Today in Tennis Player History
Sub-Topics: Bjorn Borg - Ivan Lendl - John McEnroe - Steffi Graf
Historical Events
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1877-07-09 - 1st Wimbledon tennis championship is held
1881-08-31 - 1st US men's single tennis championships (Newport, RI)
1893-07-24 - For only time in history of US Tennis championships, an event is held off the Eastern seaboard. Men's double championship in Chicago
1916-06-12 - Tennis legend Bill Tilden's 1st appearance at US tennis championship
1925-09-18 - Bill Tilden wins 6th straight US tennis championship
1926-02-17 - Tennis star Suzanne Lenglen beats Helen Wills in their only match
1933-09-11 - Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at US Tennis championship
1936-01-07 - Tennis champs Helen Moody & Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
1938-09-24 - Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to grand slam
1941-11-26 - Amateur tennis champ Bobby Riggs turns pro
1949-07-15 - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
1949-09-20 - Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
1954-07-20 - Tennis champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident
1975-09-06 - Tennis Star Martina Navratilova requests US political asylum
1975-09-09 - Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova (18) asks for political asylum
1983-09-06 - Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in NY
1983-09-09 - Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat 100th ranked male tennis player
1986-02-21 - Tennis star Jimmy Connors fined $20,000 & suspended for 10 weeks
1986-03-08 - Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million
1986-11-30 - Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime
1988-01-01 - Czech born tennis star Hana Mandikova becomes an Australian Citizen
1988-08-30 - Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills
1990-09-10 - 1st time since 1966 that all 8 grand slam tennis champs are different
1993-04-22 - Tennis star Bjorn Borg divorces Loredana Berte
1993-12-17 - Tennis star Boris Becker (26) weds Barbara Feltus (27)
1994-05-16 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati arrested on possession of marijuana
1994-05-19 - Tennis star Jennifer Capriati (18), checks into a drug rehab center
1994-06-21 - Steffi Graf becomes 1st defending tennis champ to lose in 1st round of a major tournament (Wimbledon to Lorrie McNeal)
1997-11-23 - Jana Novotna (Czech) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ
Famous Birthdays
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1849-01-09 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (d. 1935)
1850-03-10 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1861-01-03 - William Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)
1861-10-26 - Richard D Sears, Boston, tennis champ, US Open (1881)
1862-05-28 - Henry W Slocum Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1888)
1868-08-20 - Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (d. 1954)
1868-10-07 - Fred H Hovey, tennis champ (US Open-1895)
1871-02-25 - Oliver Samuel Campbell, tennis champ (US Open-1890)
1872-12-30 - William A Larned, tennis champ (US Open-1901)
1873-09-20 - Robert D Wrenn, tennis champ (US Open - 1893)
1875-10-08 - Hugh L Doherty, tennis champ (US Open-1903)
1877-03-05 - Malcolm D Whitman, tennis champ (US Open-1898)
1878-11-23 - Holcombe Ward, tennis champ (US Open-1904)
1879-12-19 - Beals C Wright, tennis champ (US Open-1905)
1886-12-20 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, Calif, tennis player (US Open 1909-11)
1890-01-07 - Maurice E McLoughlin, tennis champ (US Open-1912)
1891-01-29 - R N Williams II, tennis champ (US Open-1914)
1891-02-05 - Elizabeth Ryan, Anaheim Calif, doubles tennis champ (6 time Wimbled)
1892-01-02 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
