Famous Swedish male tennis player: Mats Wilander

Famous and legendary male tennis player, Mats Wilander is a Swedish tennis player born on August 22, 1964. His exemplary and impeccable game play helped him endeavor the World No. 1 rank. From 1982-1988, Mats Wilander with his top-notch performances won seven Grand Slam singles titles and one men’s double Grand Slam title. In year 1988, Mats Wilander won three of the four Grand Slams and ranked World No. 1.Although Mats never won the Wimbledon singles title, but he did win the Australian Open title twice when it was still being played on the grass court. For this reason, Mats Wilander is one of the five men (Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi and Jimmy Connors) who won the singles titles on hard courts, grass courts and clay courts. Rafael Nadal and Mats Wilendar are the only two tennis players to have won at least 2 Grand Slam singles’ titles on each of 3 surfaces. Windler won his fourth tennis Grand Slam singles title at the age of 20 which made him the youngest tennis player to achieve this milestone in the history of tennis. Some other career highlights and records of best Swedish male tennis player, Mats Wilander are:

1)      Major titles won by Mats Wilander are:

1. Australian Singles titles: 1983, 1984, 1988
2. French Singles titles: 1982, 1985, 1988
3. US Singles titles: 1988
4. Wimbledon doubles: 1986

2)      Davis Cup, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 with a record 36-14 in singles and 7-2 in doubles.

3)      Singles record in the Grand Slams: Australian (36-7), Wimbledon (25-10), French (47-9) and US (36-11)

4)      Mats Wilnder is the only player to have achieve the World No. 1 rank after winning the most number of Grand Slams.

5)      Mats Wilendar shares the record of appearing in three consecutive Australian Open finals with Ivan Lendl

 

Famous female tennis players: Chris Evert

Chris Evert, a famous female tennis player, was born on December 21, 1954 in Florida. Due to her excellent tennis skills including two fisted backhand and poise on court helped Chris Evert became champion in 1974-1986. Chris Evert got her first limelight when she won over the top-ranked tennis player, Margaret Court. Chris Evert used to be calm and cool on the court which gave her the nicknames Ice Maiden and Ice Princess. During 1974-76, Chris Evert had a romance with famous male tennis player, Jimmy Connors which was enough to give her a celebrity status. In the era of late 70s, tennis fans enjoyed the rivalry of two best female tennis players, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova.

Chris Evert was considered as the female counterpart of tennis legend, Bjorn Borg as Evert holds the longest winning streak with 125 single consecutive titles on clay court. She was a versatile player who won all four grand slams and also set a record of winning the most US Open titles (6).

Chris Evert holds 157 singles titles, 8 double titles with 18 Grand Slam singles in her career titles. Other career highlights of famous female tennis player, Chris Evert are:

1)      Chris Evert won 7 French Open titles (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986)

2)      Chris Evert won 2 Australian Open titles (1982, 1984)

3)      Chris claimed 3 Wimbledon titles (1974, 1976 and 1981)

4)      Evert claimed 6 US Open tennis titles (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980  and 1982)

 

Famous female tennis player: Martina Navratilova

Famous tennis player, Martina Navratilova no doubt is one the finest and a successful women tennis player as far as the 20th century is concerned. Martina Navratilova was born on 18^th October 1956 in Czechoslovakia. Navratilova endeavor the hearts of tennis fans with her impeccable tennis achievements which include 31 Grand Slam women’s double titles, 18 Grand Slam singles titles and 10 Grand Slam mixed double titles. Martina’s 31 doubles Grand Slam wins are a record in tennis along with 9 Wimbledon women’s single title wins.

Martina Navratilova won her first Grand Slam in the year 1978 at Wimbledon when she was 22 years old. With this win, Martina got the World No. 1 rank for the first time in her tennis career. With this, Martina became unstoppable and she reached her career peak by dominating all tennis Grand Slams. Here are some of the records set by Martina Navratilova in tennis world:

