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Paris 2012 Quarterfinals Feature Sharapova, Bartoli, Goerges & Barthel
Published on 2012-02-09 21:08:00
Qualifier Barthel Reaches 2nd Quarterfinals of 2012 The quarterfinalists for the 2012 Open GDF SUEZ in Paris are set with the following match-ups: No. 1 seed Maria Sharapova vs. No. 9 seed Angelique Kerber unseeded Yanina Wickmayer vs. qualifier Mona Barthel No. 6 seed Julia Goerges vs. unseeded Klara Zakopalova No. 7 seed Roberta Vinci vs. No. 2 seed Marion Bartoli The following image > read more
Australian Open 2012: Djokovic & Nadal Contest 3rd Straight Grand Slam Final
Published on 2012-01-28 23:17:00
Will Djokovic Continue His Nadal Domination? No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will play No. 2 seed Rafael Nadal for the 2012 Australian Open Men's Singles Championship. This will be the third consecutive Grand Slam final contested by these two men. Djokovic defeated Nadal in the 2011 US Open final and in the 2011 Wimbledon final. Djokovic is also the Australian Open defending champion, having defeated > read more
Australian Open 2012: Sharapova & Azarenka Play For Title & No 1
Published on 2012-01-27 20:33:00
The Rookie vs. The Veteran: First Time Finalist Azarenka Plays Six Time Finalist Sharapova No. 3 seed Victoria Azarenka will play No. 4 seed Maria Sharapova for the 2012 Australian Open Women's Singles Championship. This will be Azarenka's first Grand Slam final appearance. Sharapova has appeared in five Grand Slam finals, winning the 2008 Australian Open, the 2006 US Open and the 2004 Wimbledon > read more
Australian Open 2012 Quarterfinal Men: Undefeated: Djokovic vs Ferrer
Published on 2012-01-24 15:30:00
Ferrer Won Auckland & Murray Won Brisbane - Djokovic Did Not Play The remaining men's quarterfinal matches of the 2012 Australian Open will be played on Wednesday. Three of the men in these quarterfinals matches are undefeated for 2012 - David Ferrer won the Auckland singles title and Andy Murray won the Brisbane singles title. Novak Djokovic is also undefeated for the year, since he did not > read more
Australian Open 2012 Women Quarterfinals - Undefeated VS Unseeded
Published on 2012-01-24 14:47:00
Kvitova Won Hopman Cup - Sharapova Did Not Play, Plus Unseeded Makarova & Errani The remaining women's quarterfinal matches of the 2012 Australian Open will feature an undefeated Maria Sharapova, who, like Novak Djokovic, did not play a tour event prior to the Australian Open. Petra Kvitova is almost undefeated for the year so far - she won all 4 of her singles events at the Hopman Cup, claiming > read more
Australian Open 2012 Tues Quarterfinalists = 35 Grand Slams Titles
Published on 2012-01-23 21:28:00
Federer + Nadal + Clijsters + Azarenka + Del Potro = Grand Slam Winners The first quarterfinal matches of the 2012 Australian Open will be played on Tuesday and, as the following chart shows, these eight men and women have won a total of 35 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles championships. By contrast, the other eight quarterfinalists have only 8 Grand Slam titles among them. Grand > read more
Australian Open 2012 Final 16 Men Compared
Published on 2012-01-21 18:40:00
Still Undefeated in 2012: Djokovic, Ferrer, Murray & Tsonga, Plus Berdych & Federer! The 2012 Australian Open Round of 16 matches are now set; top half winners who remain undefeated for the year include: Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer, Andy Murray and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. They are joined in the Round of 16 by Lleyton Hewitt, Richard Gasquet, Mikhail Kukushkin and Kei Nishikori. The bottom half of > read more
Australian Open 2012 Undefeated Men Play 3rd Round Matches
Published on 2012-01-20 20:27:00
Undefeated in 2012: Djokovic, Raonic, Ferrer, Murray, Llodra & Tsonga Saturday the top half of the men's draw will play their 2012 Australian Open third round matches. Six of these men are undefeated so far in 2012 - Djokovic and Llodra because they did not play a tour event prior to the Australian Open - and Raonic, Ferrer, Murray and Tsonga because they won four of the five tournaments played > read more
Australian Open 2012 Women's Bottom Half Second Round Results
Published on 2012-01-19 16:22:00
Women's Bottom Half 3rd Round Match-ups The women have completed their 2012 Australian Open second round matches. Five seeds in the bottom half of the draw lost their second round matches on Thursday including: No. 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost to Vania King 5-7 6-3 6-4 No. 17 Dominika Cibulkova lost to Greta Arn 6-2 3-6 10-8 No. 23 Roberta Vinci lost to Jie Zheng 6-4 6-2 No. 25 Kaia Kanepi > read more
Australian Open 2012 Men's Bottom Half Second Round Results
Published on 2012-01-18 20:19:00
Men's Bottom Half 3rd Round Match-ups The bottom half of the 2012 Australian Open men's draw has completed their second round matches. Mardy Fish, the No. 8 seed, was the only seed to lose in the second round, falling to Alejandro Falla by the score of 7-6(4) 6-3 7-6(6). Let's look at some of the bottom half second round results and preview their third round match-ups. Players to Watch with > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Wrap-up: Champions Djokovic & Kvitova
