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At the start of every season, pundits in
every sport love to play the prognostication game. It gives us the chance to
make bold assumptions with the luxury
of not having to be correct. As the saying goes: Prediction is very difficult,
especially if its about the future. In this
issue, several of our writers take stabs
at answering some of the compelling
questions facing the pro tours heading
into 2015. I decided to join the fun by
offering predictions on the storylines
that most piqued my interest.
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SEASON PREVIEW 2015
The Tennis ROUNDTABLE
OUR PANEL DEBATES FIVE BURNING QUESTIONS FOR THE NEW SEASON
2015 Predictions
Peter Bodo
Ed McGrogan
Nina Pantic
Stephen Tignor
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No.
IS GENIE BOUCHARD
READY TO
WIN A MAJOR?
up just short at the Slamsfor a player to be saddled with this question. But
Eugenie Bouchards 2014 campaign was so good that its not only fair to ask if shes
ready, its the biggest question of them all. And one thats very dicult to answer.
Youd think that its only a matter of time before a 20-year-old who reached an
Australian Open seminal, French Open seminal and Wimbledon nal breaks
through for a title. The losses were learning experiences, although Bouchard was
beaten badly by Petra Kvitova, 63, 60 at Wimbledon, which took a little luster o
her accomplishments. Of greater concern, however, is her lack of consistency.
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WHAT DOES
SERENA WILLIAMS
NEED
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WHICH FORMER
NO. 1 WILL
PERFORM BEST
IN MELBOURNE
AND BEYOND:
AZARENKA,
I VA N O V I C ,
S H A R A P O VA
OR WOZNIACKI?
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P A N T I C : Outside of
the Williams sisters,
there are 10 U.S. women
in the Top 100. While
several of them have
shown potential in the
past, none have been
able to sustain success
for any considerable
length of time. Theres
a good chance that one
of them can emerge at
some point in 2015, but
Id be surprised if theres
an American besides
Serena still playing
into the Australian
Opens second week.
T I G N O R : Most Likely
to Succeed is Madison
Keys. At No. 30, Keys
began this year ranked
ahead of Sloane
Stephens, and her
gunslinging game gives
her a chance to upset
anyone. But the 19-yearolds problem will be
putting together the ve
back-to-back wins she
needs to reach the
seminals. She has yet
to show that kind of
consistency at a major
to this point in her
young career.
No.
B O D O : If an American
were to win Down
Under, her name will
only be Williams. Keys
has taken over the
mantle of U.S. heiress
apparent from the
slumping Stephens,
and Alison Riske,
Varvara Lepchenko
and Coco Vandeweghe
are promising works
in progress. But theres
a big dierence between
being a solid pro and a
Grand Slam champion,
as the American women
surely realize.
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STARTING
RANKING:
COUNTRY:
United States
2014 RECORD:
52-8
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
SEPTEMBER 26, 1981
BIRTHPLACE: SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
o.
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-9
1995
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 4
No 3
No 1
No 1
No 12
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
16
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 8
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
10
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Serena Williams
The essential question in womens tennis for the
foreseeable future is this: How will it end for Serena?
Shell turn 34 in the fall, an advanced age for any tennis
player. But so far there have been few signs of decline, and its
hard to say exactly how hers will begin. Will a younger player
surpass her? Theres no one on the horizon. Will she lose a
step? Her unmatched condence and determination can make
up for that. Will she get tired of the sport? Shes more
committed to it now than she was in her 20s, and she has more
career goals in her sights, including passing Chris Evert and
Graf at 22.
Martina Navratilova at 18 majors and catching Ste
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Serenas advancing age, and the inevitable decline that comes with it, will be pitted
against her determination to keep moving up the all-time Grand Slam ladder. With her,
determination usually wins.
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STARTING
RANKING:
COUNTRY:
Russia
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
BIRTHPLACE:
RIGHT-HANDED
APRIL 19, 1987
NYAGAN, RUSSIA
2014 RECORD:
49-13
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
6-FOOT-2
2001
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 4
No 2
No 4
No 2
No 18
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
16
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 11
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Maria Sharapova
How many lives does Maria Sharapova have as a
player? After a decades worth of winners, double
faults, shrieks, injuries, coaching changes, clenched
sts and Grand Slam titles, she must be up to her fth or sixth
by now. But the 27-year-old keeps coming back. Sharapova
started 2014 trying out a new coaching team, and trying to
shake o an old shoulder problem. After getting out of the
gates slowly, she ended it at No. 2 in the world, and she won
her fth major title, in Paris, in the grittiest p
performance of
the season on either tour.
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Her hunger hasnt diminished, and shell be the woman to beat on clay. The big question will be
whether Sharapova can find success again on other surfaces now that shes in her late 20s.
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COUNTRY:
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
SEPTEMBER 27, 1991
BIRTHPLACE: CONSTANTA, ROMANIA
o.
46-16
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-6
2006
No. 2
YEAR-END RANKINGS
N 11
o
N 81
o
No 53
2010
2011
No 3
No 47
2012
2013
2014
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CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 3
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Simona Halep
The freshest game on tour last year came from a slightly
surprising source: An undersized, 23-year-old Romanian
who began the 2013 season ranked No. 47, but nished the
2014 season all the way up at No. 3. Simona Halep is just 5-foot-6,
but she makes up for her lack of leverage with smooth movement
and clean ball-striking. Shes a natural in every part of the game;
no one makes changing the direction of the ball look so easy.
Haleps 2014 was a series of tests,, and she passed
p
them all. In
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Shell
hell no longer be
orking with coach
working
im Fissette, who
Wim
uided her through
guided
er breakout
her
ason. And now
season.
at the top players
that
ave seen and
have
ced her, theyll
faced
ake adjustments.
make
hether Halep has
Whether
thee tactical help she
eeds to combat
needs
em remains
them
to be seen.
