Vince Spadea, Living a Life of Intrigue and Excitement

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http://twitter.com/#!/vincespadea

Vince Spadea
Drinking coffee! wow!!!
8 Aug

Vince Spadea
Nothing much is happening!
8 Aug

Vince Spadea
Just hit barnes n noble. exciting times lol
16 Jun

Vince Spadea
Just put something together from ikea. now i need a body cast
3 May

Vince Spadea
I think its just one of those skippy peanut butter sandwiches and reeses pb cup nights .
26 Apr

Vince Spadea
Whats up anybody
24 Apr
 
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The thing is, he's actually very analytical and has interesting things to say. TC or NBC should get him on and have him commentate. He's played all of these guys and Courier + Gilbert haven't. I'd love to see him and Gilbert go at it.
 
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accidental

Hall of Fame
is he actually retired now?

maybe i should use my twitter account to link him to one of Chopin's Spadea V Laver threads and see if we can get him in here to weigh in. lol
 
Rhino

Rhino

Legend
What does a guy like Vince do when the tennis career is over and the rap album never materialised?

He's a funny guy, I wish him the best.
 
vive le beau jeu !

vive le beau jeu !

Talk Tennis Guru
seems he's trying to get the 'worst website' award !!! :D
http://www.vincespadea.com/
what a design !!!

and who wants one of these amazing T-shirts ?! ;)
(i'm sure it would scare the djoker !)

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So what are the chances Paris and Vince are hanging out? That "ty" is very poignant.


Vince Spadea
@ParisHilton Hey havent seen you since Fred Segal with Kim. Need to talk about the TV show for your clothing and fashion lines. hit me up ty
 
Fedace

Fedace

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Why is he not playing in the Champions tour ??? I am sure he needs the money. I hope he isn't on Welfare.

Vince did win a tournament in ATP tour so that qualifies him for the champions tour automatically.
 
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Mikael

Professional
You feel sorry for him when he tweets

"Vince Spadea
So um...................Whuz up?
29 August "

And no one replies!
 
thor's hammer

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Limpinhitter said:
I've got inside info that he's training for a challenge match against Rod Laver. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWnx-WXq0T8
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Note: If you're one of the multitude of 4.0-5.0 players who can whup Lendl in a challenge match you can skip this post. However, if you're not...

A lot of you might look at that video and think, "Vince Spadea, former ATP touring pro, hitting on a wall at some schoolyard, all by himself. How sad."

I look at that video and see great footwork, tiny little steps, always moving, to get into position to hit those smooth, grooved strokes. I took that mental image of that footwork with me when I had a hit with a friend today, and the results were good. Thanks, Vince.

Love him or hate him, Spadea played with the big boys for many years, and deserves a little respect!
 
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magnut

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Tennis did not pass Vince Spadea By......Vince Spadea passed By Tennis

Vince Spadea does run after tennis ball........Tennis balls run away from Vince Spadea.

The hell with Rod Laver he is not worthy of Vince Spadea.

Vince Spadea VS Chuck Norris!
 
Agassi-Fan

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Rookie
Vince should start commentating. He is a colorful personality so Im sure he'll be fun in the booth.

Anything has to be better then some of the commentators be have to listen to during the USO...
 
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Limpinhitter

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thor's hammer said:
Note: If you're one of the multitude of 4.0-5.0 players who can whup Lendl in a challenge match you can skip this post. However, if you're not...

A lot of you might look at that video and think, "Vince Spadea, former ATP touring pro, hitting on a wall at some schoolyard, all by himself. How sad."

I look at that video and see great footwork, tiny little steps, always moving, to get into position to hit those smooth, grooved strokes. I took that mental image of that footwork with me when I had a hit with a friend today, and the results were good. Thanks, Vince.

Love him or hate him, Spadea played with the big boys for many years, and deserves a little respect!
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Agreed! I've been playing tennis, and hitting against walls, for over 40 years, and neither I, nor anyone I've ever seen, could keep the ball alternating b/t fh and bh continuously like that. It's not just his footwork, it's also the precision of his hitting - keeping the ball coming back to nearly the same spot over and over. That's impressive. It's obvious he's a World class player in that vid. I was just making light of Chopin's past comments that Spadea was better than a prime Laver.
 
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magnut said:
Tennis did not pass Vince Spadea By......Vince Spadea passed By Tennis

Vince Spadea does run after tennis ball........Tennis balls run away from Vince Spadea.

The hell with Rod Laver he is not worthy of Vince Spadea.

Vince Spadea VS Chuck Norris!
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ZAGNUT!!!!
 
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Fedace said:
Why is he not playing in the Champions tour ??? I am sure he needs the money. I hope he isn't on Welfare.

Vince did win a tournament in ATP tour so that qualifies him for the champions tour automatically.
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Not really

To be eligible to compete on the ATP Champions Tour, players must have been either a World No. 1 during their competitive playing careers, a Grand Slam singles finalist, or a singles player in a victorious Davis Cup team; and they should have retired from the ATP circuit
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The one Courrier runs has slightly less stringent requirements- but Spadea wouldn't qualify for that either.
 
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magnut

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The reason he isnt allowed on the senior tours is because Spadea aint a fraid a ya.

They are affraid of Spadea. Very, very affraid ......and they should be.

Everyone should be affraid of Vince.
 