Published on 2011-07-05 13:18:00
First Time Wimbledon Champs - Kvitova & Djokovic The 2011 Wimbledon championships are over and two new singles champions have been crowned. Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal, the defending champion, to win his first Wimbledon championship. Als > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Men's Final Preview: Rafael Nadal vs Novak Djokovic
Published on 2011-07-02 12:19:00
Can Nadal Defend Against New No. 1 Djokovic? The Wimbledon 2011 Men's Singles Final will be contested between the No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal and the No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic. Nadal is the defending Wimbledon champion. He also won Wimbledon in 2008 and > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Men's Doubles Final - Bryans Brothers vs Tecau & Lindstedt
Published on 2011-07-01 22:38:00
Bryan Brothers in Wimbledon Final with 2010 finalists Lindstedt & Tecau The 2011 Wimbledon Men's Doubles final will follow the Women's Singles final on Centre Court on Saturday July 2. The No. 1 seeded team of Bob and Mike Bryan will be playing t > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Women's Final: Maria Sharapova vs Petra Kvitova
Published on 2011-07-01 19:46:00
Sharapova Back After 7 Years; First Time For Kvitova The first championship final of Wimbledon 2011 will be the Women's Singles Final between No. 5 seed Maria Sharapova and No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova. Sharapova, who won the Wimbledon championship in 20 > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Semifinal Preview: Djokovic vs Tsonga
Published on 2011-06-30 22:43:00
No. 1 Rank on the line for Djokovic On Friday, the first men's Wimbledon 2011 semifinal match on Centre Court will be No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic vs. No. 12 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. If Djokovic wins this semifinal match, he will take the No. 1 ranking > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Semifinal: Nadal vs Murray
Published on 2011-06-30 21:14:00
Wimbledon Semifinal: Nadal vs. Murray On Friday, the second men's Wimbledon 2011 semifinal match on Centre Court will be No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal vs. No. 4 seed Andy Murray. Let's take a look at how these two men match up.The following charts show the > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Semifinal Preview: Sharapova vs Lisicki
Published on 2011-06-29 21:11:00
Wimbledon Semifinalists: Sharapova vs. Lisicki On Thursday, the second women's Wimbledon 2011 semifinal match on Centre Court will be No. 5 seed Maria Sharapova vs. wildcard Sabine Lisicki, ranked No. 62. Let's look at how these two women match up.Th > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Semifinal Preview: Kvitova vs Azarenka
Published on 2011-06-29 17:57:00
Wimbledon Semifinalists: Azarenka vs. Kvitova On Thursday, the women's Wimbledon 2011 semifinal matches will be played. First on Centre Court will be No. 4 seed Victoria Azarenka vs. No. 8 seed Petra Kvitova. Let's look at how these two women match u > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Men's Quarterfinals Preview
Published on 2011-06-28 15:40:00
Wimbledon Quarterfinal Deja Vu - Just Like Roland Garros! On Wednesday, the men's Wimbledon 2011 quarterfinal matches will be played and they look very similar to the Roland Garros quarterfinals - Murray and Djokovic are facing unseeded players - Mur > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Women's Quarterfinals Preview
Published on 2011-06-27 22:04:00
Wimbledon Semifinalists will be: Sharapova, Azarenka, Kvitova plus ? On Tuesday, the women's Wimbledon 2011 quarterfinal matches will be played. Many of the favorites lost in the Round of 16 on Monday, including defending champion Serena Williams, fi > read more
Wimbledon 2011 4th Round Previews Part 2
Published on 2011-06-26 21:35:00
Monday Round of 16 Match Previews - Part 2 On Monday, all of the Wimbledon 2011 fourth round matches are scheduled to be played. We already looked at most of the match-ups. The rest of them, which we'll look at next, could have unexpected results.#1 > read more
Wimbledon 2011 4th Round Match Preview: Tomic vs. Malisse
Published on 2011-06-26 20:37:00
Can Tomic Beat Malisse at Wimbledon? Bernard Tomic of Australia plays Belgian Xavier Malisse on Monday for a spot in the Wimbledon 2011 quarterfinals. Tomic has played outstanding tennis during the first week of Wimbledon and Malisse could be beatabl > read more
Wimbledon 2011 4th Round Previews Part 1
Published on 2011-06-26 09:11:00
Monday Round of 16 Match Previews On Monday, all of the Wimbledon 2011 fourth round matches are scheduled to be played. Let's take a look at some of the match-ups.#4 Andy Murray GBR vs. #17 Richard Gasquet FRA - their head-to-head record is tied 2-2, > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Women's 3rd Round Picks
Published on 2011-06-24 21:53:00
Women's 3rd Round Interesting Match-ups On Saturday, the Wimbledon 2011 third round matches will hopefully be completed. Let's take a look at the women's third round matches with the most interesting match-ups. Maria Sharapova #5 vs. Klara Zakopalova > read more