February, with her title in Doha, she showed that she could win a
quality event. In June, with her runner-up nish at the French
Open, she showed that she could go deep at a major. In October,
with her blowout win over Serena Williams in Singapore, she
showed that she can beat anyone on a given day. Her rst test of
2015 will be whether she can win a Grand Slam; but even if it
doesnt happen this year, Haleps youth and all-around skills
p of the class in the near future.
should take her to the top
Halep will show us how far a natural can go in todays power game. She can be out-slugged,
but she moves too well and hits too cleanly to stay down for long.
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STARTING
RANKING:
Czech Rep.
COUNTRY:
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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LEFT-HANDED
BIRTHDATE:
MARCH 8, 1990
BIRTHPLACE: BILOVEC, CZECH REP.
o.
43-16
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
6-FOOT
2006
No. 2
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 2
No 8
No 6
No 4
No 34
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 5
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Petra Kvitova
She might not be the best in the world, but she is the
Queen of the All England Club. While every player tries
to bring her best to Wimbledon, no one transforms
herself over the course of the fortnight quite like Petra Kvitova,
the champion in 2011 and 2014. The question now for the
Czech, who at 24 is entering her prime, is whether shell ever
be able to play the same way anywhere else. She has never
reached a nal at any of the other majors.
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From match to
match, set to set,
game to game,
you never know
if youre going to get
Good Petra or Bad
Petraperhaps no
player in history
has been so up
and down. If a
player hasnt
fullled her potential by 24, what are
the chances she
ever will?
The power is there, and after two Wimbledon titles, the belief should be as well. No one
would be surprised if she won two majors in 2015; no one would be surprised if she didnt
win any tournaments at all.
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STARTING
RANKING:
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COUNTRY:
58-17
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
BIRTHPLACE:
RIGHT-HANDED
NOVEMBER 6, 1987
BELGRADE, SERBIA
o.
2014 RECORD:
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
6-FOOT
2003
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
N 13
o
No 17
No 5
No 16
N 22
o
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 3
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
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VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Ana Ivanovic
What was the biggest WTA surprise of 2014? The Slam
struggles of Serena Williams? The rise of Simona Halep
and Eugenie Bouchard? Few anticipated those developments, but its fair to say that even fewer would have predicted
that Ana Ivanovic, at 27, would nish the season at No. 5, with
four titles to her name. It was her rst year-end appearance in
the Top 10 since her Slam-winning days of 2008. After half a
careers worth of busted comebacks, she made this one stick.
Some of the credit, she said, goes to the Serbian coaches she
o comfortable
hired: She felt comfortable with them, but not so
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Shell be 28 at the
end of 2015; has her
condence come
back just a little
too late for her to
make full use of it?
Another misguided
coaching change
and her old doubts
could come to haunt
her again.
that she didnt make yet another coaching change by the end of
the season. On court, Ivanovic got back to doing what she does
best, attacking early and often with her forehand, and she didnt
let her famously wayward service toss do her in. This former
French Open champion and world No. 1 has always had the
ball-striking skills; it was a matter of getting out of her own way
and letting them work. The only aw in her season was her
performance at the majors: Her best result was a quarternal
run in Australia. But after 2014, we can no longer bet against her
xing that problem either.
Ivanovic rediscovered her A-game in 2014; now well see how long she can keep it, and how
far it can take her.
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COUNTRY:
Poland
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
BIRTHPLACE:
RIGHT-HANDED
MARCH 6, 1989
KRAKOW, POLAND
2014 RECORD:
47-22
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-8
2005
No. 2
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 8
No 4
No 5
No 6
No 14
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
11
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
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Agnieszka Radwanska
Its beginning to be now-or-never time for the quiet
killer known around the WTA as The Ninja. Agnieszka
Radwanska, who will be 26 in March, reached a
Wimbledon nal in 2012, reached the semis there in 2013 and
matched that result at the Australian Open in 2014. But is that
as far as this consummate nesse player believes she can go?
Aga won just one title in 2014, in Montreal, failed to reach the
quarters at the last three majors and, worst of all, by early
October had been surpassed in the rankings for the rst time
by two younger players, Simona Halep and Genie Bouchard.
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Radwanska is edging toward veteran status. With the next generation passing her by, its looking as
if her days as a major-title threat may be gone. Her days as a tennis genius, however, arent over yet.
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COUNTRY:
2014 RECORD:
45-23
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
BIRTHPLACE:
RIGHT-HANDED
FEBRUARY 25, 1994
MONTREAL, QUEBEC
o.
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-10
2009
No. 5
YEAR-END RANKINGS
N 32
o
No 302
No 7
N 144
o
No 538
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
$3,220,929
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
SERENA WILLIAMS
VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 0
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
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VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Eugenie Bouchard
Its tough to nd fault with what Eugenie Bouchard
has accomplished at age 20. Shes been a Wimbledon
nalist, a seminalist at the Australian Open and French
Open, and a Top 10 player. She plays an intelligent, ambitious
game thats beyond both her years and her natural ball-striking
talent. Theres obviously substance beneath her hype.
Yet all of her achievements so far have come with the benet
hat the expectations
of low expectations. How will she do now that
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Nobody loves a
challenge like Genie,
and she responds
well to them. So
you would think
that her dismal
end-of-year performance in Singapore
would inspire her
to work on her
weaknessesin
particular her
servein the offseason. If any of the
other big names falter at the majors, the
resilient Bouchard
will likely be there
to take advantage.
The dreaded
p.
sophomore slump.
Bouchard, whosee
pect
serve can be suspect
and who isnt the
smoothest of
hitters, can go offf
the rails, and the
pressure for the
future of womenss
n
tennis to stay on
nse.
them will be intense.
A temporary step
back wouldnt
be surprising.
are sky high? Last August, The New York Times Magazine
put her on its cover, under the headline: Eugenie Bouchard
could be the future of womens tennis. All she has to
do is win.
Did we see the start of a sophomore slump at the WTA Finals,
where Bouchard was blown o the court? Shes probably too
heady a player to take a nosedive in 2015, but the next step, beating the world
worldss best, may be one she
shess not quite ready to take.
Bouchard says she wants it all now: big wins, major titles, a top ranking and stardom. But with
bigger hitters still in front of her, the 20-year-old may have to wait her turn for a year or two.
