003

MARCELO RIOS - IMG :


   http://www.entelchile.net/mrios
   http://www.marcelorios.cl
   http://cec.uchile.cl/~irivera/chino.html
   http://www.cmet.net/mrios.htm

MARC ROSSET - IMG

CHANDA RUBIN - Advantage :


   http://www.satchmo.com/nolavl/chanda.html

GREG RUSEDSKI


   http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk/~mauds/greg.html

GABRIELA SABATINI - ProServ:


   Gabriela Sabatini Fan Club; App. Int. 14, Suc. 27; 1427 Buenos Aires;
        Argentina
   The Gabriela Sabatini Fan Club; c/o Sue LaShomb; P.O. Box 7016;
        Newburgh, NY 12550

   http://www.satlink.com/sabatini
   http://www.louisville.edu/~jsjuno01/gaby.html

PETE SAMPRAS - IMG:


   Pete Sampras Worldwide Fan Club, 19 Cosgrove Crescent, Fallsworth,
      Manchester, M35 OJX, England

   http://www.sportsline.com/u/sampras (Official)
   http://www.australia.net.au/~gumby/index.htm

ARANTXA SANCHEZ VICARIO - IMG


   http://members.tripod.com/~CMSTRONG/index.html

MONICA SELES - IMG:


   European Fan Club of Monica Seles (EFCMS):
       Olivier Ferrando (President of EFCMS); 26 rue des Lilas, F-06 100;
       Nice, France

   http://www.primenet.com/~zed/seles/seles.html
   http://users.aol.com/Rostco/monica/monica.htm
   http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/7491/index.html

VINCE SPADEA - IMG

MICHAEL STICH :


   - c/o MS Consulting GmbH, Bayernstrasse 383, 5071 Salzburg, Austria

JASON STOLTENBERG - Advantage
KATARINA STUDENIKOVA - AMI

AI SUGIYAMA :


   http://www.opel.co.jp/AI/Aihome.html
   http://www.goldwin.co.jp/atlanta/sugiyama/index.html

HELENA SUKOVA - AMI

GUILLERMO VILAS


   http://www.overnet.com.ar/Users/vilas.html

MALIVAI WASHINGTON - ProServ
DAVID WHEATON - IMG
JUDITH WIESNER - Advantage
MATS WILANDER - IMG

VENUS WILLIAMS


   http://surf.to/venuswilliams

TOOD WOODBRIDGE


   Official Todd Woodbridge Fan Club, 4 Chaplin St, Stafford Heights,
        Qld 4053, Australia

   http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/7298


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