Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis Path: elvis.clinet.fi!fuug!funic!news.funet.fi!news.tele.fi!uunet!gatech!cc.gatech.edu!cc.gatech.edu!csmith From: csmith@cc.gatech.edu (Christopher Smith) Subject: Pro Tennis FAQ for rec.sport.tennis (Preliminary Version) Message-ID: <1993Jun13.204040.11995@cc.gatech.edu> Followup-To: poster Sender: news@cc.gatech.edu Reply-To: csmith@cc.gatech.edu (Christopher Smith) Organization: Software Research Center, Georgia Tech Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1993 20:40:40 GMT Lines: 286 Pro Tennis FAQ for rec.sport.tennis (Preliminary Version) Table of Contents Item Title Line # ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Schedule of Grand Slam Tournaments (1993) 24 2 Grand Slam Event Winners - Past 15 Years 36 3 Number of Grand Slam Singles Titles Won 89 4 Grand Slam Winners 105 5 Head-to-Head Records 116 6 Specifics of the Seles-Graf Rivalry 180 7 Players - Career Singles Titles 195 8 Explanation of ATP "Super 9" 224 A1 Future Additions 259 A2 Acknowledgements 267 A3 Send comments to.... 277 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Schedule of Grand Slam Tournaments (1993) Event Dates --------------------------------------- Australian Open Jan 18 - 31 French Open May 24 - Jun 6 Wimbledon Jun 21 - Jul 4 US Open Aug 30 - Sep 12 --------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Grand Slam Event Winners for Past 15 Years 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 Australian French Wimblebon US Open -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Courier Bruguera 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 Edberg Wilander Becker Lendl 1984 Wilander Lendl McEnroe McEnroe 1983 Wilander Noah McEnroe Connors 1982 Kriek Wilander Connors Connors 1981 Kriek Borg McEnroe McEnroe 1980 Teacher Borg Borg McEnroe 1979 Vilas Borg Borg McEnroe 1978 Vilas Borg Borg Connors -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Women Australian French Wimblebon US Open -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 Seles Graf 1992 Seles Seles Graf Seles 1991 Seles Seles Graf Seles 1990 Graf Seles Navratilova Sabatini 1989 Graf Sanchez Graf Graf 1988 Graf Graf Graf Graf 1987 Mandlikova Graf Navratilova Navratilova 1986 Evert Navratilova Navratilova 1985 Navratilova Evert Navratilova Mandlikova 1984 Evert Navratilova Navratilova Navratilova 1983 Navratilova Evert Navratilova Navratilova 1982 Evert Navratilova Navratilova Evert 1981 Navratilova Mandlikova Evert Austin 1980 Mandlikova Evert Goolagong Evert 1979 B Jordan Evert Navratilova Austin 1978 C O'Neil Ruzici Navratilova Evert -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Number of Grand Slam Singles Titles Won (Players playing in Open Era): 1. Emerson 12 * 1. Court 26 2. Laver 11 2. Navratilova 18 Borg 11 Evert 18 4. Rosewall 8 4. King 12 Connors 8 Graf 12 Lendl 8 6. Seles 8 7. Newcombe 7 7. Goolagong 7 McEnroe 7 8. Austin 2 Wilander 7 Wade 2 * Didn't win any GS titles in the Open Era. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Grand Slam Winners 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Head-to-head win-loss records of selected top players (Through 13 Jun 93) Women Sel Gra San Nav Sab Cap Fer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Seles * 4-6 11-1 10-7 9-3 5-2 15-1 2. Graf 6-4 * 19-5 8-9 25-11 7-1 11-0 3. Sanchez 1-11 5-19 * 1-12 7-12 4-2 6-2 4. Navratilova 7-10 9-8 12-1 * 14-5 1-1 9-0 5. Sabatini 3-9 11-25 12-7 5-14 * 10-4 11-8 6. Capriati 2-5 1-7 2-4 1-1 4-10 * 1-0 7. Fernandez 1-15 0-11 2-6 0-9 8-11 0-1 * Men Sam Cou Edb Bec Kor Iva Aga Cha Len 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Sampras * 7-2 2-4 2-3 5-3 1-4 3-4 1-6 3-2 2. Courier 2-7 * 4-4 0-6 2-1 3-3 6-4 7-3 0-4 3. Edberg 4-2 4-4 * 10-21 1-3 5-5 3-3 11-3 14-13 4. Becker 3-2 6-0 21-10 * 2-0 4-2 3-6 2-0 10-10 5. Korda 3-5 1-3 3-1 0-2 * 1-2 1-5 1-1 3-0 6. Ivanisevic 4-1 3-3 5-5 2-4 2-1 * 2-1 0-0 1-5 7. Agassi 4-3 4-6 3-3 6-3 5-1 1-2 * 4-1 1-5 8. Chang 6-1 3-7 3-11 0-2 1-1 0-0 1-4 * 1-5 9. Lendl 2-3 4-0 13-14 10-10 0-3 5-1 5-1 5-1 * Other Notable Match-Ups (Records Through 13 Jun 93) Lendl-Connors 23-13 Navratilova-Evert 43-37 Lendl-McEnroe 