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COUNTRY:
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BIRTHPLACE:
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ODENSE, DENMARK
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5-FOOT-10
2005
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 1
No 1
N 10
o
2010
2011
2012
N 10
o
2013
No 8
2014
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10
VS.
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VS.
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VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
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VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 7
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Caroline Wozniacki
Talk about a roller-coaster year. A loss in Caroline
Wozniackis personal lifeher anc, Rory McIlroy,
broke o their engagement in Maycoincided with a
big gain in her professional life. In danger of falling out of the
Top 20 before the break-up, she rebounded to reach the US Open
nal, nish the season No. 8 and nish her rst marathon in a
stunningly fast time (3:26). The only reason Wozniacki didnt
go further at the end of the year was that she kept running into,
and losing close matches to, her friend Serena Williams.
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Granted, Wozniacki
was a Slam-less
No. 1, but she also
held that position
for two years, so she
knows how to win
consistently, and
she showed at the
end of 2014 that she
can still hang with
todays more powerful top players.
Finally settling on a
coachher father,
of courseshould
also help. With her
renewed desire, the
Top 5 awaits.
A rededicated Woznaicki showed that she can still compete at the top of the sport in 2014.
Her best years no longer appear to be behind her; at 24, shes in her prime again.
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COUNTRY:
Germany
2014 RECORD:
47-24
2014 TITLES:
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BIRTHPLACE:
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o.
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CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
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2003
No. 5
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 5
No 47
No 9
N 10
o
No 32
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 4
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Angelique Kerber
The German should probably avoid any mid-season trips
to Australia in 2015. This past April, Angelique Kerber
joined her Fed Cup teammates for a tie in Brisbane; they
won the battle that weekend, but Kerber lost the war with jet lag
over the next month, when she went out in the rst round of
three clay-court events. If she had avoided that slump, her year
would have looked much better, and she almost certainly would
have qualied for her third straight year-end championship.
Outside of her spring swoon, Kerber was her usual steady
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Kerbers game
doesnt deviate
much, in style or
quality. You know
shell play dogged
defense and make
her share of quarters
and semis. In 2015,
a lot may depend on
the staying power of
last years breakout
performers, Halep
and Bouchard.
If they falter, she
should move back
into the Top 8 or
higher.
In 2012, Kerber
was swept into the
Top 10 in a defensive
wave that included
Radwanska and Sara
Errani. In 2014, a
subsequent, more
offensive wave
threatened to send
all three back down
the rankings again.
Well see if that new
wave continues,
and if more young
players can join it.
self, routinely reaching the quarternals or better at tournaments. But as with Agnieszka Radwanska, this wasnt a year of
progress for Kerber; the two retrievers, each rmly in their
mid-20s, were swept aside by two younger, more oensiveminded players in Simona Halep and Genie Bouchard;
the Canadian stopped Kerber at both the French Open and
Wimbledon. Was this is a sign that defense doesnt win titles,
or at least earn high rankings, anymore on the womens side?
We
ll nd out more in Kerber
Well
Kerberss 2015 campaign.
Kerber will likely hold steady near the top of the second tier, but the WTA could be on the
verge of passing by her defensive style.
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BIRTHDATE:
MAY 6, 1989
BIRTHPLACE: BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-3
2004
No. 10
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 11
N 15
o
No 18
N 23
o
No 31
2010
2011
2012
2013
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VS.
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Dominika Cibulkova
First came the feast, then the famine for Dominika
Cibulkova in 2014. She began the year by reaching her
maiden Grand Slam nal, in Australia; winning a
tournament in Acapulco; and reaching the quarternals in
Indian Wells and the semis in Miami. At the last event, she also
cracked the Top 10 for the rst time. Domi said she had always
wanted to do it, just to say she had been there once. Its good
she made the most of the opportunity, because it was all
ayed
downhill from there. After Wimbledon, Cibulkova played
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It was a tale of two seasons for Cibulkova in 2014. Shell need to combine the confidence she gained
from the first half with the lessons she learned from the second half to put it all together again.
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BIRTHPLACE:
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11
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2004
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No 50
No 52
2010
2011
No 20
2012
No 12
No 24
2013
2014
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VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 2
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
FLAVIA PENNETTA
Ekaterina Makarova
The unsung Russian had a career season in 2014.
At 26, she achieved one long-held goal by reaching
her rst Grand Slam seminal, at the US Open. In the
process, Ekaterina Makarova single-handedly revived The
Macarena, which rattled through Arthur Ashe Stadium after
each of her wins (this was likely not a goal of hers). By the end of
the year, Makarova had come within a hairs breadth of another
mark, one that hadnt been on her radar at the start of the
season: She nished just short of the Top 10.
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This low-key lefty surprised herself with her success in 2014; to rise higher, shell need to believe
she can do even more.
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Italy
COUNTRY:
2014 RECORD:
33-20
2014 TITLES:
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BIRTHDATE:
BIRTHPLACE:
RIGHT-HANDED
FEBRUARY 25, 1982
BRINDISI, ITALY
o.
HEIGHT:
TURNED PRO:
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
5-FOOT-8
2000
No. 10
YEAR-END RANKINGS
12
No 20
No 24
No 13
No 45
N 31
o
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
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VS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA
VS.
SIMONA HALEP
VS.
PETRA KVITOVA
VS.
ANA IVANOVIC
VS.
AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA 3
VS.
EUGENIE BOUCHARD
VS.
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI
VS.
ANGELIQUE KERBER
VS.
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA
VS.
EKATERINA MAKAROVA
Flavia Pennetta
If youre going to win one tournament, make it a
good one: That might be the lesson Flavia Pennetta
learned from her 2014 season. The 32-year-old Italians
lone title was the Premier Mandatory event at Indian Wells in
March. Not only did it earn her half of her roughly $2 million
in prize money for the year, it kept her ranking aoat,
even as the waters got choppy later in the season. The win
seemed to surprise Pennetta as much as it did everyone else;
after years of injury and inconsistency, she had been on
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Pennettas high
ranking will be a
boon to start: Shes
seeded in the Top 16
at the Australian
Open, which could
help this veteran do
what she does best:
Sneak into Grand
Slam quarternals.
