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Steffi Graf Born, June 14, 1969, Mannheim, Germany A tennis pro at 13, she stayed at the top of the women's tour for a record 377 weeks. Dedication brought her fame and marriage to Andre Agassi has kept her in the spotlight. Professional tennis star Steffi Graf so dominated her era that she spent 186 consecutive weeks as the top ranked women's player in the world. Over the course of her phenomenal career, she parked for a record 377 weeks in top spot on the Women's tour. [...] |
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Rafael Nadal Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player of all time. [...] |
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Arthur Ashe Born on July 10,1943, in Richmond, Virginia, Arthur Ashe became the first, and still only, black player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, or the Australian Open. Always an activist, when Ashe learned that he had contracted AIDS via a blood transfusion, he turned his efforts to raising awareness of the disease, before finally succumbing to it in 1993. [...] |
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Ted Schroeder Frederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder(1921 – 2006) was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the U.S. National. He was the No. 1-ranked American player in 1942 and the No. 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, but developed as a tennis player in Southern California under the guidance of Perry T. Jones. [...] |
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Marat Safin Marat Safin was born on January 27, 1980 in Moscow, Russia. He is a tennis player with Tatar origins. Biography and Career : In 1997 he became a professional player and he was soon recognized for his large physical size, athleticism, controversial antics and aggressive "power" style of play. He speaks fluent Russian, Spanish and English. [...] |