* April 30 – Tennis star Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by an obsessed fan of rival Steffi Graf at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany.

Tennis star Martina Navratilova learned to say the word when she was ten years old.

* Malcolm Whitman ( 1895 ) – tennis star, U. S. open champion in 1898, 1899, and 1900, member of original Davis Cup team and of Tennis Hall of Fame

Rafael Nadal, the Spanish tennis star is setting up the Nadal Tennis School ( NTS ), the first of its kind in the world, at the Anantapur Sports Village ( ASV ).

In 1951, he moved to Puerto Rico as a coach at the Caribe Hilton Swim and Tennis Club, where he worked with many promising juniors, among them Manuel Diaz, later to become a star on the University of Georgia tennis team and UGA coach.

* Tennis star Arthur Ashe dies from related complications

He was the great-uncle of Indian Tennis star Sania Mirza.

Tennis star Nevile Strange, former ward of Lady Tressilian's deceased husband, incurs her displeasure by bringing both his new wife, Kay, and his ex-wife, Audrey, thus causing awkward romantic misunderstandings.

It was there he began playing tennis, particularly at the Nice Tennis Club where the then biggest star of the game, Suzanne Lenglen, would practice.

Merv ’ s star shone so brightly that when he was working as floor manager for Seven ’ s coverage of the Australian Open Tennis he was recognised by the crowd more often than some of the players.

* Tennis player Andre Agassi quoted the poem in his autobiography, Open.

Instead, he became one of the youngest winners of an Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ) tournament when, as an almost unknown youngster, he won the 1998 Next Generation Adelaide International, defeating Andre Agassi in the semifinals.

He won the French Open three times ( 1997, 2000, and 2001 ), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000, becoming the only player to defeat Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi in the same major tournament.

Gambill has been playing for the Boston Lobsters since 2008 in the World Team Tennis league alongside other successful American players such as Andre Agassi, John Isner and Robby Ginepri.

He also debuted at the Australian Open losing to eventual champion Andre Agassi and at Roland Garros losing to Lleyton Hewitt, and made his first appearances at Tennis Masters Series tournaments.

This situation occurred at the 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, where Andre Agassi, the 8th ranked player in the ATP Champions Race, was excluded from the event in favor of Gastón Gaudio, who had won that year's French Open but was ranked 10th at the end of the year.

" Tennis the Menace " features guest appearances from Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and sisters Venus and Serena Williams.

Tennis player Andre Agassi guest starred in the episode and was praised by The Times critic Simon Crerar.

Tennis greats Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors, Mary Joe Fernandez, Monica Seles, Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf have all played in the tournament.

* Andre Agassi — Tennis, Men's Singles

Remarkable results against top players were Müller's victories over Andre Agassi in the semifinals of the 2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D. C., over Rafael Nadal in the second round of 2005 Wimbledon, and over Andy Roddick in the first round of the 2005 US Open.

On July 9, 2011, Agassi was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Newport, Rhode Island.

Agassi took over the top ranking and held it for the rest of the season, but Sampras recovered and managed to beat him in the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup for the fifth and final time, enabling Sampras to place third in the rankings.

This resort will be unique as it will host an Elite Academy of Tennis led by Gabriel Jaramillo former tennis director of the Nick Bollettieri Academy and who coached # 1 and famous ATP and WTA players, Agassi, Sharapova, Pierce, Rios, Haas, Kournikova ...) and Golf Academy with 16 golf courses led by Brad Brewer for the Golf Channel.

At the 2007 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, as the defending champion, he was involved with a deep controversy.

For many years, TVS produced sports and entertainment programming from Las Vegas including The Alan King Tennis Championship at Caesars Palace ; Arm Wrestling at the Imperial Palace, Fun Moments in Sports at Bally's ; Bowling from Sam's Town and the Showboat ; The Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour ( LPBT ), and One Club Golf from the Desert Inn.

In the 1970s, King turned his passion for tennis into a pro tournament at Caesars Palace Las Vegas called the Alan King Tennis Classic, which was carried on national TV by the TVS Television Network.

At the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ginepri reached the semifinals for his third consecutive tournament.

In a surprising event in Las Vegas, there was a tennis paddle tournament held by the Tennis Channel.

Although Karel was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2006, Jan is almost totally forgotten today outside his native Czechoslovakia.

The club engages the services of a head tennis professional to run a coaching programme for the town and was crowned Tennis Wales ' Club of the Year in 2010.

Cheddar Lawn Tennis Club, was formed in 1924, and play in the North Somerset League and also has social tennis and coaching.

Tennis was much like the original Pong.

The unity that was to be symbolized in " The Tennis Court Oath " no longer existed in radicalized 1792.

At the year ending 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Hewitt defeated Andy Roddick to advance to the final, but was yet again defeated by defending champion Federer.

Hewitt pulled out of the Tennis Masters Cup tournament in Shanghai in November 2005 so that he could be with his wife Bec, who was due to give birth.

At the 2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D. C., Hewitt was defeated by Arnaud Clément, 6 – 7 ( 1 ), 4 – 6, in a quarterfinals, after defeating Vincent Spadea in the second round and Denis Gremelmayr in the third round.

In June 2011, she was named one of the " 30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future " by Time.

Following a successful fan campaign by nightsintodreams. com, Nights was integrated into Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing as the flagman, and Nights and Reala appear as playable characters in Sega Superstars Tennis.

However, Alcorn has claimed it was in direct response to Nolan's viewing of the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis game.

On 21 May 1881, the United States National Lawn Tennis Association ( now the United States Tennis Association ) was formed to standardize the rules and organize competitions.

Tennis was also popular in France, where the French Championships dates to 1891 although until 1925 it was open only to tennis players who were members of French clubs.

In 1921, the Table Tennis Association was founded in Britain, and the International Table Tennis Federation followed in 1926.

In 1933, the United States Table Tennis Association, now called USA Table Tennis, was formed.

World Team Tennis announced that Davenport would not be able to compete for the season because she was pregnant with her third child.

While Clapton was shy about singing, he occasionally harmonised with Bruce and, in time, took lead vocals on some Cream tunes including " Four Until Late ", " Strange Brew ", " World of Pain ", " Outside Woman Blues ", " Anyone for Tennis ", " Crossroads ", and " Badge ".

There were also two professional circuits in existence at the start of the Open Era: World Championship Tennis ( WCT ), which was men only, and the National Tennis League ( NTL ).

The boys ' team also won the state doubles title in 2006, which was the first state title in Ram Tennis history on the boys ' side.

Arbroath was also prominent in the manufacture of shoes and lawnmowers ; local firm Alexander Shanks supplied mowers to the Old Course at St Andrews and the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.