If she has a good
result there and at
Indian Wells, she
can avoid a rankings
tumble.
the verge of hanging up her racquet for good the previous year.
Inconsistency returned in 2014, but Pennetta was more
than a one-tournament wonder. You could say she saved her
best for the biggest stages. She reached the quarternals at
the Australian Open and US Open, and closed on an up note
with a runner-up nish at the Tournament of Champions in
Soa, a season-ending event for the second tier. At this stage,
Pennetta can probably live with that kind of result, and
4
another season like 2014.
Even past 30, Pennetta is savvy enough to reach second weeks at majors. But shell need to defend
points early and keep her ranking up as the year progresses.
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LUCIE
SAFAROVA
the opposite of a
It became evident early on
diva?Whats
in 2014
On the WTA tour, it would
that a new womens
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Cornet is one of the
moreAlizeexpressive
players on
the womens tour; perhaps
only Serena delivers a higher
rate of drama per second
on court. Cornet provided
more than just theatrics as a
24-year-old in 2014; she
also produced big wins and
consistent results.
Three of Cornets big
victories last season came at
the expense of Serena, and
she backed up those shockers
by nishing in the Top 20
for the rst time since 2008.
While she lacks killer power,
Cornet has a nicely nuanced
game. Historically, her
problem has been nerves;
The key in 2014, she said,
was that she nally learned
not to think. Now that a
potentially mature Cornet
is entering her prime, well
see how long she can keep
from thinking, and how far
that approach can take her.
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BELINDA
BENCIC
Last years US Open was
tennis
version of Millennials
Ball: Youngsters Nick Kyrgios,
Dominic Thiem and Aleksandra
Krunic made their presence
known and reveled in the New
York spotlight. But the role of
Cinderella was reserved for
Belinda Bencic. The 17-year-old
reached the quarters, beat
former nalist Jelena Jankovic
in front of a night crowd in
Arthur Ashe Stadium and
showed off a future Top 5 game.
The 5-foot-9 Swiss, who
says she learned everything I
know from her coach, Melanie
Molitor, plays with power and
loves to take big cuts with her
two-handed backhand. And
like Molitors daughter, Martina
Hingis, Bencic also has a sixth
sense for the game. She ended
2014 at a career-high No. 32;
the next step for this emotional
youngster is to learn to deal
with adversity better. She has
plenty of time to work on it.
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Sloane Stephens has been
One
to Watch for a couple of
years now, ever since she beat
Serena at the 2013 Australian
Open. But while Stephens
has enjoyed some success at
the Slams, in part because of
favorable draws, she has also
suffered her share of one-sided
losses and motivational
meltdowns. As her ranking
dropped from No. 12 to No. 37,
there were times when her
passion for the game was
called into question, including
after her loss in the second
round of the 2014 US Open to
96th-ranked Johanna Larsson.
Yet Stephens arguably still
has the brightest future among
all of the U.S. hopefuls. Shes
still only 21, still has the same
easy power and athleticism
that shes always had, and
still possesses the valuable
experience her peers have yet
to achieve. The Sloane saga has
many more acts to come.
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IS GRIGOR
DIMITROV FOR
REAL?
B O D O : I have a two-word answer: Roger Federer. Its not so much that
Federer has endorsed Grigor Dimitrov, the 23-year-old Bulgarian who nally
made an impression last year. The important detail is that Federer didnt win his
rst major until he was almost 22. Great champions sometimes take their time
hitting their stride. Not all prodigies are destined, like Boris Becker or Mats
Wilander, to win Grand Slam titles as teenagers.
Dimitrov had won just one title before last season, but he added three more in
2014, giving us conrmation that hes getting more comfortable playing under
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T I G N O R : Virtually
every time Djokovic,
Federer, Nadal or Murray has suered a setback in recent years,
there have been whispers about cracks in the
Big 4. In 2014, those
whispers threatened to
turn into a scream, with
two rst-time mens
major champions, Stan
Wawrinka and Marin
Cilic. Yet if you read
between the Slams, you
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B O D O : This tennis
trust is proving to be
harder to bust than
some assumed last
year, when Nadal was
out of commission and
Murray was struggling,
ranked outside the
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Top 10 for the rst
time since 2008. With
a 618 record, Djokovic
was almost as good in
2014 as in his celebrated
2011 season, and
Federer more or less
picked up the Big 4
slack created by
Murray, moving from
as low as No. 8 to very
nearly No. 1. Federer
forced Djokovic to
wait until the last
o.
tournament of the
year to clinch the top
spotby which time
Murray was back near
the Top 5. Mark Twain
might have anticipated
the fate of the Big 4
when he famously
remarked, Reports of
my death have been
greatly exaggerated.
M C G R O G A N : The
if youre considering
Slams won in 2014
and nothing else. By
any other measure, the
Big 4 are still the big
men on court. They
split the Slam titles
with two interlopers,
but they still accounted
for nine of the 16
seminal berths at the
majors (the one youre
forgetting: Murrays
seminal run at Roland
eects or vulnerabilities remain following the back injury he suered at the end
of 2014. If Melbournes notoriously hot
conditions loom as a factor, Federer
must avoid getting into long, tiring
matches during the rst week. One
signicant and recently added tactic
will help his quest and conserve energy:
a willingness to move forward and end
points quickly.
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WHAT CONSTITUTES
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TENNIS IN MELBOURNE?
P A N T I C : Last years
pressure to defend
points. A showing past
the third round would
spell success, for now.
T I G N O R : The crisis
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2014 RECORD:
61-8
2014 TITLES:
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TURNED PRO:
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MAY 22, 1987
2003
o.
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-2
WEIGHT:
176 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 3
2010
No 1
2011
No 1
2012
No 2
2013
No 1
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
17
19
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
19
23
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
16
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
15
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
17
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
11
VS.