20-15 Navratilova-Shriver 37-3 Borg-McEnroe 7-7 Navratilova-Garrison 32-1 Krajicek-Edberg 2-1 Navratilova-Mal.Frag. 11-2 Becker-Stich 3-2 Graf-Novotna 16-3 Chesnokov-Courier 5-2 Seles-Novotna 3-1 Courier-Stich 5-3 Sabatini-Novotna 9-2 Edberg-Stich 3-3 Novotna-Sanchez Vic. 8-3 Sampras-Stich 2-1 Graf-Martinez 7-0 Forget-Sampras 4-2 Seles-Martinez 5-0 Edberg-Stich 3-2 Sabatini-Martinez 9-4 Agassi-McEnroe 2-2 Huber-Martinez 3-0 Capriati-Garrison 2-0 Ferrando-Seles 1-0 Capriati-Huber 4-0 Walpole-Graf 1-0* Sampras-Connors 2-0 Graf-Huber 6-0 * Graf was 13 at the time of the loss, Graf-Tauziat 16-0+ which was in a sattelite tournament. Graf-Zvereva 10-0 Seles' loss was at the 1990 US Open. Seles-Tauziat 5-0 Navratilova-Novotna 7-0 + Graf has not lost a set to Tauziat. Head-to-head records include regular tournaments, Davis Cup, the World Team Cup, etc., but NOT exhibitions and the Grand Slam Cup. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Specifics of the Seles-Graf Rivalry 1989 French Open: Graf d. Seles 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 1989 Wimbledon: Graf d. Seles 6-0, 6-1 1989 Brighton: Graf d. Seles 7-5, 6-4 1990 Berlin: Seles d. Graf 6-4, 6-3 1990 French Open: Seles d. Graf 7-6, 6-4 1991 San Antonio: Graf d. Seles 6-4, 6-3 1991 Hamburg: Graf d. Seles 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 1992 French Open: Seles d. Graf 6-2, 3-6, 10-8 1992 Wimbledon: Graf d. Seles 6-2, 6-1 1993 Australian: Seles d. Graf 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Players with Highest Number of Career Singles Titles 1. Martina Navratilova 164 * 2. Chris Evert 157 3. Jimmy Connors 109 4. Ivan Lendl 92 5. Evonne Goolagong 88 6. Margaret Court 79 7. John McEnroe 77 8. Steffi Graf 72 9. Billie Jean King 71 10. Bjorn Borg 65 11. Guillermo Vilas 61 12. Ilie Nastase 57 13. Rod Laver 47 14. Boris Becker 38 Stefan Edberg 38 16. Arthur Ashe 33 Mats Wilander 33 Tracy Austin 33 * Includes Beckenham, 1993; not sure if this title should be included among the "official" titles or not. Navratilova officially eclipsed Evert's record by winning title #158 at the VS of Chicago, 1992. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 What is the "Super 9" and what does this term mean? The tournaments on the ATP tour are designated into two main tiers (excluding Challenger events), called Championship Series and World Series. Championship series events offer more prize money and attract bigger-name players. Starting in 1993, the ATP has given special status to 9 of their Championship Series tournaments. These tournaments are unofficially known as the Super 9. (If you listen to the ATP they officially disdain the name "Super 9," but that's another story.) An ATP Top Ten player must play in at least 8 of these 9 special events, and each event must field at least eight of the Top Ten men (singles). The idea is to get the top players to play each other more often and add prestige to selected ATP events. Super 9 Tour Dates in 1993: Event Location Surface Dates Champion -------------- ------- ----- -------- Indian Wells Hard Mar 1-7 Courier Lipton (Fla.) Hard Mar 12-21 Sampras Monte Carlo Clay Apr 19-25 Bruguera Hamburg Clay May 3-9 Stich Italian Open (Rome) Clay May 10-16 Courier Canadian Open Hard Jul 26-Aug 1 Cincinnati Hard Aug 9-15 Stockholm Supreme * Oct 25-31 Paris Supreme * Nov 1-7 * Indoor Court Surface ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A1 Future Additions 1. Detailed Explanations of ATP and WTA Ranking Systems 2. Pro Tournament Schedule 3. Detailed List of #1 Players ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A2 The following individuals contributed to this FAQ or provided significant information used in compiling portions of the FAQ: Christopher Smith csmith@cc.gatech.edu Shun Cheung shun@easa1.att.com Natasha Austria U58476@uicvm.uic.edu Vijay Baliga vbaliga@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A3 Please send comments, suggestions, corrections, and additions to this FAQ to Christopher Smith at: csmith@cc.gatech.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Christopher Smith csmith@cc.gatech.edu College of Computing, Georgia Tech 404/853-0937