• Among the only three famous female tennis players, Martina Navratilova is the one who accomplished career Grand Slams in women’s single title, women’s double title and mixed doubles as well.
• Martina holds the record of most singles titles (167) and double titles (177) in the open era.
• Navratilova holds the record of longest winning streak in tennis (74 consecutive matches)
• Martine Navratilova reached 11 consecutive singles finals of Grand Slam, only second to Steffi Graf’s thirteen consecutive singles.
• Martina Navratilova equals the record of Billie Jean King of 20 Wimbledon titles (in singles, doubles and mixed doubles)
• Next to Margaret Court’s 62 Grand Slam titles, Martina Navratilova has the second highest (58) Grand Slam titles.
• During the open era, Martina won the most singles match (1,442)

 

 

Best male tennis players: Bjorn Borg

Tennis history is filled with precocious championships and achievements but none has been as impressive as Bjorn Borg who in his brief career was able to play outstanding tennis. His seemingly emotionless personality no wonders had the right amount of zeal and dedication for this game. Famous tennis player, Bjorn Borg was born on June 6, 1956 in Sodertalje, Sweden. His fascination for tennis is routed to the tennis racket which is father won as a prize in a ping-pong tournament. Bjorn Borg was a player with endurance and great strength and had an unorthodox and distinctive style. Borg used to battle from the baseline along with ground strokes in long rallies. Although his serve was not very impressive at first but he somehow managed the game beautifully with his volleying throughout the game. Due to his excellent playing skills, Bjorn Borg became the youngest champion of his time at the age of 20 (later Boris Becker claimed this record by becoming the champion at the age of 17 in 1985). Bjorn Borg was known as the King of Clay as he holds the record of winning the most French Open titles. It took him sometime to settle at grass but he did so by winning 5 Wimbledon titles.

Some of the career highlights and record of Bjorn Borg are:

1)      Bjorn Borg won 62 singles out of 88 finals and four double titles including Masters of 1979-80.

2)      Bjorn Borg won six French Open singles titles (1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)

3)      Borg won 5 Wimbledon singles titles (1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980).

4)      Bjorn Borg won Davis Cup in years 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1981. He holds the record of 37-3 single wins and 8-8 in doubles.

5)      Bjorn Borg played all four tennis Grand Slams with the following final win-lose statistics:

1. Australian Open tennis championship (1-1)
2. French Open tennis championship (49-2)
3. Wimbledon (51-4)
4. US Open tennis championship (40-10)

 

Top ten female French Open players-Ranking wise

French Open has its own set of greatest tennis players who have through the excellent games have proved to the world that tennis is the best game to watch out. There are many tennis tournaments conducted all through the year and of all this clay court game called the French Open has greatest number of audiance across the world. The best part about this game is that it is absolutely interesting and one has to get really tough on the court to win over in this game. This best clay court game varies from court to court and one needs to have an absolute mastery over the game to gain the best out of it.

Since the bouncing capacity in the clay court is less the tennis player needs to have a great concentration and focus on the game as it is really hard to predict the course that the ball will take in the process of the tennis game.  Some best female tennis players who have also proved their mettle as great WTA Tennis Players also made up to become greatest tennis champions of all time in this wonder game. The top ten famous female tennis players ranked as the top ten in WTA tennis players are:

1. Chris Evert
2. Steffi Graf
3. Suzanne Lenglen
4. Margaret Court
5. Françoise Masson
6. Kate Gillou
7. Justine Henin
8. Jeanne Matthey
9. Helen Wills
10. Monica Seles

Though these are the all time champions there are some new bees who are set to become the evergreen champions of all time. Ana Ivanovic is one such great Serbian tennis players who have managed to turn the spot light on her direction in relation to the French Open.

Top ten male tennis players of French Open

French Open for the male category is a popular game and has a huge opening. French Open is one of the prestigious title and winning it definitely adds in a great meaning to a person’s life. It is one of the toughest games that have managed to garner the attention of many across the world. Even the media has it in full coverage as there are a great number of people following it up every time a French Open begins. Just by getting a French Open championship a tennis player gets into the tag of hottest tennis player.

There are some greatest male tennis players who established their determination in clay court games as well and in turn have carved way for the Championships positions that they hold today. The commitment and the kind of zeal and passion they showed towards the game have brought them to be in the list of best male tennis players of all times in the tough game of French Open Single’s Championship.

On the whole, French open tournaments are considered to be one tournament that demands a great deal of physical activities. The players need to have a total power over them and the floor and needs to be astoundingly quicker upon to triumph on the championship grounds. For a good tennis player ranking certainly matters a lot.

