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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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”
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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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September 12, 2024
September 12, 1992: The day Stefan Edberg beat Michael Chang in the longest-ever US Open match
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September 11, 2024
September 11, 1999: The day Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam title at the US Open
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September 9, 2024
September 9, 1979: Tracy Austin becomes the youngest woman to win the US Open
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September 9, 2024
September 9, 1990: The day Pete Sampras became the youngest US Open champion in history
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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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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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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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August 18, 2024
August 18, 2004: When six Americans lost in one day at the Olympic Games in Athens
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June 16, 2024
June 16, 1974: Teenagers Borg and Evert stun Roland-Garros and usher in new era
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May 23, 2024
May 23, 1994: The day Martina Navratilova broke her racquet as she bid farewell to Roland-Garros
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May 21, 2024
May 21, 1881: The day the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was founded
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May 13, 2024
May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel
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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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April 23, 2024
April 23, 2000: The day Cedric Pioline won his only ATP Masters 1000 title in Monte-Carlo
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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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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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