Alexandre Sokolowski

Born in Paris, Alexandre fell in love with tennis at the age of 6, watching countryman Henri Leconte reach the semi-finals of the 1992 French Open as a wild card. Although he’s far from being as gifted as Leconte, his journey in tennis still led him to visit the four Grand Slam tournaments, as a coach or a sparring-partner. In 2009, he was the co-founder of a fan blog which became one of the main French tennis websites, Tennis Legend, while teaching tennis in several clubs in Paris area. He joined the Tennis Majors team in April 2020.

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January 15, 2002: The day Hewitt became the first-ever top seed to be defeated in the Australian Open opening round

January 15, 1981: The day ice-man Bjorn Borg lost his cool

January 14, 2002: The day Stefan Koubek came back from match point and 6-0, 6-1, 4-1 down

January 14, 1979: The day John McEnroe became the youngest winner of the Masters Cup

January 13, 1997: The day Carlos Moya upset defending champ Boris Becker in the first round of the Australian Open

January 13, 2003: The day Capriati became the first women’s defending champ to crash out in the first round of the Australian Open

January 12, 1980: The day Vitas Gerulaitis made his famous quote, “No one beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row”

January 11, 1998: The day 16-year-old Lleyton Hewitt became the lowest-ranked player to win an ATP title

January 11, 1988: The first day of play in the Australian Open’s new home

January 10, 1982: The day Connors and McEnroe nearly come to blows in Chicago

January 9, 1977: The day Roscoe Tanner won his only Grand Slam title

January 8, 1978: The day the Masters Cup final between Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg sparked a No 1 debate

January 7, 1979: The day 16-year-old Tracy Austin crushed Martina Navratilova to win the Avon Championships

January 6, 1992: The day Pescosolido was disqualified in Sydney when his racquet kick left a fan needing stitches

January 6, 2008: The day Mikhail Youzhny gave Nadal the heaviest loss of his career

January 5, 1994: The day world No 1 Pete Sampras was shocked by world No 205 Alami in Qatar

January 4, 1976: The day Edmondson won the Australian Open to become the lowest-ranked player to win a Grand Slam

January 4, 1981: The day unheralded Brian Teacher won his first and only Grand Slam title

January 3, 1972: The day Ken Rosewall became the oldest Grand Slam winner in the Open Era

January 2, 1980: The day Guillermo Vilas won his fourth and final Grand Slam title

January 1, 1973: The day Margaret Court won a record 11th Australian Open title and became the first mother to win a Major