The summer of 1969 was in its first week. This first round Wimbledon match had now lasted five hours and 12 minutes. Charlie Pasarell stood to receive serve. For the third year in a row, his ...

A high school dropout, Pancho Gonzales went on to become one of the greatest tennis players of his generation. (photo by The Gonzales Family) When I was 11, my Aunt Amelia took me to see Pancho ...

It was 1:43 p.m. on April 22, 1968. This moment marked the start of tennis’ Open era. For more than 40 years, a schism between amateurs and pros had greatly hindered the sport’s growth. Amateurs ...

The winds in Wellington, New Zealand, last week were every bit as bad as their reputation, and the visiting tennists were every bit as good. Despite blustering westerlies that whipped through the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. The Tennis Channel occasionally shows Jimmy Connors beating Bjorn Borg in the 1976 U.S. Open. Two of the all-timers. And it looks ...

For my 14 th birthday, my father surprised me with tickets to see a winner-take-all-match at Madison Square Garden between two of the greatest tennis players of a past generation -- Rod Laver and ...