Near Hollywood Immortality For Wimbledon Champion
Los Angeles and Hollywood is in full Oscar mode as the annual Academy Awards will honor the best in motion pictures this Sunday night. In 1944, 1945, and 1946, the Academy Awards ceremonies were held...
View ArticleU.S. Davis Cupper’s romance with Grace Kelly
Book Excerpt From “THE WIMBLEDON FINAL THAT NEVER WAS… AND OTHER TENNIS TALES FROM A BYGONE ERA” NEW YORK, N.Y., April 4, 2012 – Davis Cup tennis is abuzz in Monaco this week as the USA visits the...
View ArticleNo man – even Rafa or Bjorn – has won more French titles than this musketeer
“Whenever Paris comes to mind, their images loom,” wrote 1931 Wimbledon champion Sidney Wood in his book THE WIMBLEDON FINAL THAT NEVER WAS of the famous Four Musketeers – Rene Lacoste, Henri Cochet,...
View ArticleWimbledon Champion’s Life With Hollywood Legends
It’s Oscars week in Hollywood as the film industry is in a full frenzy in anticipation for Sunday’s Academy Awards One character from the tennis world that is among the most associated with old-school...
View ArticleWho Is The Guan Tianlang Of Tennis?
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher At the age of 14, Guan Tianlang of China became the youngest player to ever compete at the Masters golf tournament. The success of this young man on the grandest...
View ArticleWhat Vika Azarenka Has In Common with Brooke Shields’ Grandfather
by Randy Walker @TennisPublisher Victoria Azarenka’s nasty-looking knee injury suffered early in the second set of her 6-1, 6-2 win over Maria Joao Koehler in Monday’s Wimbledon first round had the...
View ArticleThe Indiana Jones of Tennis
The life and times of former Wimbledon champion Sidney Wood is straight out of a Hollywood movie. Not only did the 1931 Wimbledon champion hob nob with such famous actors as Gary Cooper and Errol...
View ArticleArnold Palmer’s Tennis Connection
Arnold Palmer did more for golf than perhaps any other person in the sports history. He did, also, have a slight connection to the sport of tennis. Palmer was known as one of the best corporate...
View ArticleSaving Nine Match-Points – All With Backhand Down-The-Line Passing Shots: A...
By George Lott, Jr. The following is an article published in the June 1964 edition of World Tennis magazine by International Tennis Hall of Fame member George Lott on his U.S. Davis Cup teammate Sidney...
View ArticleTennis History And Instructional Books Available For The Holidays From New...
“The Greatest Tennis Matches of All Time” by 2017 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Steve Flink highlights many New Chapter Press tennis book offerings that make for excellent gift ideas this...
View ArticleNo, It’s Not The Asterisk U.S. Open
By Randy Walker @TennisPublisher One of the statements that has irked me with regard to the upcoming 2020 U.S. Open tennis championships is that it will have an asterisk. As the U.S. Tennis...
View ArticleRafael Nadal – Nick Kyrgios Not The Most Famous “Wimbledon Walkover”
by Randy Walker @TennisPublisher Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal from his semifinal with Nick Kyrgios is not the most famous “Wimbledon Walkover” in the history of The Championships. In one of the most...
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