DAVID FERRER
13
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
13
Novak Djokovic
Since Novak Djokovics career year of 2011, in which
he won 64 of his rst 66 matches and three Grand
Slam titles, his results have been less astounding but
still outstanding. Take his 2014 season. He won seven tournaments, including Wimbledon and the ATP World Tour Finals,
g
and nished the year with a sterling 618 record. Against
the
nd No. 2, Roger
three other Grand Slam champions and year-end
Federer, Djokovic went a cumulative 75.
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It can be summed up
in two words: Roland
Garros. Its too early to
call the French Open
Djokovics great white
whale, but that title is
the only thing that has
kept him from joining
Federer and Nadal in
the career Grand Slam
club. If Djokovic nally
secures that trophy, all
other things will pale in
signicance.
Expect Djokovic to sustain his high level of consistency. Hes gotten off to good starts with
success at the Australian Open prior to last year; dont be surprised if the four-time champion
revives that tradition in Melbourne.
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COUNTRY:
Switzerland
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
2014 RECORD:
73-12
2014 TITLES:
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$9,343,988
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AUGUST 8, 1981
1998
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-1
WEIGHT:
187 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 2
No 3
2011
No 2
N6
o
2012
2013
No 2
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
19
17
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
10
23
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
15
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
12
11
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
12
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
16
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
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Roger Federer
Its clearly brazen to suggest that Roger Federer had a
bummer of a year in 2014. He won ve titles (including
two Masters 1000 events), a Davis Cup, played two
seminals and a nal at the Slams, and slashed his way back up
to No. 2 in the rankingsall at the age of 33. But this is Roger
Federer. And for him, failing to win a Grand Slam titleand
seeing his bid to become the oldest year-end No. 1 in history end
in failuremust have left a bitter taste in his mouth.
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Bottom Line
This is Roger Federer, arguably the greatest player of all time, and whatever he does at this point
will be gravy. But if he falls off the pace set by the top performers, his life will get complicated,
as the R wordretirebecomes an incessant subject of conversation.
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RANKING:
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COUNTRY:
48-11
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
LEFT-HANDED
JUNE 3, 1986
2001
o.
2014 RECORD:
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-1
WEIGHT:
188 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 1
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 1
No 2
2010
2011
N4
o
2012
No 1
2013
No 3
2014
$6,736,843
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
23
19
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
23
10
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
12
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
15
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
18
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
22
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Rafael Nadal
There was exactly one bright and shining moment in
Rafael Nadals year: victory for a record ninth time at
Roland Garros. Other than that, the 14-time Grand Slam
champions season started poorly, then went from bad to worse.
It looked as if Nadal began to make a nal push to topple
Roger Federers record mark of majors at the rst Slam of
he nal,
the year, the Australian Open. He belted his way to the
defeating Federer in straight sets along the way, but in the title
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SCENARIO
If Nadal can stay healthy through the Australian Open, his largely idle end to 2014 may turn out
to be an asset. Hes still got a good game for the courts in Melbourne, and a 10th French Open title
is not just a possibility but a probability.
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COUNTRY:
Switzerland
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
39-17
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT
WEIGHT:
179 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 3
N8
o
N 17
o
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$5,582,116
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MARCH 28, 1985
2002
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 21
2011
No 4
N 17
o
2012
2013
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
16
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
15
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
12
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
10
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
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ATP 2015
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Stan Wawrinka
Stan Wawrinka emerged from the shadow of Roger
Federer last year, and by the end of the season he was so
pued up that he was volubly criticizing his compatriots
wife, Mirka, during a match between the two men in London.
That isolated bit of drama aside, Wawrinka earned a revision
of his nickname in 2014; just call him Stan the Occasional Man.
His year was one of peaks and valleys, although he managed to
o his
secure a privileged place in the Top 5 thanks mainly to
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CASE
SCENARIO
Wawrinka ought to
focus on mounting a
good defense of his title
at the Australian Open.
He will undoubtedly feel
pressure there, and his
condence has waxed
and waned considerably
for a man of his accomplishments. If he gets
off on the wrong foot,
he could backslide, with
the emerging youngsters of the ATP ready
to take advantage.
maiden major title win at the Australian Open. He also won his
rst Masters title, by defeating Federer in Monte Carlo, but
took early losses at Indian Wells, Miami and Roland Garros.
After a dismal fall, Wawrinka stepped up and made the semis of
the ATP World Tour Finals, where he lost to Federer after
holding four match points. Yet it was Wawrinka who Federer
lauded after each man won a singles match,, and a doubles
match together, in Switzerlands Davis Cup-winning tie.
Bottom Line
Although Wawrinka bookended his year with a good showing at the ATP World Tour Finals and a
Davis Cup win, he never did develop enough consistency to suggest hes comfortable being a
permanent fixture at the top of the game.
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1 ROGER FEDERER
3 PETE SAMPRAS
32 FRED STOLLE
30 STAN SMITH
MEN
16 STEFAN EDBERG
14 JOHN NEWCOMBE
17 JIM COURIER
19 MANUEL SANTANA
24 LLEYTON HEWITT
22 JAN KODES
9 KEN ROSEWALL
11 JOHN MCENROE
25 ANDY MURRAY
27 PATRICK RAFTER
8 IVAN LENDL
6 ROD LAVER
WINNER
5 BJORN BORG
7 JIMMY CONNORS
28 SERGI BRUGUERA
26 MARAT SAFIN
12 NOVAK DJOKOVIC
KOVIC
10 ANDRE AGASSI
21 ARTHUR ASHE
HE
23 JOHAN KRIEK
20 GUSTAVO
KUERTEN
18 G
GUILLERMO VILAS
13 MATS WILANDER
NDER
15 BORIS BECKER
29 YEVGENY
KAFELNIKOV
31 ILIE NASTASE
4 ROY EMERSON
ON
2 RAFAEL NADAL
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3 CHRIS EVERT
30 GABRIELA
SABATINI
32 JANA NOVOTNA
WOMEN
16 ARANTXA
SANCHEZ-VICARIO
14 KIM CLIJSTERS
17 JENNIFER
CAPRIATI
19 VIRGINIA WADE
22 SVETLANA
KUZNETSOVA
24 TRACY AUSTIN
9 MARIA BUENO
11 VENUS WILLIAMS
25 MARY PIERCE
27 PETRA KVITOVA
8 JUSTINE HENIN
WINNER
5 SERENA WILLIAMS
7 MONICA SELES
28 NANCY RICHEY
26 VICTORIA
AZARENKA
12 MARTINA HINGIS
10 EVONNE
GOOLAGONG
21 AMELIE
MAURESMO
23 LI NA
20 ANN HAYDON
JONES
18 LINDSAY
DAVENPORT
13 MARIA
SHARAPOVA
15 HANA
MANDLIKOVA
29 LESLEY TURNER
BOWREY
31 CONCHITA
MARTINEZ
4 MARTINA
NAVRATILOVA
2 STEFFI GRAF
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RANKING:
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COUNTRY:
54-14
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
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DECEMBER 29, 1989
2007
o.