Wimbledon 2011 3rd Round Men's Picks
Published on 2011-06-23 23:17:00
Exciting 3rd Round Match-ups On Friday, the Wimbledon 2011 third round matches will begin with the left-over second round matches from Thursday to be played as well. Let's take a look at some of the men's third round matches that might be surprisingl > read more
Wimbledon 2011 2nd Round Surprise Losses
Published on 2011-06-23 17:50:00
Surprises from Second Round Matches Just a quick look at the second round surprises from Wimbledon 2011.Second round surprises from the women:Wildcard Sabine Lisicki defeated Na Li #3 by the score 36 64 86. Lisiski won the 2011 Birmingham grass court > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Early Round Surprises
Published on 2011-06-23 14:20:00
Surprises from First Round Matches Just a quick look at the first round surprises from Wimbledon 2011.First round surprises from the women:Melinda Czink defeated Samantha Stosur #10 by the score 63 64 - surprising loss for Top 10 player to No. 262 ra > read more
Wimbledon 2011 2nd Round Wed Previews
Published on 2011-06-22 10:35:00
Exciting Second Round Match-ups for Men's Top Half Wimbledon 2011 second round matches are scheduled to begin today, if rain permits. Many of the men in the top half of the draw have never played each other before. Here are a few matches that have in > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Records Watch
Published on 2011-06-20 16:29:00
Any Wimbledon Records Ready to Fall? As Wimbledon 2011 begins, let's look at whether any of this year's participants are close to setting new Wimbledon records. The following clickable table shows the Top 5 Open Era Winners at Wimbledon for Men's and > read more
Wimbledon 2011 Draw Previews
Published on 2011-06-19 12:43:00
Wimbledon 2011 Match-ups: First Round and Beyond Wimbledon 2011 starts play tomorrow, so here are our favorite posts previewing first round match-ups and posts that analyze how top seeds can be expected to perform: Isner/Mahut “Reality TV” Gets > read more
Rolling the Dice at Wimbledon: The So-Called "Big Server" Advantage
Published on 2011-06-15 17:42:00
Prevailing theory is that "big servers" have an advantage on fast grass courts. An advantage or complete domination? You can read our entire article first published as Rolling the Dice at Wimbledon: The So-Called "Big Server" Adv > read more
Grass Court Prep Gives Lisicki, Murray Good Wimbledon 2011 Chances
Published on 2011-06-15 17:06:00
Best Preparation: Queen's Club or Halle? Birmingham or Eastbourne? Many of the grass court tournaments that are played in the weeks prior to Wimbledon have a proud history of their champions going on to win Wimbledon the same year.In particular, the > read more
Grass Court Winners 2011 - Murray, Lisicki, Kohlschreiber, Bryans
Published on 2011-06-15 11:48:00
First Grass Court Winners of 2011: 2 Germans and a Scot The first grass court champions of 2011 have been crowned at the AEGON Classic in Birmingham, the Gerry Weber Open in Halle and the AEGON Championships at the Queen's Club, London.Sabine Lisicki > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Wrap-up
Published on 2011-06-14 08:33:00
Please read our post Highlights from Roland Garros 2011 - a last look at some of the most memorable events from this year's Roland Garros - at the sports blog community "the big tip". > read more
Birmingham 2011 Quarterfinal Match: Lisicki vs. Rybarikova
Published on 2011-06-09 21:01:00
Birmingham Match-up: Lisicki vs. Rybarikova The AEGON Classic in Birmingham, Great Britain is the first grass court tournament of 2011 for the women. The defending champion is Na Li, who is not entered in the tournament this year and neither is the 2 > read more
June 2011 Newsletter with Wimbledon 2011 Preview
Published on 2011-06-09 10:59:00
The June 2011 Newsletter is now available for download here. This month's highlights include: Wimbledon 2011 Preview Nadal wins 6th Roland Garros Na Li wins 1st Grand Slam Djokovic loses 1st match of the year Sign up to have it sent to you every m > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Men's Champion Rafael Nadal
Published on 2011-06-05 16:28:00
Nadal Wins Record-Tying Sixth Roland Garros Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer to defend his Roland Garros Championship. Nadal is now tied with Bjorn Borg for a record 6 Roland Garros Men's Singles titles.The match was competitive with Federer forci > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Men's Final Preview: Nadal vs Federer Again
Published on 2011-06-04 19:10:00
Nadal and Federer Play Fourth Time in Roland Garros Final The Men's Singles Final for Roland Garros 2011 will be played tomorrow between 5-time Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal and 2009 Roland Garros champion Roger Federer.Nadal leads their head-t > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Men's Doubles Champions Daniel Nestor & Max Mirnyi
Published on 2011-06-04 16:48:00
