Category Archives: Players

Born: July 8, 1970 in Hinsdale (Illinois) Height: 1.98 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) My first sighting of the almost two-meter-tall Martin was at the US Open ’92. At the main arena, during the night session, he lost to a one-year-younger … Continue reading →

Born: June 15, 1969 in Neuilly-sur-Seine (Île-de-France) Height: 1.89 m Plays: Right-handed Arguably the best Frenchmen in the 90s, but not the crowd favorite; I recall his Toulouse ’93 final when he faced Arnaud Boetsch, just two months older. Surprisingly, … Continue reading →

Born: August 17, 1970 in Sanford (Florida) Height: 1.85 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Raised in Dade City, a quaint town with a population of 6.5 thousand, Courier’s journey into tennis was initiated by Emma Spencer. She was his great … Continue reading →

Born: October 18, 1968 in Pinneberg (Schleswig-Holstein) Height: 1.93 m Plays: Right-handed The second-best German player of the Open Era, following Boris Becker, yet his initial years on the tour didn’t hint at this status. The ’80s and ’90s marked … Continue reading →

Born: February 27, 1960 in Guayaquil (Guayas) Height: 1.93 m Plays: Left-handed He is widely regarded as one of the best players of the 80s, and the best South American among guys born in the 60s. His surname has been … Continue reading →

Born: 21 October 1966 in Göteborg (Västra Götaland) Height: 1.89 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Svensson, my initial favorite player, stood out amidst the incredible generation of Swedish players born in the 1960s in terms of game-style. While most of … Continue reading →

Born: June 2, 1969 in Minneapolis (Minnesota) Height: 1.93 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) A man often seen sporting either caps or headbands adorned with the US flag, Wheaton, with flashing eyes before his serve, stood as one of the … Continue reading →

Born: May 20, 1969 in Misiones (Mesopotamia) Height: 1.79 m Plays: Right-handed At the time (from mid- to late 80s) when two icons of Argentine tennis, Guillermo Vilas and José-Luis Clerc, were nearing the end of their careers, three new … Continue reading →

Born: November 12, 1964 in Praha (Czechoslovakia) Height: 1.87 m Plays: Right-handed Born as Jakub Hlásek, his parents fled with him from their country to the French-speaking area of Switzerland during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. Richard Krajicek‘s parents … Continue reading →

Born: June 25, 1975 in Lleida (Cataluña) Height: 1.80 m Plays: Right-handed Spanish tennis witnessed the emergence of five promising young players in the mid-’90s: Alberto Berasategui, Àlex Corretja, Félix Mantilla, Albert(o) Costa (removed the “o” from his name in … Continue reading →