2014 RECORD:
HEIGHT:
5-FOOT-10
WEIGHT:
163 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 5
YEAR-END RANKINGS
N 98
o
N 25
o
2010
2011
No 19
2012
No 17
2013
No 5
2014
$4,431,363
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Kei Nishikori
One of the most unassuming players in the game, Kei
Nishikoris on-court persona could be said to resemble
a comic-strip character: baseball cap, baggy shorts and
feet that somehow look too large. But dont be fooledthe
24-year-old is lethal with a racquet in his hand, as he proved
throughout a breakout 2014 season.
his, reaching
Nishikori burst out of the blocks, winning Memphis,
awing) and
the seminals of the Miami Masters (before withdrawing)
BEST
CASE
SCENARIO
WORST
CASE
SCENARIO
Given his rock-star status in Japan, Nishikori will have to avoid resting on the laurels he earned
in 2014. The odds on that happening are slim, though, because hes been immersed in the
performance culture that exists at the IMG Academy Bollettieri Tennis Program since he was 14.
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COUNTRY:
Great Britain
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
2014 RECORD:
59-20
2014 TITLES:
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$3,904,822
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RIGHT-HANDED
MAY 15, 1987
2005
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-3
WEIGHT:
185 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 2
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 4
No 4
2011
No 3
No 4
2012
2013
N6
o
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
15
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
11
12
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
15
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
10
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
10
ATP 2015
STARTING
RANKING:
No.
Andy Murray
Give Andy Murray credit: When he was in danger of
missing out on the ATP World Tour Finals in London,
a home event of sorts for the Scot, he did everything
in his power to make the cut. He played six straight weeks in
the fall and accomplished his goal, even if in doing so he
hurt his chances for success at the season-ending championships. The good news for Murray iss that he regained some
n drive, reversing a slide
credibility with his frantic autumn
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SCENARIO
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ST
CASE
ARIO
SCENARIO
The weakest
kest link of the
Big 4 needs
eds to further
improve his game to
maintain such honorable
status. If Murray posts
mediocree results during
the early hard-court
segment, the wheels
could fall off early.
that had him ranked as low as No. 12 for the rst time since 08.
Murray spent the early part of the year recovering the form
he lost following the back surgery he underwent the previous
fall. Given his travails, Murray performed well at the majors,
reaching three quarternals and a seminal, even if his
Wimbledon title defense was ruined by Grigor Dimitrov. By the
time the ATP Finals were over
and despite his 60,
6 0, 6611 loss
overand
there to Roger FedererMurray was well-positioned for 2015.
Bottom Line
Despite his success, Murray still seems like a player reluctant to play as positively and aggressively
as he needs to challenge his main rivals, and theres a fleet of young players out there who have the
tools to quash his coy, passive-aggressive game.
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RANKING:
Czech Rep.
COUNTRY:
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
SEPTEMBER 17, 1985
TURNED PRO:
2002
o.
55-22
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-5
WEIGHT:
200 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 5
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 6
No 7
2010
2011
No 6
2012
No 7
2013
No 7
2014
$3,899,534
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
17
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
12
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
18
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
10
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Tomas Berdych
Seemingly endowed with a permanent seat at the
Top 10 table, Tomas Berdych had a 2014 that was very
Berdych-like. Consistent as they come, he reached the
quarternals or better at 13 tournaments, and he rode his big
serve and straightforward, powerful groundstrokess to two titles
on the indoor hard courts so friendly to his game.
ailed to break
But once again, the former Wimbledon nalist failed
nd burn
through at the Grand Slam level. He didnt crash and
BEST
CASE
SCENARIO
WORST
CASE
SCENARIO
Berdychs ability to open up the courtessential in todays gameis extremely limited, even
though he achieves great north-south penetration with his groundstrokes. The over-under on
Berdychs ranking at this time next year remains at No. 7.
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Canada
COUNTRY:
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
49-20
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-5
WEIGHT:
216 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 6
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 13
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$3,494,480
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DECEMBER 27, 1990
2008
No 156
No 11
N8
o
No 31
2011
2012
2013
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
ATP 2015
STARTING
RANKING:
No.
Milos Raonic
If you want a denition of incremental improvement,
look no further than Milos Raonic. The male leader of
the Canadian tennis boom has added one upgrade after
another to an already potent game, working his way to the
career-high ranking of No. 6 he hit last July. But that wasnt his
true apex, despite what the ATP computer spit out. That came
in October in Bercy, when he faced Roger Federer. Needing a
win to reach the ATP World Tour Finals, Raonic crafted a
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CASE
SCENARIO
Bottom Line
Raonics coaches, Ivan Ljubicic and Riccardo Piatti, have done excellent work in turning a
sometimes gentle giant into an aggressive one. With a little more confidence and perhaps a bit
more work on his backhand and return, Raonic could join the Grand Slam champions club.
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COUNTRY:
Croatia
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
SEPTEMBER 28, 1988
TURNED PRO:
2005
o.
