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As Rafael Nadal celebrates his first U.S. Open title, SI's Richard Deitsch ranks the 10 greatest men's tennis players of all time. One of the most dominant players of the '80s, Ivan Lendl won 10 ...
Perhaps the most iconic of professional tennis’s pantheon of stars, the ice-cold stare of Swedish-born Björn Borg was a mainstay of the game throughout the 1970s and early ’80s.
In an odd way, by the late ’80s, tennis players had too much of what they had fought for in the early ’70s: Freedom. So the tour set about giving them a little less.
It’s just before 8 on a Wednesday morning and four men in their 80s and 90s are owning the tennis courts inside the Oak Lawn Racquet, Fitness & Gymnastics Center.Jim Buschbach receives Al ...
Many players compete after they turn 30. Yet there are so few early '80s babies winning Slams. FiveThirtyEight analyzed the likelihood of players winning a Slam after age 30. It's unlikely.
But the 80-year-old Queenslander has won more than 30 titles in the highly competitive game of seniors tennis. "I'm what you might call a late bloomer," she said.
No. 5 - adidas Grand Slam Year: 1981 Steffi Graf is often considered the greatest women's tennis player of all-time. In 1988, she achieved the unachievable while wearing the Grand Slams.