mcenroe

Ivan Lendl beat John McEnroe 7-6(1) 6-3 6-4 in the final of the US Open, 1985 on hard court The match was a repeat of the previous years final, which McEnroe had won in straight sets. It was just Lendl's second Slam title (from 8 finals) and turned out to be McEnroe's last final McEnroe...

I've been watching this great interview with McEnroe, and thought it would be good to gather interesting tv interviews featuring tennis legends in this thread. Here, McEnroe talks about the all-time greats, the state of tennis at that time (99-2000) and more.

Professional tennis in the first 20 years or so of the open era was quite chaotic, as there were parallel circuits and the event hierarchy was instable. We can divide the Open Era into 3 phases. 1- 1968-1978: Although the game was then open, it remained factionalised with professional groups...

It was truly an enjoyable sports flick od the best kind. There might have been some factual errors due to dramatic enjoyability. But bottom line; it was a great tennis movie that had great respect for the sport. If you get the opportunity to see it, you should give it a chance, because it...

Sharing these charts for no particular reason other than I made them. (To settle a debate off-forum.) The first chart shows, for Fed, Nadal & Djokovic, their rolling 30 match win percentage vs. top-10 players. The x-axis measures years since first match vs. a top 10 player - Federer in 1998...

I picked this up at thrift today. I know Dunlop did everything they could to ride the McEnroe Train, and they had a kazillion different racquet models with his name plastered on every one, but I never imagined that they would unashamedly rip off the Donnay color scheme. Unless I am totally...