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5 unusual facts about tennis


Alabama High School Athletic Association

The AHSAA sponsors state championships programs in 12 boys and 12 girls sports: Baseball, Softball, Basketball, Football, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Track and Field, Tennis, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Indoor Track.

Gajulamandyam

Tennis, volleyball and badminton are also played in schools and uncultivated fields.

Mervin Heller, Jr.

He began with the USTA in 1974 as President of the Lehigh Valley District Tennis Association.

In 1992, Heller established the Berks County Tennis Association (BCTA), a community tennis association serving his hometown of Reading, PA, as well as the surrounding communities.

Pete Bostwick

Son Pete Jr. was one of the best and most versatile amateur sportsmen in American history who won two National squash titles and hard racquets Open Championships and who also excelled at golf, ice hockey, court tennis and Lawn Tennis.


1976 WTA Westchester Invitational

The 1976 WTA Westchester Invitational was a tennis tournament that took place in Westchester, New York in the United States.

1988 US Open – Women's Doubles

Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver were the defending champions but lost in the semifinals to Gigi Fernández and Robin White.

1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships

The 1993 Ansett Australian Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1993 ATP Tour.

1994 Australian Indoor Championships

The 1994 Australian Indoor Championships was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney in Australia and was part of the Championship Series of the 1994 ATP Tour.

1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino

The 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Centro Tennis Cassa di Risparmio di Fonte dell'Ovo in the City of San Marino in San Marino and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour.

1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships

The 1996 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships (also known as 1996 Miller Lite Hall of Fame Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and was part of the World Series of the 1996 ATP Tour.

1997 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships

The 1997 Australian Men's Hardcourt Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Memorial Drive Park in Adelaide in Australia and was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour.

1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic

The 1999 IGA SuperThrift Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at The Greens Country Club in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States that was part of Tier III of the 1999 WTA Tour.

2001 CA-TennisTrophy

The 2001 CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour.

2001 Qatar Open

The 2001 Qatar Open, known as the 2001 Qatar ExxonMobil Open for sponsorship reasons, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis Complex in Doha in Qatar and was part of the International Series of the 2001 ATP Tour.

2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships

The 2002 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 2002 WTA Tour.

2002 Generali Open

The 2002 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour.

2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships

The 2007 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was a men's tennis event on the 2007 ATP Tour.

2008 Internazionali BNL d'Italia

Others top seeds competing were Miami Masters champion Nikolay Davydenko, Valencia Open winner David Ferrer, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian, and James Blake.

2008 Movistar Open

Other seeded players were 2007 St. Petersburg finalist Fernando Verdasco, Doha and Sydney quarterfinalist Agustín Calleri, Óscar Hernández, José Acasuso and Nicolás Massú.

2008 Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona

Among other players were Delray Beach and Houston runner-up James Blake, Costa do Sauípe finalist Carlos Moyá, Tommy Robredo, Andy Murray and Ivo Karlović.

2009 LA Tennis Open

The 2009 LA Tennis Open (also known as the LA Tennis Open presented by Farmers Insurance Group for sponsorship reasons) was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts.

Aasif Karim

Karim also holds the unique distinction of having captained his country in both representative cricket (ODIs) and tennis (Davis Cup) competition.

Aberfoyle Park, South Australia

The Happy Valley sports park, which is located near Aberfoyle Park High School, contains the Happy Valley Football Club who are known as the Vikings, the Happy Valley Cricket Club, the Happy Valley tennis club, a lawn bowls club and a BMX track.

Aiken Tennis Club

Former world champions that have played on the court include Northrup R. Knox, G.H. "Pete" Bostwick, Jr., Jordan Toole, Jimmy Bostwick, Wayne Davies, and Robert Fahey.

Arab League

other Competitions include the Arab Basketball Federation with annual competitions, Sport Federations also exist for 43 games, include the Volley, Handball, Table Tennis, Tennis, Squash and Swimming.

Czesław Piątas

He is interested in military history and tennis; speaks fluently Polish, Russian and English.

George Ewart Bean

He was an avid player of badminton and tennis, and once reached the third round at Wimbledon.

Gérard Solvès

Gérard Solvès (born Lagny-sur-Marne, Paris, 7 April 1968) is a French tennis player, coach and director of the Tennis Club de Paris.