Nestor & Mirnyi Win First Grand Slam Together - Have 15 Grand Slams with Others The Men's Doubles Champions for Roland Garros 2011 are Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor. They defeated the team of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Eduardo Schwank by the score o > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Women's Champion Na Li
Published on 2011-06-04 12:29:00
Na Li Wins First Grand Slam Saturday saw Na Li claim the 2011 Roland Garros Women's Singles Championship by defeating defending Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone. The final score was 6-4 7-6(0). Li played an excellent tournament and continue > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Women's Final: Schiavone vs Li
Published on 2011-06-03 14:54:00
Women's Final Preview: Schiavone Repeat Champ or Li First Chinese? Friday crowned the first-time 2011 Roland Garros Women's Doubles champions Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, who defeated Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina. The Men's Singles finalist > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Fri Men's Semis: Nadal vs Murray, Djokovic vs Federer
Published on 2011-06-02 18:19:00
Men's Semifinals Previews: Will No. 1 and No. 2 Play for the Championship? Roland Garros for 2011 is almost over. Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Scott Lipsky of USA won the Mixed Doubles Final today, defeating the defending champions Katarina Sreb > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Women's Semis: Sharapova vs Li & Schiavone vs Bartoli
Published on 2011-06-01 18:47:00
Thursday Picks: Sharapova over Li and Schiavone over Bartoli The Women's Semifinals at the 2011 Roland Garros will be played on Thursday with the Na Li and Maria Sharapova match first, followed by the Marion Bartoli and Francesca Schiavone match seco > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Wed Picks: Nadal, Murray, Sharapova, Li
Published on 2011-05-31 20:05:00
Wednesday's Women: Li Can Beat Azarenka & Sharapova Could Beat Petkovic - Will They? The remainder of the quarterfinal matches at the 2011 Roland Garros will be played on Wednesday. The matches on Court Philippe Chatrier will start with No. 6 se > read more
Roland Garros 2011 QF: Federer Will, Djokovic Through, But Schiavone & Kuznetsova?
Published on 2011-05-30 18:30:00
Tuesday Question: Who will win the women's quarterfinals? Do you agree? The quarterfinal matches at the Roland Garros 2011 start on Tuesday, as well as the completion of the Andy Murray-Viktor Troicki fourth round match interrupted by darkness on Mo > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Monday Matches: Nadal, Sharapova, Kvitova, Soderling
Published on 2011-05-29 22:07:00
Monday Picks: Kvitova vs. Li, Soderling vs. Simon The rest of the Round of 16 matches at the Roland Garros 2011 will be completed on Monday, including the conclusion of the David Ferrer-Gael Monfils match interrupted by darkness on Sunday. Again, th > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Sun Preview: Schiavone & Monfils Plus Djokovic, Federer, Zvonareva
Published on 2011-05-28 21:33:00
Sunday Preview: Defending Champ Schiavone vs. Jankovic The Round of 16 matches at the Roland Garros 2011 begin on Sunday and there are a couple of matches that are almost too close to call. Let's look at the close calls first: Jelena Jankovic vs. > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Sat Picks: Nadal, Sharapova, Fish, Murray, Petkovic, King
Published on 2011-05-27 22:37:00
Saturday's Matches: Last Chance for the Americans The remainder of the Roland Garros 2011 third round matches will be played on Saturday, including the conclusion of the Djokovic-Del Potro match, which was called due to darkness at 1 set each. The l > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Previews: Djokovic, Federer, Gasquet, Monfils, Tsonga
Published on 2011-05-26 21:40:00
Friday's Prediction: 3 Frenchmen into 4th Round! The bottom half of the Roland Garros 2011 Men's draw will play their third round matches on Friday. There are 3 Frenchmen playing - Gael Monfils, Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga - and each has > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Previews: Clijsters, Sharapova, Kvitova, Petkovic, Azarenka, Vinci
Published on 2011-05-25 18:19:00
Thursday's Pick: Petkovic over Hradecka The bottom half of the Roland Garros 2011 Women's draw will play their second round matches on Thursday. The following are my six matches to watch: Andrea Petkovic vs. Lucie Hradecka: Hradecka leads their he > read more
Roland Garros 2011 2nd Round Previews
Published on 2011-05-24 21:17:00
The second round of 2011 Roland Garros starts tomorrow, so here are some good posts that preview the second round matches and some with thoughts about Nadal, Ferrer and Wawrinka: French Open 2011 - Julia Goerges vs. Lucie Safarova Match Preview by K > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Records Watch
Published on 2011-05-23 18:51:00
Any All-Time Records Ready to Fall? As the 2011 Roland Garros begins, let's look at whether any of this year's participants are approaching any Roland Garros All-Time records or any other All-Time records. Starting with the Roland Garros Singles > read more
Picking the Roland Garros 2011 Women's Champion