1893-02-10 - William [Bill] T Tilden II, tennis player (US Open 1920-25, 29)
1893-11-03 - R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1894-11-02 - William Johnston, tennis champ (US Open-1915)
1898-08-13 - Jean Borota, France, tennis champ (35 Wimbledons between 1922-64)
1899-05-24 - Suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)
1901-12-14 - Henri Cochet, tennis champ (US Open-1928)
1903-03-20 - Vincent Richards, hall of fame tennis pro (elected 1961)
1904-12-08 - Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)
1905-10-06 - Helen N Willis Moody, tennis pro (8 Wimbledon titles 1927-1938)
1906-08-12 - Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
1906-10-16 - George Martin Lott Jr, tennis champ (1931 US Open runner-up)
1908-01-31 - René Simone Mathieu, France, doubles tennis star (Wimbledon 1934)
1908-03-26 - Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling, Essen Germany, tennis star (French 1935)
1908-08-06 - Helen Hull Jacobs, Berkley Calif, US tennis champ (1932-35)
1908-12-07 - John H Doeg, tennis champ (US Open-1930)
1909-05-18 - Fred Perry, English tennis star/commentator (Wimbledon, 1934-36)
1910-04-22 - R J Ritchie, tennis player
1913-09-28 - Alice Marble, Beckworth Calif, tennis player (US Open 1936, 1938-40)
1914-04-03 - Katherine Stammers Menzies, England, doubles tennis player (Wimb 1935)
1915-06-13 - J Donald Budge, US tennis player (1st to hold world's 4 major titles)
1916-01-31 - Frank A Parker, tennis champ (US Open-1944)
1916-05-21 - Helen Willis Moody Roark, tennis player (US Open 1923-25, 27-29, 31)
1918-02-25 - Robert Lorimer "Bobby" Riggs, US tennis star (US Open 1939, 41)
1918-03-04 - Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon, tennis pro (US Open 1948-50)
1918-04-04 - Margaret Dupont, tennis champion
1918-04-30 - W Donald McNeill, tennis champ (US Open-1940)
1919-02-17 - Joseph R Hunt, tennis champ (US Open-1943)
1919-08-06 - Pauline Betz Addie, Dayton Ohio, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1946)
1920-06-08 - A J Mottram, tennis player
1921-03-04 - Dinny Pails, Australian tennis player
1921-07-20 - Frederick Schroeder Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1942)
1921-08-01 - Jack Kramer, Las Vegas, tennis star (Wimbledon 1947, US Open-1946)
1921-10-15 - Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian table tennis player (World Champ 1950-55)
1923-03-11 - A Louise Brough Clapp, Okla, tennis player (4 time Wimbledon champ)
1923-08-30 - Elias Victor Seixas, US, mixed double tennis player (Wimbeld 1953-56)
1925-04-06 - Arthur D Larsen, tennis champ (US Open-1950)
1925-06-20 - Doris J Hart, St Louis Mo, tennis player (Wimbledon 1951)
1927-03-04 - Dick Savitt, American tennis player
1927-08-25 - Althea Gibson, Silver SC, 1st black tennis champion in a major event
1927-10-29 - Frank A Sedgman, tennis champ (US Open-1951)
1928-05-09 - Richard A "Pancho" Gonzalez, LA Calif, tennis star (US 1948-49)
1928-10-04 - Torben Ulrich, Danish musician, writer, filmmaker and tennis player
1929-06-02 - Ken McGregor, Australian tennis player
1930-08-16 - Marion A Trabert, tennis champ (US Open-1953)
1930-08-16 - Tony Trabert, tennis pro (1955 Wimbledon)
1931-04-17 - John Bartlett, tennis player (Davis Cup capt-Britain)
1932-04-21 - Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, Wimbledon)
1933-10-03 - Neale A Fraser, tennis champ (US Open-1959)
1934-08-17 - Maureen Connally, champion tennis player (Wimbledon)
1934-08-19 - Renee Richards, [Richard Rankind], trans-sexual tennis player
1934-11-02 - Ken Rosewall, Sydney Australia, tennis star (US Open 1956)
1934-11-23 - Lewis Alan "Lew" Hoad, Australia, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56)
1935-03-05 - Malcolm J Anderson, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1936-01-06 - Darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player
