On this day
August 30, 1986: The day McEnroe and Fleming were defaulted from the US Open for being late
Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1986 to witness how John McEnroe and Peter Fleming, stuck in traffic and didn’t make it on time to the USTA Tennis Center to play the US Open first round
August 30, 1979: The day McEnroe and Nastase played one of the most tumultuous matches in tennis history
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day, August 30, 1979, John McEnroe and Ilie Nastase played a match wherein fights broke out in the stands and the police were called to prevent a riot
August 29, 1978: The day the US Open debuted at Flushing Meadows
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 1978, the US Open debuted at Flushing Meadows with Bjorn Borg and Bob Hewitt becoming the first players to compete at the new venue
August 27, 1975: The day a very special US Open edition began, with clay and night sessions
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day 47 years ago, the 1975 US Open edition kicked off with a new surface, the introduction of night sessions and a modified format for the earlier rounds in the men's draw
August 26, 1986: The day John McEnroe lost in the opening round of the US Open for the first and only time
Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 1986, John McEnroe, on his way back after a six-month break from the game, was playing his first Major of the season at the US Open and found himself in unchartered territory
August 24, 1929: The day Helen Wills claimed the US Nationals for the sixth time
August 23, 1973: The day Ilie Nastase was crowned the first world No 1 in ATP history
August 23, 1977: The day Bjorn Borg became world No 1 for the first time
August 22, 2004: The day Nicolas Massu made Olympic history for Chile
August 20, 1995: Andre Agassi’s summer of revenge comes to New Haven
August 19, 2007: The day Roger Federer won his 50th ATP title
August 18, 2004: When six Americans lost in one day at the Olympic Games in Athens
August 17, 1987 : The day Steffi Graf became world No 1 for the first time
August 17, 2004: The day Federer lost two matches at the Olympics
June 16, 1974: Teenagers Borg and Evert stun Roland-Garros and usher in new era
BBVA Open Internacional De Valencia: Tomova makes last four
May 23, 1994: The day Martina Navratilova broke her racquet as she bid farewell to Roland-Garros
May 21, 1881: The day the United States Tennis Association (USTA) was founded
May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel
May 12, 1979: The day Tracy Austin ended Chris Evert’s 125-match clay-court winning streak