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Bjorn Borg

April 23, 1991: the day Bjorn Borg came back on the Tour with his wooden racquet

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to Monte-Carlo, in 1991, to witness how, after being away from tennis for almost 10 years, the great Bjorn Borg attempted an extravagant return to the game with his old-fashioned wooden racquet

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Pioline OTD 04_23

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

Each day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history. On April 23, 2000, Frenchman Cedric Pioline took out Dominik Hrbaty at the Monte-Carlo Masters to claim his only ATP Masters 1000 title

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Alexandre Sokolowski

April 22, 1998: The day Pete Sampras finally won a match in Monte-Carlo

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate a great moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1998 to witness how the most dominant player of the last five years, Pete Sampras, scored the only win of his career at the Monte-Carlo Open

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Rafael Nadal & Novak Djokovic, On This Day

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

Each day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history. On April 22, 2012, Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic to win the Monte-Carlo Masters for the eighth year in a row

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Pete Sampras On this day 21.04.2021

April 21, 1992: The day Pete Sampras was upset by world No 40 Steeb in Monte-Carlo

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history. On April 21, 1992, German Carl-Uwe Steeb upset world No 4 Pete Sampras in the first round at Monte-Carlo

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Boris Becker & M
4 days ago

April 19, 1988: The day Vajda defeated Becker, 25 years prior to becoming part of Djokovic’s team

Each day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest moments in tennis history....
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Monica Seles, On This Day
5 days ago

April 18, 1999: The day Monica Seles helped USA beat Croatia in Fed Cup

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Davis Cup
1 week ago

April 16, 1977: The day a USA-South Africa Davis Cup tie was interrupted by anti-apartheid protestors

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Richard Gasquet
1 week ago

April 15, 2005: The day Richard Gasquet ended Roger Federer’s 25-match winning streak

Every day, Tennis Majors looks back at the biggest matches in tennis history....
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Ryan Harrison
1 week ago

April 14, 2008: The day Ryan Harrison became the 10th youngest man to win an ATP Tour match

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Ivan Lendl OTD 13_4
1 week ago

April 13, 1980: The day Ivan Lendl claimed his maiden title

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Steffi Graf, 1986, On This Day for Tennis Majors
1 week ago

April 13, 1986: The day Steffi Graf won her first WTA Tour title

On this day in 1986, Steffi Graf won her first-ever WTA singles title,...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Miloslav Mecir
2 weeks ago

April 12, 1987: The day McEnroe’s antics proved no distraction for Mecir in Dallas

On this day in tennis history, a much-loved Czech withstood a barrage of...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Pete Sampras On this day
2 weeks ago

April 11, 1993: The day Sampras celebrated his ascent to the world No 1 spot with a title

One of the greats reached the top of the rankings with a victory...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
2 weeks ago

April 10, 1982: The day Chris Evert lost on clay for the third time in nine years

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Andre Agassi, On this day 10.04.2021
2 weeks ago

April 10, 1995: The day Andre Agassi became world No 1 for the first time

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Pete Sampras, On this day
2 weeks ago

April 9, 2000: The day Pete Sampras played his first deciding fifth rubber in a Davis Cup tie

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Navratilova OTD 8_4_1990
2 weeks ago

April 8, 1990: The day Martina Navratilova claimed her 150th professional title

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Alexandre Sokolowski
Rafael Nadal 2005 Valencia
2 weeks ago

April 8, 2005: The day Igor Andreev became the last man to beat Rafael Nadal on clay for two years

On this day in 2005 the King of Clay suffered a rare defeat...
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Alexandre Sokolowski
Tracy Austin, On this day
2 weeks ago

April 7, 1980: The day 17-year-old Tracy Austin became the youngest world No 1 (at the time)

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Alexandre Sokolowski