1936-09-15 - Ashley J Cooper, tennis champ (US Open-1957)
1936-10-30 - Roy Emerson, tennis player (won 12 Majors in singles from 1961-67)
1936-11-03 - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1938-05-10 - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
1938-09-15 - Rafael H Osuna, tennis champ (US Open - 1963)
1938-10-08 - Frederick S Stolle, tennis champ (US Open-1966)
1939-06-25 - Allen Fox, American Tennis Player
1939-10-11 - Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbledon 1959)
1941-01-16 - Christine Janes, tennis player
1942-07-16 - Margaret Smith Court, Australia, tennis pro (1970 Grand Slam)
1942-07-27 - Dennis Ralston, American tennis player
1942-08-23 - Nancy Richey Gunther, San Ant Tx, tennis player (US Doubles 1965, 66)
1942-12-11 - Karen Susman, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1962)
1942-12-25 - Francoise Durr, France, tennis player (1976 US indoor Doubles)
1943-05-23 - John Newcombe, Australia, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1967, 70, 71)
1943-07-10 - Arthur Ashe, tennis pro (1968 US Open, 1975 Wimbledon)
1943-11-04 - Clark Graebner, American tennis player
1943-11-22 - Billie Jean King, Cal, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1968, 72, 73, 75)
1943-12-22 - Billie Jean King, Long Beach Cal, tennis pro
1944-02-12 - Charles Pasarell, tennis pro
1944-02-22 - Tom Okker, tennis star
1945-01-05 - Chuck McKinley, U.S. tennis player (d. 1986)
1945-06-24 - Betty Stove, Netherlands, tennis player (US Doubles 1972)
1945-07-10 - [Sarah] Virginia Wade, England, tennis star (Wimbledon 1977)
1946-07-19 - Ilie Nastase, Bucharest Romania, tennis player (US Open 1972)
1946-12-14 - Stanley R Smith, tennis champ (Wimbledon 1972, US Open-1971)
1946-12-14 - Stan Smith, American tennis player
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 28 of 28
1906-04-19 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
1935-08-21 - John Hartley, English tennis player, double winner of Wimbledon (b. 1849)
1941-09-01 - Benjamin Dwight, US tennis championship umpire, dies
1953-06-05 - Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60
1954-09-26 - Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
1960-01-07 - Dorothea Douglass Chambers (aka Katharine Lambert Chambers), UK tennis player (b. 1878)
1962-09-06 - Seiichiro Kashio, Japanese tennis player (b. 1892)
1972-02-28 - Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
1974-12-05 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at 87
1982-11-13 - Dorothy [Little-]Round, England, tennis star (Never on Sunday), dies
1987-03-23 - Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29
1990-12-13 - Alice Marble, Calif, tennis star, dies at 77
1991-09-10 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
1992-06-19 - Kitty McKane Godfree, Tennis champ (Wimbledon 1924, 26), dies at 96
1993-02-07 - Arthur Ashe, tennis star (Wimbledon 1975), dies of AIDS at 49
1993-10-19 - Bert Schoofs, table tennis star, dies at 48
1994-07-03 - Lewis A "Lew" Hoad, tennis star (Wimbledon 1953, 56), dies at 59
1994-07-16 - Madzy Rollin Couquerque, tennis star/international hockey, dies at 91
1994-07-17 - Jean Borotra, [Flying Basque], Fr tennis star (Davis Cup), dies at 95
1994-09-18 - Vitas Gerulaitis, tennis star (Davis Cup 1979), dies at 40
1995-02-02 - Fred Perry, English tennis star (Wimbledon 1934-36), dies at 85
1995-10-25 - Bobby Riggs, tennis star, dies of prostate cancer at 77
1995-10-25 - Robert Lorimer Riggs, tennis Player, dies at 77
1996-05-03 - Timothy Gullikson, tennis player/coach, dies at 45
1996-10-13 - Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92
1999-02-22 - Menno Oosting, Dutch tennis player (b. 1964)
2000-01-26 - Don Budge, American tennis player (b. 1915)
2003-09-28 - Althea Gibson, American tennis player (b. 1927)