The top ten famous male  and hot tennis players in French Open Championship are enlisted below as per the ranking.

1. Max Decugis
2. Björn Borg
3. Henri Cochet
4. Rafael Nadal
5. Paul Aymé
6. André Vacherot
7. Maurice Germot
8. Gustavo Kuerten
9. René Lacoste
10. Ivan Lendl

Rafael Nadal is one among the best Spanish tennis players and the current heart throb in the field of tennis who has managed to make it big at a very young age.

Winner of Australian Open 2011 women’s singles title- Kim Clijsters

Australian Open 2011 women’s singles title has been a very special event as famous female tennis player Kim Clijsters won her first ever Australian Open women’s title and Li Na, the opponent of Kim Clijsters in Australian Open 2011 finale, was the first Chinese player to reach the finals of any grand slam. The Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters won her first Australian Open title by defeating China’s Li Na by fighting back into a thrilling match. Kim lost the first set to Li who clinched the first set 6-3. But later on Kim Clijsters fought back bravely and claimed the second set. Although second set turned out to be very competitive for both the players. In second set, Li again took the lead by 3-2 but Clijsters leveled the game and claimed the second set. With this come back, Kim Clijsters got much needed confidence and won the third and deciding set 6-3. The finale of Australian Open 2011 women’s singles event thrilled the spectators and ended the first grand slam of the year 2011.

Who is going to win the Australian Open 2011 men’s singles title?

Australian Open 2011 has been a center of thrill as the most unexpected results have been seen throughout the men’s single event. Surprisingly, the Australian Open 2011 grand finale does not have number one and two seeded best tennis players competing. The final of Australian Open 2011 will be played between famous male tennis player Djokovic and the best British male tennis player Andy Murray. The number one seeded tennis player, Rafael Nadal lost to Spanish tennis player David Ferrer in quarter-final of Australian Open 2011 and Roger Federer lost to Djokovic in semi-final. In the second semi-final, Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer and qualified for finals of Australian Open 2011 to play against Djokovic. The results this year have been totally unexpected leaving everyone in utter shock. Due to the unpredictable game wins in Australian Open 2011, it has become actually difficult to speculate about the expected champion of Australian Open 2011.

Have your say on who is going to win the Australian Open 2011 men’s singles title!

Will Roger Federer win 17th Grand Slam of his career?

Australian Open 2011 is into semi-final phase at the moment for men’s singles event. Famous male tennis players Federer and Djokovic are playing in one of the semi-finals while we wait for Spanish tennis player Ferrer and British tennis player Andry Murray to play in the second semi-final. Roger Federer, the greatest tennis player from Switzerland is ranked number 2 at the moment and is struggling to win the Grand Slam not only to boost his confidence but to claim the record 17^th Grand Slam of his tennis career. However due to the struggling performance of Roger Federer in year 2010, there are speculations and uncertainty over the tennis King Roger Federer to win the 17^th Grand Slam. Due to Djokovic’s absolutely amazing performances in the recent past, he is being considered the biggest threat for Roger Federer in Australian Open 2011. Rafael Nadal is already out of the tournament so Djokovic is all the threat for Federer at the moment.

Have your say if Roger Federer will win his 17^th Grand Slam by winning the Australian Open 2011?

Who will win the Australian Open 2011 women's single title?

Australian Open 2011, the first Grand Slam of the year has been full of surprises in the context of women’s single event. Many of the famous female tennis players collapsed either due to injury or lost to the upcoming new female tennis talent. One of the best female tennis players Serena Williams this year could not perform in Australian Open 2011 while Venus Williams played one game in a fourth round match and retired due to injury. One of the best female tennis player, Justin Henin Hardenine also lost in the third round of Australian Open 2011. The Russian tennis player Sharapova seems to be struggling with her game of action and is in the continuous losing streak. Big names like the world number one female tennis player Wozniacki and Kuznetsova also failed to make their way through to the next big stages of Australian Open. In the finals of women’s single title of Australian Open 2011, Kim Clijsters and N. Lee are going to fight for the championship. Kim with her extremely strong performance seems like a predator who would never give up on the opponent that easily. Let’s see how the Australian Open women’s single grand finale 2011 would entertain the tennis fans.

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