Published on 2011-05-23 16:02:00
"History says only twelve women can be this year's Roland Garros champion. We'll analyze them to pick the winner." You can read our entire article first published as Picking the Roland Garros 2011 Women's Champion on Technorati. > read more
Roland Garros 2011 Favorite 5 Previews
Published on 2011-05-20 21:54:00
The Roland Garros draws came out today and lots of great preview stories got written about them. Here are my favorite five: Ponder The Racket VII by Brodie at "Mind The Racket", who makes the point that since 7 of the top 8 women's seeds > read more
2011 Brussels Semis Previews Roland Garros For Wozniacki, Schiavone
Published on 2011-05-19 17:02:00
Ladies Warm-up for Roland Garros No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki is one of the semi-finalists at this week's Brussels Open and will play defending Roland Garros champion Francesca Schiavone. The other two semi-finalists are Vera Zvonareva and Shuai Peng. T > read more
2011 Rome Surprising Winners Djokovic & Sharapova
Published on 2011-05-16 17:07:00
Streaks continue for Djokovic & Sharapova The 2011 Rome Internazionali BNL d’Italia finalists weren't surprising but the winners were. When 2011 began, who would have believed that Novak Djokovic would be 4-0 in finals - and 2-0 in clay court > read more
Nadal and the Clay Court Giants
Published on 2011-05-03 20:29:00
Please read our post comparing Rafael Nadal to the Clay Court Giants - Vilas, Muster, Orantes, Borg & Lendl - at the sports blog community "the big tip". > read more
2011 Repeat Winners - Djokovic & Del Potro - Plus Davydenko, Medina Garrigues, Vinci
Published on 2011-05-03 15:20:00
Wrapping up last week's tournaments The Serbia Open in Belgrade saw Novak Djokovic extend his 2011 unbeaten streak to 27-0 when he defeated Feliciano Lopez in the final. Djokovic, who won the 2009 Serbia Open title, has now won 5 singles titles in 2 > read more
May 2011 Newsletter with Roland Garros Preview
Published on 2011-05-03 09:15:00
The May Newsletter is now available for download here. This month's highlights include: New forward-looking format Preview of Roland Garros and other May tournaments Djokovic wins his 5th tournament for the year and is still unbeaten Del Potro cont > read more
Estoril 2011 - Medina Garrigues Wins - Del Potro, Verdasco in Finals Face-off
Published on 2011-04-30 17:21:00
Medina Garrigues wins 10th singles title The 2011 Estoril Open women's final has been completed and Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Kristina Barrois 61 62. Medina Garrigues won her 10th career singles title, her first singles title since 2009. Barr > read more
Estoril 2011 Seven Seeds in Final 8 - Soderling, Del Potro, Raonic, Verdasco
Published on 2011-04-28 18:32:00
Del Potro could return to Top 32 with Estoril win Only one seed is missing from this year's Estoril Open Final 8 - Pablo Cuevas defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 3 seed. Cuevas will play No. 6 seed Thomaz Bellucci in the quarterfinals. The other > read more
Nadal Wins 2011 Barcelona; Continues to Climb Record Charts
Published on 2011-04-24 17:36:00
Nadal defeats Ferrer for 2nd title in 2 weeks Rafael Nadal has won a record 6th singles title at the 2011 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He defeated David Ferrer for the 2nd week in a row. Ferrer was also runner-up to Nadal at Barcelona in 2009 and 2 > read more
Fes 2011 Semis Preview - Safina vs Brianti, Halep vs Flipkens
Published on 2011-04-22 22:06:00
Former No. 1 Safina in Semis at Fes The semifinals of the 2011 Fes Grand Prix de SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem tournament will be played tomorrow with the first match scheduled between Alberta Brianti and Dinara Safina and the second match between K > read more
Fes, Stuttgart 2011 Quarterfinals Include Fed Cup Winners - Zvonareva, Petkovic & Lisicki
Published on 2011-04-20 17:48:00
Fed Cup Winners Continue to Win... Last week the Fed Cup semifinals and play-offs were completed. The 2011 Fed Cup Final will be contested by Russia, who defeated Italy in one semifinal, versus the Czech Republic, who defeated Belgium in the other s > read more
Monte Carlo 2011 Winners: Rafael Nadal & Bryan Brothers
Published on 2011-04-18 12:38:00
No. 1 Seeds Succeed in Monte Carlo Rafael Nadal defeated David Ferrer 6-4 7-5 to win the 2011 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000 tournament for a record 7th time - no one else has won an individual Masters 1000 tournament that many times. Bob and Mike B > read more
Monte Carlo 2011 Finals Preview - Nadal vs. Ferrer
Published on 2011-04-16 17:21:00
No Surprises From These Spaniards The finals of the 2011 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters tournament will be held tomorrow and it won't surprise anyone that Rafael Nadal will be playing for his 7th Monte Carlo championship in a row. His opponent will be Da > read more
Monte Carlo 2011 Momentous Milestones for Nestor & the Bryan Brothers
Published on 2011-04-15 10:46:00
