March 22, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Tennis Channel's 100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all-time, presented players ranked numbers 21-40 in Wednesday night's episode.
November 30, 2011
By Brent Shearer
Players will want to read this book for its many interesting anecdotes and because it may arm them to win drinks at tennis gatherings by betting on either of the following obscure tennis history questions: Who was the youngest Wimbledon winner for over 50 years until Boris Becker's first title in 1985? And, who is the only tennis player in history to win Wimbledon by default?
August 23, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
At the upcoming U.S. Open, the International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum will present "Serving Their Countries: Tennis and War", a special exhibition showcasing the sometimes tragic, often inspiring, and always heroic and selfless stories of how the tennis community has shown a commitment to a free and safe world in the face of conflict—and continues to do so today.
April 5, 2010
By Brent Shearer
Last year was a tough year to publish a tennis biography if your name wasn’t Andre Agassi. But Caroline Seebohm’s account of another baseliner who also had the best return of serve of his era should not be overlooked.
September 12, 2009
By Brent Shearer
I have never been a fan of reading encyclopedias. So it was with some trepidation that I opened Randy Walker’s book On This Day in Tennis History. The thought of reading about things that happened in tennis from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 through the years sounded slightly, but only slightly, more fun than curling up with a set of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