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bjk said:
The thing is, he's actually very analytical and has interesting things to say. TC or NBC should get him on and have him commentate. He's played all of these guys and Courier + Gilbert haven't. I'd love to see him and Gilbert go at it.
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Read his book, he's very entertaining. I would rather have him in the booth than BG.
 
ahuimanu

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hoodjem said:
Yep, he's working really hard, because he knows that even post-stroke and at age 73 Laver can still bagel him.
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Was surprised to find out that Vince Spadea had a very nice career as a pro reaching a high of #18 and a win over Federer, Agassi, Roddick etc. Recall he had a sister who was much more touted that he was (forgot her name :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Spadea

Saw him along time ago on the satellite tour, had metronome-like consistency on the groundies, but wasn't too impressed by his overall game (no real weapon). Think he grinded it out on the tour long enough to position himself as a top level journeyman.

Wish him the best in his post-career! :) (sorry, rapping is not his forte')
 
Mustard

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ahuimanu said:
Was surprised to find out that Vince Spadea had a very nice career as a pro reaching a high of #18 and a win over Federer, Agassi, Roddick etc. Recall he had a sister who was much more touted that he was (forgot her name :)
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Vincent Spadea had two sisters who played tennis, Diana and Luanne.

ahuimanu said:
Saw him along time ago on the satellite tour, had metronome-like consistency on the groundies, but wasn't too impressed by his overall game (no real weapon). Think he grinded it out on the tour long enough to position himself as a top level journeyman.

Wish him the best in his post-career! :) (sorry, rapping is not his forte')
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Spadea had a career high world ranking of number 18, and his best match victory has to be his 6-1, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 win over Agassi in the R16 at the 1999 Australian Open.
 
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Datacipher

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Mustard said:
Vincent Spadea had two sisters who played tennis, Diana and Luanne.



Spadea had a career high world ranking of number 18, and his best match victory has to be his 6-1, 7-5, 6-7, 6-3 win over Agassi in the R16 at the 1999 Australian Open.
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He just said that(with the exception of the score)...you even quoted him saying it.
 
Mustard

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Datacipher said:
He just said that(with the exception of the score)...you even quoted him saying it.
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It's not a competition, for goodness sakes. I mentioned Spadea's career highest ranking again. So what? I also said the names of Spadea's tennis playing sisters and specifically mentioned Spadea's win over Agassi at the 1999 Australian Open.
 
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Limpinhitter

G.O.A.T.
PennAlum said:
Read his book, he's very entertaining. I would rather have him in the booth than BG.
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That book was insightful, but also, a bit bizarre and sad in a way. The awkward segues into his "white boy rap," that supposedly impressed Serena Williams (really!), that he should have outgrown 15 years earlier ("Spadea ain't afraid-a-ya" would be an apt exemplar), the advice on how to dress to pick up girls (that he never seemed to go home with because of his putative moral values), and the promising wins in his successful comeback to the top 20 that always seemed to be overshadowed by heartbreaking losses that kept him from achieving his ultimate goal of a top 10 ranking, all combined to make some of the strangest non-fiction reading I've experienced in a long time.
 
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Limpinhitter said:
That book was insightful, but also, a bit bizarre and sad in a way. The awkward segues into his "white boy rap," that supposedly impressed Serena Williams (really!), that he should have outgrown 15 years earlier ("Spadea ain't afraid-a-ya" would be an apt exemplar), the advice on how to dress to pick up girls (that he never seemed to go home with because of his putative moral values), and the promising wins in his successful comeback to the top 20 that always seemed to be overshadowed by heartbreaking losses that kept him from achieving his ultimate goal of a top 10 ranking, all combined to make some of the strangest non-fiction reading I've experienced in a long time.
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Its all an act. Vince is a jokester. He is not really like that outside his alter ego. Vince is actually a very nice and down to earth guy. His dad is a real hoot as well.
 
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Datacipher

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Mustard said:
It's not a competition, for goodness sakes. I mentioned Spadea's career highest ranking again. So what? I also said the names of Spadea's tennis playing sisters and specifically mentioned Spadea's win over Agassi at the 1999 Australian Open.
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Actually Spadea had two sisters, the older one was named Luanne, the younger Diana. They both played tennis at Duke.
 
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GS

Professional
I like Spadea's ATP Tour record---21 straight match losses, set in 2000. Who will break this record? Donald Young? (Sorry, I see Young is improving now....)
 
Harry_Wild

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Fedace said:
Why is he not playing in the Champions tour ??? I am sure he needs the money. I hope he isn't on Welfare.

Vince did win a tournament in ATP tour so that qualifies him for the champions tour automatically.
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I think Courier mention you need to either be in the top 10 in the world rankings or have won a GS to qualify.
 
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Hidious said:
hahaha that is dirty. Microsoft frontpage first-time use would be my guess.
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Still, someone should really help him clean that up! Yikes!

More to the point, here's an interesting snapshot from this blog (great read, BTW) from a few years ago...

Throughout his lengthy career, Spadea has appeared in 52 grand slam tournaments as a singles player, has represented the USA in Davis Cup and in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics and has earned about $4.9 million in prize money. In addition to the aforementioned victories over Agassi and Federer, he has also defeated Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Jim Courier, Gustavo Kuerten, Michael Chang, Patrick Rafter, and Andy Roddick. To date, Spadea has won 309 career matches, one ATP-level singles title, three doubles titles and eight challenger tournaments. Spadea, currently ranked No. 81 in the World, spends time training in Los Angeles, as well as in Boca Raton. Next week in Melbourne, Spadea will start his 2009 season by playing in his 12th Australian Open.

A career a lot would love to have (had)!

And I still think that little youtube video of him hitting against a wall is a great tennis lesson, for free, for those with eyes to see!
 
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Vince Spadea ‏ @vincespadea

grapes explode when you put them in the microwave
 
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I have a feeling Vince is going to be a source of amusement for years to come.
 
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