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    THE CONCISE HISTORY OF TENNIS by Károly Mazák from 1877 to 2009

    http://www.theconcisehistoryoftennis.com/ homepage of Károly Mazák’s book titled The concise history of tennis from 1877 to 2009 In my own view the format of Károly Mazák’s book is perfect : One year = one page so everyone can all visualize in one go. The great added values...
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    Pro results in the 1950s (Paris 1950, Philadelphia 1950 & 1952, Europe 1952, etc ...)

    I) Paris Pro, January 1-2, 1950 : apparently not a tournament won by Segura but perhaps a 4-man round robin event won by Kramer though it is not stated anywhere. Here are some archives (written in italics) that I found in Google (with some characters unfortunately not deciphered) with my...
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    Most important tennis events in 2009 according to the players

    Tennis Magazine (France) made a survey of opinion among 72 male players and 68 female players to rank the most important tennis competitions in 2009 in their minds. Each player granted 1 point for his (her) most important event, 2 points for the second one, 3 points for the third one and so...
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    1946 Riggs-Budge pro tour = 24 - 22 + 1 tie

    1946 R.L. Riggs - J.D. Budge US Pro tour = 24 - 22 + 1 tie Unfortunately I have no precise date (just the year) Source : American Lawn Tennis July 15, 1946, page 34 except where stated Order City Winner Score Standing 1 Chicago, March 9, 1946; Riggs 36 63 64 68 63; 1 - 0 2 Washington, D.C...
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    Connors's special events

    Here is an e-mail by my French colleague Jean-Marie about Connors's special events. Has anyone some answers about the missing results (see the red characters) or some corrections to propose ? Thank you : Bonjour Cher Carlo, Comme prévu je vous envoie la liste des specials events de Connors...
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    COCHET playing obscure PRO matches with GREATS

    Yesterday I received a book which made my day. If you look at Ray Bowers's accounts you will see that Budge-Vines-Tilden-Stoefen made a European 4-man tour (succession of either traditional 4-man tourneys with a first round and a final, or 4-man round robin events) in the summer 1939 and that...
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    What were Nastase's best ever matches on each surface (clay,hard,grass,indoor) ?

    And how do you rate him, at his very best, against the other greats (contemporary or not, be it against Trabert or Nadal) at their own best too, on each surface ? There are already answers spread out in different threads but it would helpful if all the answers were in the same thread...
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