54-21
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-6
WEIGHT:
180 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 8
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 14
No 9
N 15
o
No 21
2010
2011
No 37
2012
2013
2014
$4,879,359
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
11
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
10
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Marin Cilic
Marin Cilic became a Grand Slam champion at the 2014
US Open, ending half a decades worth of speculation
about whether he would ever fulll his obvious talent.
He proved his backers right, thanks in no small degree to an
ironic career plot twist. Cilic served a four-month suspension in
the latter half of 2013 for violating the sports anti-doping policy.
The Croat claimed his innocence,, but duringg that time o he
hip with a new coach, the freewheeling
developed a relationship
BEST
CASE
SCENARIO
WORST
CASE
SCENARIO
Cilic has a chance to build on the momentum he gained at the end of last year. Ivanisevic surely
will help him try to accomplish that, but the desire to improve on his overall record will have to
come from within.
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COUNTRY:
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
Spain
54-24
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$2,809,026
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RIGHT-HANDED
APRIL 2, 1982
2000
HEIGHT:
5-FOOT-9
WEIGHT:
160 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 3
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 7
No 5
2011
No 3
No 5
2012
2013
No 10
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
13
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
16
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
22
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
ATP 2015
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RANKING:
No.
10
David Ferrer
Here we are, once again, with a familiar question
hanging over David Ferrers head: Can he win a major
to cap a career based on unrelenting eort but, alas, a
tendency to come up short when all the chips are on the table?
Something similar could also be said to describe Ferrers 2014
season, in which workmanlike excellence never did translate
d either predicted or hoped
into the seismic victoryy so many had
for. He went 13 in nals, th
the most signicant loss against
BEST
CASE
SCENARIO
WORST
ST
CASE
ARIO
SCENARIO
The surprising
rising losses
ok in 2014
Ferrer took
strike an ominous note.
He plays an effortful
at requires
game that
ble focus and
implacable
taminaqualimental staminaqualities that become harder
n with age.
to sustain
ould plummet
Ferrer could
down thee rankings if he
o break down.
begins to
Bottom Line
Over the past four years, Ferrer has reached at least the quarterfinals at the Australian Open.
How he does in Melbourne this year may tell us a lot about what lies in store for not only
2015, but beyond.
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RANKING:
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COUNTRY:
50-18
2014 TITLES:
2014 WINNINGS:
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BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
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MAY 16, 1991
2008
o.
11
2014 RECORD:
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-3
WEIGHT:
176 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 8
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 76
No 106
No 23
No 11
No 48
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
$2,759,359
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
JO-WILFRIED TSONGA
Grigor Dimitrov
Pundits and fans have been waiting a long time for
Grigor Dimitrov to fulll his prodigious promise. Their
satisfaction was deferred until 2014, when Dimitrov
rose as high as No. 8 and made many believe he could go even
higher. Dimitrov showed excellent versatility last year, winning
),
titles on all three major surfaces: hard courts (Acapulco),
clay (Bucharest) and grass (Queens Club). His other highlight
ocal hero and
was a quarternal win at Wimbledon over local
BEST
CASE
SCENARIO
WORST
CASE
SCENARIO
If Dimitrov feels the same degree of eagerness and continues to show the flexibility and
versatility that drove him in 2014, he will always be in the huntand his major moment
will very likely come.
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COUNTRY:
SWINGS:
BIRTHDATE:
TURNED PRO:
France
36-19
2014 RECORD:
2014 TITLES:
2010
2014 WINNINGS:
$1,928,983
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RIGHT-HANDED
APRIL 17, 1985
2004
HEIGHT:
6-FOOT-2
WEIGHT:
200 POUNDS
CAREER-HIGH RANKING:
No. 5
YEAR-END RANKINGS
No 13
No 6
2011
No 8
No 10
2012
2013
N 12
o
2014
CAREER HEAD-TO-HEAD
VS.
NOVAK DJOKOVIC
13
VS.
ROGER FEDERER
11
VS.
RAFAEL NADAL
VS.
STAN WAWRINKA
VS.
KEI NISHIKORI
VS.
ANDY MURRAY
10
VS.
TOMAS BERDYCH
VS.
MILOS RAONIC
VS.
MARIN CILIC
VS.
DAVID FERRER
VS.
GRIGOR DIMITROV
ATP 2015
STARTING
RANKING:
No.
12
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Over the years, this spectacularly gifted Frenchman has
kept his ardent fans on tenterhooks, wondering if he will
nally win the Slam title that has continued to elude him
since losing the 2008 Australian Open nal. The sands in the
hourglass are running out, though, as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will
be 30 by the time he takes the court at the French Open.
es like his in
Tsonga holds out hope because of performances
ters title. He
Toronto, where he bagged his second career Masters
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Bottom Line
Tsonga needs to sit down and ask himself: Do I really want to go quietly into the night?
A big, strong player, Tsonga has no limit to what he could do, provided his commiment
is there.
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The tennis season is infamously long; no other sports athletes get so little time
o. But theres an upside to the excess: It is the only sport thats played in such a
variety of beautiful locales. The 2015 season runs from the rst week in January to
the middle of November, and takes the players from the shores of Australia to the
cities of Europe to the California coastand seemingly everywhere in between.
How can anyone follow it all, let alone make sense of whats happening from
week to week? Were here to help.
