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Sports Illustrated February 26, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Building the perfect player If you were to build the perfect tennis players (male and female), whose forehands, backhands, serve, net game, mental toughness, etc., would you duplicate -- i.e., who has the greatest strengths ever?  |
Sports Illustrated April 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Davis Cup on the mind Tennis Q&A: Pete Sampras... clay court?... cheerleaders and music added to the sport of tennis... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated July 17, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
It's the Williamses' mailbag ... The Williams Show seems to have been given a second season. What are the chances that Serena and Venus will seek out proper coaching now and fine-tune their games so that their father's prediction of them ranking 1 and 2 really can come true?  |
Sports Illustrated March 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Anna, Anna everywhere Tennis Q & A.  |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Compare and contrast Comparing tennis players from different vintages is the most inexact of sciences. A million variables come into play.  |
Sports Illustrated August 7, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Getting blitzed by Venus Well, last week yours truly got an earful from Venus Williams, who chastised me -- good naturedly, with a smile on her face, I hasten to add -- for being "too negative" and "too sarcastic."  |
Sports Illustrated March 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Slovak uprising How can such a relatively small country produce so many consistent tennis players?  |
Sports Illustrated February 12, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Johnny Mac to the rescue? I believe John McEnroe should have been selected to play Davis Cup to generate some interest from viewers like me. It would have been great. Big names are what the event needs, right?  |
Sports Illustrated April 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Inside the Fed Cup controversy On the Billie Jean King/House of Capriati battle royal...  |
Sports Illustrated March 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The skinny on Sampras I was totally overwhelmed by the response generated by last week's question about Pete Sampras' popularity and lack thereof. By early Monday afternoon, dozens of you had weighed in. In all, I received more than 100 e-mails...  |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Hitting some turbulence Tennis Q&A: Why do you think players do so well one tournament and then do terribly in the next?... the "next Steffi"... Magnus Norman... USTA "budget shortfall"... Martina Navratilova considering competing in doubles... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated August 5, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras appears on the rebound If his career was in seriously dire straits after Wimbledon, Pete Sampras bounced back with a vengeance in Toronto.  |
Sports Illustrated May 7, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Roddick excites American fans Pretty soon, seats on the Andy Roddick bandwagon are going to be available through scalpers only...  |
Sports Illustrated July 10, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List: July 10 Hot: Pete Sampras, Venus Williams, Pat Rafter... Not: Mark Philippoussis, Richard Williams, Natasha Zvereva  |
Sports Illustrated June 18, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Sampras may be spent A few of you asked what I make of Sampras' epochal collapse, and I honestly don't know. It's not as though he is losing to elite players and simply relinquishing his grip to Generation Next.  |
Sports Illustrated October 29, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Reasonable doubt Don't blame U.S. for withdrawing from Fed Cup...  |
Sports Illustrated February 5, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Capriati's comeback is complete I see Capriati as a looming threat that no higher-seeded player will want to see in her quadrant. But let's not initiate her in the Martina Hingis-Venus Williams-Serena Williams-Davenport sorority quite yet...  |
Sports Illustrated August 14, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Back with some bite Are you a tennis junkie?... Eric Van Harpen is out as Anna Kournikova's coach... 10 suggested ATP Tour slogans that were rejected in favor of New Balls, Please... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated April 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up the Nasdaq-100 Why isn't the Nasdaq-100 officially elevated to Grand Slam No. 5 status? Unlike all other non-Grand Slams, it has the same number of rounds as the other four major tournaments...  |
Sports Illustrated December 10, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
En francais It's been a good month for Guy Forget. A week after captaining France to a Davis Cup triumph against Australia, Forget collected another title of his own on Sunday when he served 21 aces on the way to a 7-5, 6-7 (5), 11-9 victory over Petr Korda in a seniors tournament in London...  |
Sports Illustrated October 15, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Tennis? What tennis? Why the sport has disappeared off U.S. radar screens...  |
Sports Illustrated November 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Venus speeds past Marion Jones From the Mailbag: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Sports Illustrated has declared Venus Williams Sportswoman of the Year. This award belongs to Marion Jones. No one even comes close. Of course I could be wrong...  |
Sports Illustrated September 16, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Agassi's legacy Andre easily ranks among the best of the past 20 years.  |
Sports Illustrated April 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Will Agassi play Davis Cup? Pat McEnroe is going to try his best to make sure this fantasy is realized. Agassi swore off Davis Cup like a bad habit after the 2000 fiasco...  |
