Every week at SteveG, we’ll be highlighting some of the best quotes said by players, coaches and more from the world of tennis “What is the point of thinking of that if I do not know if tomorrow it will rain or not. We shall see. I hope things go [...]
Although the tennis off-season is notoriously short, die-hard fans are already turning their attention towards 2013 and, more specifically, the first Grand Slam of the year. 2012 was an excellent season on the WTA Tour. After many years of parity, several slam-less number one players and a paucity of high-quality [...]
Djokovic vs Murray Current Head to Head: 11-7 (Djokovic won their last meeting in the final of the 2013 Australian Open 6-7 (2) 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-2). Stevegtennis also brings you the Federer v Djokovic H2H analysis, you can check it out here: Federer vs Djokovic Head to Head The [...]
2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Rod Laver’s first Grand Slam. For the mammoth achievement it was, it is worth commemorating. It was the year of the Cuban missile crisis, of the death of Marilyn Monroe, the Beatles were starting their musical ascent and the Swinging Sixties were just taking [...]
In a year packed with memorable results and surprising upsets, it took some time to narrow the best matches of 2012. But here, in chronological order, are the ones that really stood out due to the quality of play and their impact on a historic year in tennis. Djokovic defeats [...]
The obvious common thread connecting Chris Evert, Lindsay Davenport and Justin Gimelstob is tennis. Chris Evert is one of the all-time great female tennis players in history. She was ranked year ending world number one in singles play in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981. In addition, she [...]
2012 ATP Tournament Summary Date (mdy) Tournament Surface Champion 1/1/2012 Brisbane, Australia Hard Andy Murray 1/2/2012 Chennai, India Hard Milos Raonic 1/2/2012 Doha, Qatar Hard Jo Wilfried Tsonga 1/8/2012 Sydney, Australia Hard Jarkko Nieminen 1/8/2012 Auckland, New Zealand Hard David Ferrer 1/16/2012 Australian Open Hard Novak Djokovic 1/30/2012 Montpellier, France [...]
Spain take on the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final, hoping for their fourth title in five years and the sixth since 2000. They will have to do it without Rafael Nadal, who earned key victories in the 2009 and 2011 wins, due to his ongoing injury but still have a formidable team [...]
On November 6, 2012, Miami-Dade County voters approved a referendum authorizing upgrades, renovations and construction of several permanent structures on the Crandon Park grounds, home of the Sony Ericcson Open, and extend the tournaments usage agreement beyond the current nine year term to a 30 year term. The upgrades and [...]
Martina Navratilova vs Chris Evert Head to Head: 43 – 37 The rivalry between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova is considered by many to have been one of most intense and enduring in tennis history, if not in all of sport. There have been few to match it in terms [...]
Novak Djokovic vs Tomas Berdych Live Australian Open QFs 2013: Djokovic v Berdych Live Commentary Australian Open
Ivan Lendl vs John McEnroe Head to Head: 21-15 Of the three key tennis rivalries of the 1980’s men’s game, that between Lendl and McEnroe was probably the most intense and enduring. McEnroe’s rivalry with Borg on court was intense but involved no personal animosity – indeed, they were and [...]
The ATP World Tour Finals will be keeping us all entertained this week and many tipsters on OLBG will have even more interest as they battle it out for £200 worth of prizes in the ATP World Tour Finals Tipping Competition. OLBG members have been adding their thoughts to the [...]
The final article previewing the World Tour Finals takes a look at the year of Novak Djokovic. The Serb recently recovered the No.1 spot in the ATP rankings from Roger Federer after falling to No.2 in July. While Djokovic hasn’t quite played to the level of his outstanding 2011 (and [...]