German Open

German Open Tennis Championships, a professional tennis tournament on the ATP World Tour, formerly known as the ATP German Open and German Open International.

Guillermo Aubone

Before turning pro, Aubone played college tennis in the United States, at the University of Corpus Christi and University of South Carolina.

György Dungyersky

After retiring from tennis, Dungyersky became a tennis instructor in Geneva, and acted as sparring partner to many famous diplomats including Arthur Balfour.

Hypo Group Tennis International

The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual men's tennis tournament last held in Pörtschach, Austria.

John Dykes

Highlights of his time with ESPN STAR Sports include his anchoring the broadcast of cricket's 1999 World Cup in England, trips to Wimbledon and Flushing Meadows to work alongside Vijay Amritraj on Grand Slam tennis, and his work in Augusta for Tiger Woods' triumph at the 2001 Masters.

Kiskunhalas

The town is the birthplace of the highest ranked Hungarian tennis player Ágnes Szávay (at one time ranked 13th in the world), who has won five WTA titles.

Margaret Varner Bloss

Margaret Varner Bloss (born October 4, 1927) is a retired American athlete and professor of physical education from El Paso, Texas who excelled in three distinctly different racket sports: badminton, squash, and tennis.

Michaela Paštiková

Michaela Paštiková (born 27 March 1980 in Šumperk, Czechoslovakia) is a professional female tennis player from the Czech Republic.

Monsieur Pierre

As a young man, Pierre's engineering studies at Zurich University were abruptly halted when he was struck in the eye by a tennis ball.

Nat Emerson

They lost to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Fred Alexander and Harold Hackett in 1906, and Raymond D. Little and Beals Wright in 1908.

NBA on USA

Manhattan Cable (subsequently referred to as the MSG Network) debuted in the spring of 1969 and did all home events from the Madison Square Garden: New York Knicks basketball, New York Rangers hockey, college basketball, horse shows, Golden Gloves boxing, tennis, the Westminster Dog Show, ice capades, professional wrestling, etc.

Peter Moraing

Moraing is now a tennis coach and runs a tennis center with his brother in Mülheim.

Portugal national table tennis team

Portugal has one of the best Table Tennis team of the World.The team is composed by Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolónia and João Pedro Monteiro.

Potito

Potito Starace (born 1981), an Italian professional tennis player

Roy Erskine

An optician by profession, Roy Erskine is the maternal grandfather of professional tennis players Jamie and Andy Murray by his daughter Judith "Judy" Murray.

Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player who came to the limelight when h won 9 singles title in the 2014 ITF Men's Circuit.

Simonsson

Stefan Simonsson (born 1960), former professional tennis player from the United States

Table tennis at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games – Men's singles

The men's singles table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between December 20 and 21, at the Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

Taube Tennis Center

In addition to hosting the Stanford Cardinal's men's and women's tennis teams, the 17-court facility is the home of the Bank of the West Classic, a WTA Tour event.

Tenleytown

Fort Reno also hosts community gardens, free rock concerts in the summer, sledding in the winter, and tennis courts, playing fields, and dog-walkers year round.

Tennis Channel

On September 4, 2011 during the US Open, the Tennis Channel pulled its signal from Verizon FiOS, Cablevision, Suddenlink Communications, Mediacom, WOW!, Knology and GCI after the providers declined to accept a new agreement that the Tennis Channel made with the National Cable Television Cooperative of which they are members.

Testerman

Ben Testerman (born 1962), former professional tennis player from the United States

Thomas Cup

The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900s, who was inspired by tennis's Davis Cup, and football's (soccer's) World Cup first held in 1930.

Walgoolan, Western Australia

The town was a thriving community wit five schools, tennis courts, a cricket club, Country Women's Association and Wheat Growers Union.

Young Elders

The band released an extended play, Fly Monica Fly, in 1993, the lead track was adopted by the tennis player, Monica Seles.

Yuichi Tsuchiya

Since Tsuchiya left the Prince of Tennis the role of Oishi has been played by Hiroki Suzuki, Yukihiro Takiguchi, Yuya Toyoda, Yuki Tsujimoto, and is currently played by Jin Hiramaki.


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