After reaching the 3rd round of the 2011 Australian Open Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost to Iveta Benesova in three sets. Although Melbourne is her favorite city she just wanted to get back to Russia, but on the day of a flight there was a terrorist attack in Moscow and the airport was closed. On her home …
Andy Murray is the dour Scot who likes to have his way. He is also the best tennis player Britain has produced for a long time and the biggest hope they have of claiming a home-grown Wimbledon Champion since Fred Perry won the Championships in 1936. Murray won his first Grand Slam title at the …
Alona Bondarenko comes from a tennis dynasty. Her younger sister Kateryna Bondarenko also plays on the WTA Tour and in 2008 the sisters teamed up to win the Australian Open doubles title. Before that Bondarenko had played doubles with her older sister Valeria. Birthdate: 13-August-1984 Birthplace: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 …
Roger Federer is probably the best-known tennis player in the world and certainly one of the greatest players there has ever been. A winner of 17 Grand Slam titles and one of only seven male players to capture the career Grand Slam, only Federer, Andre Agassi, and Rafael Nadal have won it on three different …
Previous World Number 1 Rafael Nadal Parera, nicknamed ‘Rafa’ was born on June 3rd, 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca, Spain. His swarthy good looks have earned him millions of female admirers around the world but Rafa is true to only one woman, his girlfriend of three years. Birthdate: 3-June-86 Birthplace: Manacor, Majorca Height: 6 ft 1 …
The Polish player was introduced to tennis at the age of 4 years old by her father Robert who is her coach and travels the world with her. She was born on March 6th, 1989 in Krakow and is currently ranked number 14 in the world. She has used her tournament winnings to buy herself …
Agnes Szavay is very disappointed she had to withdraw from 2011 Australian Open but she has been struggling to regain her fitness following a thigh injury last Autumn. Birthdate: 29-December-1988 Birthplace: Kiskunhalas, Hungary Height: 5 ft 7 1/2 in (1.71 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: 2004 Such is the life of a professional tennis player, …
When Daniela Hantuchova turned professional in May 1999 she was named as the rising starlet in the WTA camp. Her Tour Mentor in “Partners For Success” was Martina Navratilova and the two joined up as a doubles team for a brief period in early 2005. Birthdate: April-23-1983 Birthplace: Poprad Slovakia Height: 5’11” Plays: Right-Handed Turned …
Birthdate: 9-September-1987 Birthplace: Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: 2006 No one is more surprised than German player Andrea Petkovic that she has got into the second week of the 2011 Australian Open beating the likes of Maria Sharapova. She is used to winning with 8 ITF …
Birthdate: 14-March-1987 Birthplace: Saint-Étienne, France Height: 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Plays: Right-Handed Turned Pro: January 2005 Iranian-French player Aravane Rezai had the worst possible preparation for her first-round match at the 2011 Australian Open. The night before her match against Barbora Zahlavova Strycova her father Arsalan threatened her long-term boyfriend, who is believed …