Career Doubles Records on the Line The 2011 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters tournament has already witnessed some momentous milestones for Daniel Nestor and Bob Bryan. Wednesday's match was Daniel Nestor's 1100th career doubles match; he has won 796 and l > read more
Monte Carlo 2011 Best 7 Clay Courters - Raonic, Ferrer, Almagro, Robredo
Published on 2011-04-13 13:31:00
The best on clay in 2011, so far... The 2011 Monte Carlo Rolex Masters is the first major clay court event of the season, but there were a few earlier clay court events. Let's look at the clay court year-to-date match records for those players who h > read more
Monte Carlo 2011 Draw Picks - Nadal, Murray, Federer, Robredo
Published on 2011-04-12 17:46:00
Best Masters 1000 Finals Records NT3SQX9MAA7R The Monte Carlo Rolex Masters 1000 tournament is the 3rd Masters 1000 tournament of 2011. Defending champion Rafael Nadal, the only former champion in the draw, defeated Fernando Verdasco in 2010 final. > read more
Charleston 2011 Winners Wozniacki Vesnina & Mirza
Published on 2011-04-11 18:28:00
Charleston Replays Indian Wells Winners The 2011 Charleston Family Circle Cup finalists were almost a replay of the 2011 Indian Wells finals - Caroline Wozniacki repeated as the singles champion defeating Elena Vesnina this time instead of Marion Ba > read more
Houston 2011 Won by Americans Sweeting and Bryan Brothers
Published on 2011-04-11 15:01:00
All American Champions The Houston US Men's Clay Court Championships concluded with American singles and doubles champions. American Ryan Sweeting, who was a first-time men's singles champion, defeated No. 6 seed Kei Nishikori of Japan 6-4 7-6(3) in > read more
Is Djokovic The Next McEnroe?
Published on 2011-04-07 21:05:00
Please read our post observing similarities between Novak Djokovic and John McEnroe at the sports blog community "the big tip". > read more
Watchable Women Update - Petkovic Excels
Published on 2011-04-06 11:40:00
We're still watching... Before the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open started, we picked 4 women to watch - Petra Kvitova, Shuai Peng, Andrea Petkovic and Lucie Hradecka. Each had been exceeding expectations with their 2011 performances. Well, Petkovic's > read more
March 2011 Wrap-up Available - Djokovic, Sharapova, Del Potro Moving Up
Published on 2011-04-05 09:09:00
The March wrap-up is now available for download here. This month's highlights include: Djokovic passes Federer to take the No. 2 rank Sharapova returns to Top 10 after 2 years absence Del Potro continues his climb up the rankings, entering the top > read more
Top Half Final 4 Men Compared at 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open
Published on 2011-03-31 12:01:00
Top Half Match-ups Not Close...Or Too Close? Today the top half men's quarterfinalists will compete at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open. Roger Federer and Gilles Simon play in the afternoon match with Rafael Nadal facing Tomas Berdych in the evenin > read more
Bottom Half Final 4 Men Compared at 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open
Published on 2011-03-30 16:59:00
Intriguing Bottom Half Match-ups The bottom half men's quarterfinals matches are being played today at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open with David Ferrer facing Mardy Fish in the first match and Kevin Anderson playing Novak Djokovic in the second m > read more
Kim Clijsters Wins 500th Career Match at 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open
Published on 2011-03-29 12:04:00
Comparing Clijsters with other 500 match winners When Kim Clijsters beat Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open, she won her 500th career match. She is now the 3rd among currently active women players to reach that mileston > read more
Maria Sharapova at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open
Published on 2011-03-26 22:13:00
"Consistency Under Pressure" should be her motto I think Chris Oddo at The Fan Child's Two Cents got it entirely right - Maria Sharapova's return to the Top 10 has been a very long hard road. He pointed out that one win this week at the > read more
Women to Watch at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open
Published on 2011-03-24 20:40:00
Four Watchable Women Steve Tignor at TENNIS.com writes about looking for a new queen of women's tennis, but I just want some interesting players to watch. This week at the 2011 Miami Sony Ericsson Open, I'm going to follow these 4 women because they' > read more
Top 5 Qualifiers from 2011 Indian Wells
Published on 2011-03-22 18:09:00
Now that the 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open is over, we can look back on the efforts of the players who came through the qualifying rounds and went deep into the main draw. Here's my list of the Top 5 Qualifiers: Somdev Devvarman Donald Young Rya > read more
Comparing Careers of 2011 Indian Wells Champs Djokovic and Wozniacki
Published on 2011-03-21 17:04:00
The 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open tournament is over and this year's singles winners are Novak Djokovic and Caroline Wozniacki. Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for the men's singles championship and Wozniacki defeated Marion Bartoli for the women > read more
Federer - Doubles Specialist?
