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Pete Sampras

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

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1990 to witness how 19-year old Pete Sampras won the US Open defeating his rival Andre Agassi in the final and created history

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Rod Laver

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

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back to some of the biggest moments in tennis history. On September 9, 1969, Rod Laver beat Tony Roche to complete the calendar-year Grand Slam for the second time

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Connolly OTD 06_21

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

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1953 to witness how 18-year-old became the first woman and only the second player in tennis history to sweep all the four Majors in the same year

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Michael Chang, On This Day

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

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1987 to witness how 15-year-old Michael Chang defeated Paul McNamee to create an Open-era record that stands to this date

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Venus Williams, Athens 2004: OTD 08/18

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

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back in time to relive a tennis event which happened on this specific day. On this day in 2004, American tennis lost a majority of their medal contenders at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Viktoriya Tomova WImbledon 2023 - Chryslene Caillaud / Panoramic
1 year ago

BBVA Open Internacional De Valencia: Tomova makes last four

Viktoriya Tomova won against Darja Semenistaja 6-3, 6-1 on Friday and will face...
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Martina Navratilova, On this day
2 years ago

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

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Alexandre Sokolowski
On this day - USTA
2 years ago

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

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Alexandre Sokolowski
On this day Battle of the Sexes 13_5
2 years ago

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

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Tracy Austin, On this day 07.01.2021
2 years ago

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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Alexandre Sokolowski
Pioline OTD 04_23
2 years ago

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
2 years ago

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

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Alexandre Sokolowski
2 years ago

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

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Roger Federer
2 years ago

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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Alexandre Sokolowski
2 years ago

December 18, 1982: The day Chris Evert double-bagelled Tracy Austin

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Edberg OTD 12_18
2 years ago

December 18, 1995: Stefan Edberg announces his retirement and farewell tour

Seeing his results dwindle, Stefan Edberg said he would be retiring. The six-time...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
2 years ago

December 17, 1984: The day McEnroe and Fleming were defeated for the first time in the Davis Cup

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Becker OTD 12_17
2 years ago

December 17, 1989: The day Becker won Germany its second consecutive Davis Cup

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Carl-Uwe Steeb OTD 12_14
2 years ago

December 14, 1988: The day unheralded Carl Uwe Steeb shocked world No 1 Wilander in the Davis Cup final

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Johan Kriek, On This Day
2 years ago

December 13, 1982: The day Johan Kriek achieved an unprecedented Australian Open double

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Alexandre Sokolowski