John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No...
26 KB (1,460 words) - 13:26, 4 June 2024
Jimmy Connors (section Rod Laver and John Newcombe)
and Australia, but he did not win any of them, although his loss to John Newcombe was close as Connors lost 9–7 in a fourth set tiebreak. He won nine...
71 KB (6,662 words) - 11:55, 27 June 2024
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his...
83 KB (6,712 words) - 21:20, 26 June 2024
consecutive weeks during the North American summer hard-court season. He defeated John McEnroe in the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, but then lost to Chang...
101 KB (8,992 words) - 13:44, 21 June 2024
modern best behind Laver: "Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Hoad, Jack Kramer, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, Manuel Santana". In 1988, a panel consisting of Bud Collins...
82 KB (7,133 words) - 20:56, 14 June 2024
Championships on grass and the French Pro Championship on clay (both over John Newcombe). Laver also won the last big open event of the year, the Pacific Southwest...
106 KB (8,841 words) - 09:03, 31 May 2024
more so than many of his contemporaries. San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the...
211 KB (17,297 words) - 15:28, 21 June 2024
98 champions in 261 events. Australians Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver and John Newcombe are the only players to have become champions in both the Amateur Era...
123 KB (1,194 words) - 23:32, 17 June 2024
musician Bertha Newcombe (1857–1947), English artist and suffrage activist Bobby Newcombe (born 1979), American football player Charles F. Newcombe (1851–1924)...
1 KB (203 words) - 02:18, 2 January 2024
first tournament at La Quinta, California. He won his first match against John Austin, but then lost his second match to Mats Wilander. By the end of 1986...
139 KB (12,937 words) - 14:40, 24 June 2024