Published on 2011-03-19 11:43:00
Last night's Indian Wells doubles match between the team of Marc Lopez and Rafael Nadal and the team of Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka was very well described by Richard Pagliaro for the Racquet Reaction blog at TENNIS.com. He pointed out that Feder > read more
Comparing the 2011 Indian Wells Final 4 Women's Surface Records
Published on 2011-03-18 22:36:00
The final 4 women at the 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open were Caroline Wozniacki, Maria Sharapova, Yanina Wickmayer and Marion Bartoli. Earlier today, Bartoli defeated Wickmayer to win the 1st semifinal and the 2nd semifinal will be decided later > read more
Comparing the American men in the 2011 Indian Wells Round of 16
Published on 2011-03-16 20:05:00
The 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open is playing the men's round of 16 matches today. Eric Gudris at AdjustingTheNet.com has an interesting post about the Americans still in this round. The 3 American men who started the day in the round of 16 are A > read more
Comparing the 2011 Indian Wells Men's Singles Top Half
Published on 2011-03-15 16:53:00
The 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open has reached the round of 16 for the top half of the men's draw, so let's compare the win records of these 8 men over the most recent 5 years. You can click on the following chart image to go to live charts on ou > read more
Comparing 2011 Indian Wells Women's Draw Match-ups
Published on 2011-03-09 15:23:00
When the women's draw for the 2011 Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open came out, we noticed that most of 2011 singles winners and finalists had been placed in the bottom half of the draw. Since the bottom half women started playing their 1st round matches > read more
2011 Monterrey Open and Malaysian Open winners Pavlyuchenkova and Dokic
Published on 2011-03-07 13:48:00
The 2011 Whirlpool Monterrey Open in Mexico and the BMW Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur ended with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defending her 2010 championship in Monterrey and Jelena Dokic winning the Malaysian Open championship, her first title since 20 > read more
Comparing the Final 4 Women at the 2011 BMW Malaysian Open
Published on 2011-03-04 17:10:00
The 2011 BMW Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur is down to the final 4 women. Jelena Dokic will play Michaella Krajicek in one semi-final while Jarmila Groth will play Lucie Safarova in the other semi-final. Let's compare the win records of these 4 women > read more
The February wrap-up is now available
Published on 2011-03-03 13:25:00
The February wrap up is now available. You can sign up to have it sent to you every month. > read more
Best Young Gun Shots at 2011 Australian Open
Published on 2011-02-25 11:14:00
I gathered the best shots of the young guns of the men's game - the 22 and under age group - from the photo gallery on the Australian Open website. This group includes some fairly established players, such as Marin Cilic, the No. 15 seed, and Ernests > read more
The 5 Hottest New Tennis Players of 2011
Published on 2011-02-21 12:02:00
Here's my list of the 5 hottest new players for 2011. Raonic is at #1 based on his back-to-back finals at San Jose and Memphis, while Dolgopolov gets the #2 spot based on his strong results at the Australian Open and at 2 other tournaments to start t > read more
Comparing Women Finalists from Paris and Pattaya 2011
Published on 2011-02-13 14:03:00
The Open GDF Suez in Paris and the PTT Pattaya Open in Thailand have both been completed with Petra Kvitova defeating Kim Clijsters in Paris and Daniela Hantuchova winning over Sara Errani in Pattaya City. Let's look at the careers of these 4 women f > read more
The January wrap up is available
Published on 2011-02-08 09:42:00
The January wrap up is now available. You can sign up to have it sent to you every month. > read more
Australian Open 2011 Wrap-up
Published on 2011-01-31 18:36:00
This year's Australian Open is over and the new champions have been crowned. Kim Clijsters, the Women's Singles Champion, won her first Australian Open title while Novak Djokovic, the Men's Singles Champion, won his second Australian Open title. Bob > read more
Australian Open 2011 Comparing the Men Finalists - and Mixed Doubles
Published on 2011-01-29 14:52:00
This year's Australian Open is down to 2 men in the Singles Final and 2 teams in the Mixed Doubles Final. We thought it would be interesting to compare the most recent 5 year win records for the final 2 men, Novak Djokovic, the 2008 Australian Open > read more
Australian Open 2011 Comparing the Women Finalists
Published on 2011-01-27 16:39:00
This year's Australian Open is down to 2 women in the Singles Final and 2 teams in the Women's Doubles Final. We thought comparing the most recent 5 year win records for these finalists could be interesting. Let's start with Kim Clijsters and Na Li, > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Wrap-up
Published on 2011-01-26 20:37:00
In Part 4 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam records. In Part 5, we'll look at the combined Grand Slam championships of the men and women who are still playing in this year's Australian Open. The Finals of > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 4
Published on 2011-01-23 10:00:09
In Part 3 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the Men's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records. In Part 4, we'll look at the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam records of the men and women playing in this year's Australian Open. Let's start on t > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 4
