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March 26, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Federer Named Best of All-Time by Tennis Channel
Tennis Channel hosted the 100 Greatest of All-Time, presented by Ally Bank, a five-night series intended to rank the top tennis players of all time. Roger Federer was named the greatest of all-time ...
March 15, 2012
By Brad Shafran
Let’s Add Another to the List of Top Greats …
When discussing the greatest men’s professional tennis players of all time, the conversation generally includes Rod Laver, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Bjorg, John McEnroe and Rafael Nadal. These men are undoubtedly amongst the best to ever swing a racket. However, a name often overlooked and much unheralded is Bill Tilden ...
February 21, 2012
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
New Tennis Channel Series to Reveal Top 100 of All-Time
For the first time in television history, Tennis Channel will rank the best 100 players ever to pick up a tennis racquet. The "100 Greatest of All-Time, Presented by Ally Bank," is a five-night, week-long series that will cross generation and gender as it counts down the game's most elite on-court competitors.
September 6, 2011
By Brent Shearer
Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner: A Handful of Summers by Gordon Forbes
Right before the Grateful Dead played “Johnny B. Goode,” guitarist Jerry Garcia used to announce, “This is the one that started it all off.” For tennis memoirs, the same can be said about A Handful of Summers by former South African tennis pro Gordon Forbes. A Handful of Summers is a coming of age story set against the cosmopolitan background of the pro tour in the 1950s while it was still segregated between amateurs and pros.
June 16, 2011
By Brent Shearer
Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner: The Tennis Handsome By Barry Hannah
In the novel The Tennis Handsome, Barry Hannah launches his main character, French Edward, the tennis handsome of the title, onto the tennis circuit. French has a powerful game and his exploits on the tour include matches with tennis greats like Rod Laver and Arthur Ashe, but he has one small problem, he’s brain dead.
January 24, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Nadal and Clijsters Cruise Into the Quarters of 2011 Australian Open
Rafael Nadal defeated Marin Cilic, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 at the Australian Open on Monday to maintain his chance of owning all four Grand Slam trophies at once. That’s an accomplishment that hasn’t been achieved since Rod Laver won four majors in a calendar year in 1969.
January 20, 2011
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Nadal and Clijsters Advance to the Third Round Down Under
If Rafael Nadal is getting nervous as he eases closer to winning his fourth consecutive Grand Slam, he sure isn’t showing it. After his 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 win Thursday over American qualifier Ryan Sweeting at the 2011 Australian Open in Melbourne, the Spanish star will now take on local favorite, 18-year-old Australian Bernard Tomic.
November 30, 2010
By Brent Shearer
Long Island Tennis Magazine’s Literary Corner: The Education of a Tennis Player By Rod Laver With Bud Collins
Among the many fascinating tidbits of tennis history, the reader can glean from The Education of a Tennis Player by Rod Laver with Bud Collins is that accusations of stinginess between top rivals didn’t start with Andre Agassi’s jokes about Pete Sampras being a lousy tipper.
September 17, 2010
By Brent Shearer
Hitting With Rosewall
As tennis fans enjoy the 2010 U.S. Open, I cannot help but think about the man who won the event in 1956, Ken Rosewall, and the time I hit with him. I don’t know why I started by volleying when I faced the great Rosewall across the net.
September 1, 2010
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
Andre Agassi Headlines Ballot for International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2011
Andre Agassi, former world number one, eight-time Grand Slam champion, and one of the most remarkable athletes in history, has been nominated to receive the highest honor available in the sport of tennis, induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
April 5, 2010
By Brent Shearer
Little Pancho: The Life of Tennis Legend Pancho Segura By Caroline Seebohm
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.
November 1, 2009
By Alan Fleishman
Reflections on the Open

I have been watching the U.S. Open for a long time. As a former high school teacher, it was the alarm bell that meant summer was over. No more tennis games on weekdays, followed by hamburgers and cold beer, only time for lesson plans and parent conferences. Over the years, I have seen men’s tennis shorts go from short and white to long and black, while women’s styles went from Tracy Austin’s gingham to pearl ruffles designed by Stella McCartney (her father, Paul, attended this year’s matches). From grass to clay to hard court, from Forest Hills to Flushing, from Chrissie to Martina, from Steffi to Monica … it has always been an “educational” experience.

September 11, 2009
By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
What Does It Take to be Number One?
This year, Roger Federer has joined some exclusive clubs. After winning the French Open back in May, Federer became only the sixth player to win all four Grand Slam Championships. Then in July, he defeated Andy Roddick in the Wimbledon Finals to win his record 15th Grand Slam title. The win catapulted him ahead of previous record holder Pete Sampras who had 14 Grand Slam titles under his belt. So, does this make Roger Federer the best ever?
May 1, 2009
By Alan Fleishman
High School Memories From the Front of the Bus
“Hey, coach.” I remember the first time I heard it. It sounded strangely ominous. I was a Social Studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, N.Y. My first few years there, I would go out and hit with the team; coaching was a whole new world.