Sports Illustrated November 20, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Tag-team tennis? With all apologies to the traditionalists at Wimbledon, I'm all for a WWF-style version of tennis, at least for promotional purposes. Matches would be played as singles, but tag-team style, with players able to bail out and switch with their partners when in need of "help"...  |
Sports Illustrated July 16, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
The good and bad of Ivanisevic I was happy to see Goran Ivanisevic finally win Wimbledon until I saw his post-match news conference, during which he referred to a linesman as a "faggot." Why doesn't the press call him on his bigotry?  |
Sports Illustrated July 15, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Saving American tennis Demanding more accountability from the good folks in White Plains.  |
Sports Illustrated September 11, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Safin has a good shot at No. 1 Rating the courts of the Slam venues... Prognosticating on the future rivalries in tennis...  |
Sports Illustrated July 6, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Sisterly slugfest signals tennis' future In a match that will make the front page of all the newspapers, Venus Williams beat her little sister, Serena, 6-2, 7-6 Thursday to reach her first Wimbledon final. One had the feeling this was one of those epochal matches that will be remembered for years.  |
Sports Illustrated January 21, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hewitt needs to be more media-friendly Tennis star Lleyton Hewitt is locked in mortal combat with the Australian media. I'm assuming that when he's Up Over, he'll be more accommodating...  |
Sports Central March 28, 2007 Mert Ertunga |
The Strangest Oddities in Tennis Certain oddities in tennis do not get much media space or time. Here are a few examples.  |
Sports Illustrated June 10, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Capriati is at a loss There are a million cheap shots I'll avoid making at J-Cap's expense (being in Paris makes one softer than brie). But let's just say that she hasn't exactly grasped the nuances of the rankings system.  |
Sports Illustrated February 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Agassi vs. Mac Would John McEnroe have beaten Andre Agassi if they played when both were in their primes?  |
Sports Illustrated February 11, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Is there a Sampras/Roddick feud? Reading between the lines, it seemed there was some tension between Pete Sampras and Andy Roddick in Oklahoma City. Sounded like the typical "old guard, new guard" stuff...  |
Sports Illustrated July 22, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Hardly an epidemic Steroid use is not a huge problem in tennis.  |
Sports Illustrated May 6, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Battle of the sexes Which gender has the more appealing tennis game?  |
Sports Illustrated July 23, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
A tennis-book wish list My friend and I were checking out the WTA Tour message boards the other day and came across a thread on the "World's Shortest Tennis Books"...  |
Sports Illustrated July 24, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Stuck in a circle No easy solution to U.S. Davis Cup problems  |
Sports Illustrated July 4, 2000 S.L. Price |
Inside Tennis Vladimir Voltchkov, ranked No. 237, fought his way into the second week of Wimbledon  |
Sports Illustrated April 3, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
The Hot List Who's hot and who's not in the tennis world: Pete Sampras... Martina Hingis... Serena Williams... Venus Williams... Anna Kournikova... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated September 10, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Wrapping up the Open Credit Hewitt with playing his best tennis when it mattered most... Aside from playing unsurpassing tennis, the Williams sisters were dual models of poise during the Open...  |
Sports Illustrated July 1, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
Missing in action What keeps young guns from consistent Slam performances.  |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Jon Wertheim |
ATP needs new marketing strategy The tour tries desperately to cultivate "stars" and "personalities," yet the first major was won by a Swedish veteran who repeatedly described himself as bland and who reacted to the biggest win of his life by grinning and approaching the net to shake his opponent's hand...  |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
No rest for the best While the women's game overall has improved immensely, I'm consistently frustrated by the fact that the top players (with the exception of the amazing yet annoying Wiliams sisters) have failed to round out their games...  |
Sports Illustrated May 16, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Courier's legacy Tennis Q&A: career of Jim Courier, who retired last week... Advice for Pete Sampras... Jennifer Capriati... Why are Marat Safin's best results on clay?... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated February 28, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Lendl doesn't quite measure up Your tennis questions  |
Sports Illustrated March 27, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
Most memorable matches of the '90s Tennis Q&A: five best matches of the 1990s... least amount of talent?... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated March 19, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Williamses' antics undermine the tour The episode hurts the Williamses' credibility and only fuels the widespread speculation that they treat the sport as something of a lark... Hicham Arazi, Younes El Aynaoui and Karim Alami... Elena Bovina... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated May 22, 2000 Jon Wertheim |
From movies to poems Tennis Q&A: Tennis related movies... Is Nathalie Tauziat's "controversial" book going to be available in English in the U.S.?... Juan Carlos Ferrero... who are the shortest successful players on both tours?... etc.  |
Sports Illustrated October 1, 2001 Jon Wertheim |
Is Roddick fragile? Is it too soon for American men's tennis fans to worry about The Franchise? Also, am I the only one who winces watching him skid and dive on hard courts?  |