Category Archives: Players

Born: April 3, 1976 in Chartres (Centre-Val de Loire) Height: 1.85 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) The lowest-ranked player among those I decided to include in the list of the best players born between 1959 and 1989, yet despite never … Continue reading →

Born: May 1, 1982 in Hostalric (Cataluña)Height: 1.82 mPlays: Right-handed All Spanish players who advanced to the Top 10 in the Open Era have had one thing in common – good mentality, understood as the ability to sustain long matches, … Continue reading →

Born: December 9, 1981 in Edina (Minnesota) Height: 1.87 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) The third-best player (fourth was Robby Ginepri, fifth Taylor Dent) of a generation of Americans who began their professional careers when Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras … Continue reading →

Born: February 18, 1974 in Sochi (Krasnodar Krai in Soviet Union) Height: 1.90 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Евгений Александрович Кафельников… When you enter the Top 100 for the first time and you’re lucky enough to face the two best … Continue reading →

Born: March 13, 1974 in StockholmHeight: 1.92 mPlays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Magnus Norman once remarked that Enqvist could have been the world’s top player if he had performed in tournaments as he did during practice sessions. While the details of … Continue reading →

Born: June 3, 1986 in Manacor (Mallorca) Height: 1.85 m Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand) September 11, 2001, popularly known as 9/11, is a memorable date for the Western world, especially the United States, due to a series of four coordinated … Continue reading →

Born: January 4, 1965 in Casablanca (Morocco) Height: 1.90 m Plays: Left-handed He was one of three French prodigies seen as potential successors to Yannick Noah in the mid-1980s, alongside Henri Leconte and Thierry Tulasne. All three reached the Top … Continue reading →

Born: June 2, 1981 in Severodonetsk (Ukrainian Voroshilovgrad Oblast in Soviet Union) Height: 1.79 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Николай Владимирович Давыденко… stumbling over his own feet, showing signs of frustration when nothing critical had happened, hesitating to challenge calls … Continue reading →

Born: September 6, 1974 in Oxford (South East in England) Height: 1.85 m Played: Right-handed Some encounters separate the men from the boys, and for Henman, such a match occurred in the first round of Wimbledon ’96 against the newly … Continue reading →

Born: February 12, 1980 in Ontinyent (Valencia) Height: 1.82 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) When J.C.Ferrero first appeared on the ATP tour at the end of the last century, I remember being surprised by the buzz around him. Someone, somewhere … Continue reading →