Category Archives: Players

Born: January 4, 1978 in Bratislava (Západoslovenský kraj in Czechoslovakia) Height: 1.82 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) The youngest Top 100 player of 1996 as the “King of Challengers”. The 18-year-old Slovak began that year ranked No. 315 participating in … Continue reading →

Born: January 3, 1967 in Lund (Skåne) Height: 1.86 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) He came into the world in a city by the Baltic Sea where was also born the most famous Swedish actor (Max von Sydow), and began … Continue reading →

Born: September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis (Santa Catarina) Height: 1.91 m Plays: Right-handed Gustavo “Guga” Kuerten, of German descent, had a paternal great-grandfather named “Kürten” and a maternal great-grandfather named “Thümmel“. In 1995, Kuerten made his first trip to Germany … Continue reading →

Born: July 29, 1980 in Santiago (Región Metropolitana) Height: 1.83 m Plays: Right-handed One of the most captivating players to watch in the 2000s, he claimed the French Open junior championship in 1998 by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the … Continue reading →

Born: May 18, 1960 in Sedan (Grand Est) Height: 1.93 m Plays: Right-handed Noah, the sole French champion in the Open Era, stands out as one of the premier players of the 80s, with a game style that was uniquely … Continue reading →

Born: September 6, 1973 in Montreal (Quebec) Height: 1.93 m Plays: Left-handed July 1992, I first encountered this surname with typical Polish suffix “-ski”. At 19 years old, Rusedski shared a position of the most gifted Canadian in decades with … Continue reading →

Born: September 23, 1974 in Barcelona (Catalonia) Height: 1.80 m Plays: Right-handed The son of schoolteachers, he initiated playing at the age of ten… The late 90s marked the beginning of a golden era for Spanish tennis (it lasted more … Continue reading →

Born: August 3, 1960 in Springfield (Massachusetts) Height: 1.91 m Plays: Right-handed Timothy Mayotte – a man who holds one of the most humiliating head-to-head records in the Open Era, namely 0-17 against Ivan Lendl. The initial phase of their … Continue reading →

Born: August 22, 1964 in Växjö (Kronoberg) Height: 1.82 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) The parallels between Wilander and Björn Borg are staggering. Wilander not only played like his eight-years-older compatriot (with amazing baseline patience on clay and serve-and-volley on … Continue reading →

Born: December 6, 1971 in Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland) Height: 1.96 m Plays: Right-handed Born in Rotterdam, but initiated his tennis journey in Amsterdam at the tender age of three, Krajicek grew up in the Netherlands with his Czech parents, Peter and … Continue reading →