Published on 2011-01-23 10:00:00
In Part 3 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the Men's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records. In Part 4, we'll look at the Mixed Doubles Grand Slam records of the men and women playing in this year's Australian Open. Let's start on t > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 3
Published on 2011-01-22 12:29:25
In Part 2 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the Women's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records. In Part 3, we'll look at the Men's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records of the men playing in this year's Australian Open. Let's go to > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 3
Published on 2011-01-22 12:29:00
In Part 2 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the Women's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records. In Part 3, we'll look at the Men's Singles and Doubles Grand Slam records of the men playing in this year's Australian Open. Let's go to > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 2
Published on 2011-01-21 10:25:20
In Part 1 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the specific Australian Open Grand Slam records. In Part 2, we want to explore whether there are any other Grand Slam records that will be affected by the players entered in this year's Aus > read more
Australian Open 2011 Records Watch - Part 2
Published on 2011-01-21 10:25:00
In Part 1 of our Australian Open Records Watch, we looked at the specific Australian Open Grand Slam records. In Part 2, we want to explore whether there are any other Grand Slam records that will be affected by the players entered in this year's Aus > read more
Australian Open Records Watch - Part 1
Published on 2011-01-20 11:11:52
The 2011 Australian Open is in progress and we thought we'd look at whether there are any records at stake for this Grand Slam tournament. When we go to the Australian Open tournament page, we see the Top 5 Winners for each event. As the following im > read more
Comparing Sydney and Auckland Finalists - Simon and Troicki, Ferrer and Nalbandian
Published on 2011-01-14 17:14:34
The Sydney Medibank International finalists are Gilles Simon and Viktor Troicki; the Auckland Heineken Open finalists are David Ferrer and David Nalbandian. Let's compare each group of finalists, starting with Simon and Troicki. The following chart s > read more
Bhupathi and Paes Doubles Team Wins Again in 2011
Published on 2011-01-13 11:41:14
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, the successful men's doubles team that last won together in 2004, are the doubles champions at the Aircel Chennai Open 2011 for a record 5th time. Their previous Chennai wins were in 2002 and 1999-1997. This win brin > read more
Women Finalists Week 1 2011 - Wickmayer, Arn, Petkovic, Kvitova
Published on 2011-01-08 11:58:37
The first two tournaments for the women in 2011 are the Brisbane International in Australia and the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. The finalists who will be vying for the first championships of the year are Greta Arn and Yanina Wickmayer i > read more
The December wrap up is available
Published on 2011-01-05 20:14:35
The December wrap up is now available. You can sign up to have it sent to you every month. > read more
Comparing Nadal to Open Era Top Singles Champions
Published on 2010-12-29 13:06:01
Rafael Nadal has won 43 singles championships in the 7 years since his first championship at age 18 in 2004. We wondered how he is doing in comparison to the other Top 20 Open Era men's singles winners, so we decided to compare their Wins By Year cha > read more
Can Federer pass McEnroe's singles titles total? Series: Part 2
Published on 2010-12-16 11:48:59
After Roger Federer's 2010 late season surge, he now has 66 singles titles and needs 11 more to catch John McEnroe's record of 77 singles wins. In Part 1 of this series, we compared Federer's and McEnroe's Tournament Wins By Year charts. For Part 2 o > read more
Davis Cup Finals Singles Champions Compared
Published on 2010-12-07 18:08:39
The Serbian Davis Cup team of Novak Djokovic, Viktor Troicki, Janko Tipsarevic and Nenad Zimonjic defeated the French team of Michael Llodra, Gael Monfils, Gilles Simon and Arnaud Clement to win their first Davis Cup title. We thought we would com > read more
ATP World Tour Finals Singles Champions Compared
Published on 2010-11-30 15:54:56
The ATP World Tour Finals singles winner was Roger Federer. He was undefeated in his round-robin group as was his opponent in the final, Rafael Nadal. Federer has now won the Tour Finals 5 times which ties him with Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras for m > read more
Comparing ATP World Tour Finals 2010 Singles Semifinalists
Published on 2010-11-26 20:38:40
The ATP World Tour Finals semifinalists have now been decided; Nadal was undefeated in Group A and Federer was also undefeated in Group B. Murray was number 2 in Group B with Djokovic earning the 2nd spot from Group A. Murray's success so far means h > read more
ATP World Tour Finals Compare Group B Doubles
Published on 2010-11-25 15:31:01
The ATP World Tour Finals will reach the conclusion of the round robin matches for Group B doubles on Friday with one of the semi-final spots already decided; Nestor and Zimonjic have already qualified. The other spot will go to the winner of the Bhu > read more