Alexandre Sokolowski

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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Nastase OTD 10_02
October 2, 2024

October 2, 1977: The day Nastase and his spaghetti racquet frustrated Vilas

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October 1, 2024

October 1, 1988: The day Steffi Graf won the “Golden Grand Slam”

On October 1, 1988, Steffi Graf added an Olympic Gold to her calendar...
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Althea Gibson, On This Day
September 28, 2024

September, 28, 2003: The day Althea Gibson, the first African-American player to ever win a Grand Slam tournament, passed away

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September 17, 2024

September 17, 1960: The day the US Nationals finals took place a week late due to Hurricane Donna

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Stefan Edberg
September 12, 2024

September 12, 1992: The day Stefan Edberg beat Michael Chang in the longest-ever US Open match

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Serena Williams, On this day
September 11, 2024

September 11, 1999: The day Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title at the US Open

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Tracy Austin
September 9, 2024

September 9, 1979: Tracy Austin becomes the youngest woman to win the US Open

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Pete Sampras
September 9, 2024

September 9, 1990: The day Pete Sampras became the youngest US Open champion in history

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Rod Laver
September 9, 2024

September 9, 1969: The day Rod Laver became the first man to win the coveted calendar-year Grand Slam twice

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Connolly OTD 06_21
September 7, 2024

September 7, 1953: The day Maureen “Little Mo” Connolly became the first woman to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam

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Michael Chang, On This Day
August 31, 2024

September 1, 1987: the day 15-year-old Michael Chang became the youngest male in the Open era to win a match at the US Open

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Venus Williams, Athens 2004: OTD 08/18
August 18, 2024

August 18, 2004: When six Americans lost in one day at the Olympic Games in Athens

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Bjorn Borg, On this day 6/16
June 16, 2024

June 16, 1974: Teenagers Borg and Evert stun Roland-Garros and usher in new era

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Martina Navratilova, On this day
May 23, 2024

May 23, 1994: The day Martina Navratilova broke her racquet as she bid farewell to Roland-Garros

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On this day - USTA
May 21, 2024

May 21, 1881: The day the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was founded

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On this day Battle of the Sexes 13_5
May 13, 2024

May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel

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Tracy Austin, On this day 07.01.2021
May 12, 2024

May 12, 1979: The day Tracy Austin ended Chris Evert’s 125-match clay-court winning streak

On this day in 1979, a pig-tailed 16-year-old named Tracy Austin shocked the...
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Pioline OTD 04_23
April 23, 2024

April 23, 2000: The day Cedric Pioline won his only ATP Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo

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Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic, On This Day
April 22, 2024

April 22, 2012: The day Rafael Nadal won his eighth consecutive Monte-Carlo title

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January 29, 2024

January 29, 2012: The day Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal in the longest Australian Open final

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Roger Federer
January 29, 2024

January 29, 2017: The day Roger Federer stunned Rafael Nadal in Melbourne to win his first Grand Slam title for five years

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