Given the Day, Who are your favorite tennis moms?

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
I have to go with Gloria Connors, who coached her son to 8 majors and more total titles than any man in the Open era. Good thread idea!

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ibbi

G.O.A.T.
Clijsters and Azarenka. In terms of players mothers, I always found Vera Dementieva to be super cute so worried and caught up in things up in the stands.
 
top mom has gotta be Evonne Goolagong, Wimbledon champ as a mum. Same for kimmy clijsters.

Full respect to Gloria connors, kay mcEnroe, lynette federer, dijana djokovic, olga schlosser, and alice Kuerten.
karin thiem seems cool. So does the lady who raised franklin and frances tiafoe. I think her name is mrs tiafoe.
Sloane stephens’ mom ftw, because she is a sprinter.

queen oracene! Also serena williams ohanion. I understand she is a mother and will not lie.

melanie zogg deserves a mention.

big ups to bJk, the mother of women’s sport.
 
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RaulRamirez

Legend
Clijsters and Azarenka. In terms of players mothers, I always found Vera Dementieva to be super cute so worried and caught up in things up in the stands.
I remember the player, but not the mom. Hopefully, she didn't teach Elena that erratic ball toss.
 

BeatlesFan

Bionic Poster
What...no love for Dijana Djokovic?
Her fashion sense is second to none.
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In any case, just because someone is the mom of one's favorite player shouldn't impact the response. I can't stand Jimmy Connors, but chose his mother because she positively impacted tennis and she coached an ATG. What has Djokovic's mom ever done noteworthy except give birth to Novaxx?
 

am1899

Legend
Comes across as a bit hard. Who can forget her triumphant cry, "The King is dead!" when her son beat Federer for the 1st time in a Slam en route to winning 2008 AO?

Didn’t mean it to come across that way, just poking fun.

Ha, you beat me to it - I was going to mention the king is dead remark.
 

RaulRamirez

Legend
Just thought of this couplet from (the great) Neil Young:
"The king is gone, but he's not forgotten / This is the story of Johnny Rotten.
How'd we get here? Carry on!
 

King No1e

G.O.A.T.
Between Judy Murray, Oracene Price, and Dijana Djokovic. Mothers who coached or contributed actively to their kid's tremendous success.

Happy Mother's Day!
 

TheGhostOfAgassi

Talk Tennis Guru
Her fashion sense is second to none.
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In any case, just because someone is the mom of one's favorite player shouldn't impact the response. I can't stand Jimmy Connors, but chose his mother because she positively impacted tennis and she coached an ATG. What has Djokovic's mom ever done noteworthy except give birth to Novaxx?
Not sure? Having said one of the most classless cringe comment “the king is dead”?
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