The next 20-plus pages preview the 15 tournaments that matter the most in the
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and a variety of ATP Masters 1000 and WTA Premier events. For each tournament,
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$27,644,395
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SURFACE:
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
CATEGORY:
Grand Slam
AUSTRAL
When it comes to tournament resurrections, the
Australian Open remains the shining success story of
the last 30 years. After a couple of decades in the wilderness, when it was ignored by virtually every male player of note,
the Aussie Open reclaimed its full Slam status when it moved
into Melbourne Park, and changed from grass courts to hard, in
1988. Since then, the tournament has become perhaps the most
popular of the majors with the players, and one of the most
entertaining for spectators; some of the best matches of the last
BERDYCH
2014 Results
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 STAN WAWRINKA
2013 NOVAK DJOKOVIC
BERDYCH
NADAL
NISHIKORI
NADAL
BERDYCH
DIMITROV
DIMITROV
FERRER
NADAL
FERRER
BAUTISTA AGUT
WAWRINKA
WAWRINKA
MURRAY
WAWRINKA
MURRAY
WAWRINKA
ROBREDO
ROBERT
FEDERER
WAWRINKA
FOGNINI
TSONGA
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
Flashback: 2005
Federer has become known, among other things, as the master
of the tweener, but he didnt always have the shot down pat. In
fact, 10 years ago in Melbourne, he missed the most important
between-the-legs shot of his career. After reaching match point
in the fourth set of a terric seminal against Marat San,
Federer ranged back to the baseline and tried to end it in the
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Jan. 19 - Feb. 1
$2,218,911
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128 players
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IAN OPEN
The dark years werent quite as dark on the womens
side as they were on the mens. Starting in the early
1980s, Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert made the
trip Down Under to play on the sloping grass at the creaky old
Kooyong Club in Melbourne; not surprisingly, they split ve
straight titles between them.
Greatness has continued to reign at the event over the last
decade: Serena Williams has won it ve times, and Justine
Henin, Kim Clijsters and Maria Sharapova once each. But the
JANKOVIC
2014 Results
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 LI NA
2013 VICTORIA AZARENKA
HALEP
IVANOVIC
IVANOVIC
BOUCHARD
CIBULKOVA
DELLACQUA
BOUCHARD
CIBULKOVA
LI
SHARAPOVA
BOUCHARD
LI
RADWANSKA
LI
CIBULKOVA
LI
RADWANSKA
MUGURUZA
MAKAROVA
LI
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STEPHENS
KERBER
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PENNETTA
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PENNETTA
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Flashback: 1970
You think Rafael Nadal has dominated the French Open? He
still has some work to do before he matches what Margaret
Court did at the Australian Open. From 1960 to 1973, the Perth
native and the most underrated great player in tennis history
won the tournament an astounding 11 times.
None of those wins were as signicant as the one she put
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INDIAN WELLS, CA
CATEGORY:
$10,480,030
96 players
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Hard
for the 1 percent, but Indian Wells hasnt lost its laid-back,
sun-saturated appeal.
After a fan incident in 2001, Serena and Venus Williams have
boycotted the event, but many players enjoy its spring-training
vibe. The heart of the tour calendar starts here, as the top pros
groove their games on the slow hard courts; many of them
compete in doubles as well. But what happens here has consequences, especially on the mens side. Three of the past four
champs went on to nish the year No. 1.
ISNER
DOLGOPOLOV
ISNER
DOLGOPOLOV
FEDERER
RAONIC
GULBIS
DJOKOVIC
BENNETEAU
ANDERSON
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
DJOKOVIC
( AT P )
PAST CHAMPIONS:
ATP
WTA
2014
N. DJOKOVIC
F. PENNETTA
2013
R. NADAL
M. SHARAPOVA
2012
R. FEDERER
V. AZARENKA
2011
N. DJOKOVIC
C. WOZNIACKI
2010
I. LJUBICIC
J. JANKOVIC
2009
R. NADAL
V. ZVONAREVA
2008
N. DJOKOVIC
A. IVANOVIC
2007
R. NADAL
D. HANTUCHOVA
2006
R. FEDERER
M. SHARAPOVA
2005
R. FEDERER
K. CLIJSTERS
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
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LI
LI
HALEP
( W TA )
PENNETTA
CIBULKOVA
DELLACQUA
PENNETTA
JANKOVIC
PENNETTA
RADWANSKA
RADWANSKA
PENNETTA
RADWANSKA
STEPHENS
Flashback: 1999
Serena Williams may have experienced the worst moment of
her career at Indian Wells, when she was booed o the court
while winning the title in 2001. But before that, and before her
familys subsequent boycott of the tournament, we witnessed
one of her best. In a classic nal two years earlier, the 17-yearold, with beads ying, showed no fear or lack of condence in
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beating 29-year-old legend Ste Graf, 63, 36, 75. That would
be the last time they would face each other, as Graf, who beat
Williams in their only other meeting, would retire three
months later. Did Graf see the writing on the wall? If so, this
match was responsible for ushering out the greatest player of
one era, and ushering in the greatest player of the next.
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Mar. 24 - Apr. 5
MIAMI, FL
$9,440,760
96 players
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In the eternal, imaginary race to be named the Fifth
Grand Slam, Miami has been surpassed by its dualgender, hard-court twin in Indian Wells. But the tournament is planning a counterattack, in the form of an ambitious
revamp and expansion of its aging Crandon Park connes. The
event was originally billed as the Winter Wimbledon by its
founder, Butch Buchholz. And while the European players have
been known to beat a hasty retreat home if things dont go their
way here, it remains one of the games major xtures. Maybe its
FEDERER
NADAL
NISHIKORI
NADAL
NADAL
RAONIC
NISHIKORI
DJOKOVIC
MURRAY
DOLGOPOLOV
DJOKOVIC
BERDYCH
DJOKOVIC
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WTA
2014
N. DJOKOVIC
S. WILLIAMS
2013
A. MURRAY
S. WILLIAMS
2012
N. DJOKOVIC
A. RADWANSKA
2011
N. DJOKOVIC
V. AZARENKA
2010
A. RODDICK
K. CLIJSTERS
2009
A. MURRAY
V. AZARENKA
2008
N. DAVYDENKO
S. WILLIAMS
2007
N. DJOKOVIC
S. WILLIAMS
2006
R. FEDERER
S. KUZNETSOVA
2005
R. FEDERER
K. CLIJSTERS
DJOKOVIC
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CIBULKOVA
S. WILLIAMS
S. WILLIAMS
CIBULKOVA
( W TA )
S. WILLIAMS
KERBER
RADWANSKA
S. WILLIAMS
WOZNIACKI
SHARAPOVA
LI
SHARAPOVA
LI
LI
KVITOVA
AP
Flashback: 1997
Perhaps the most welcome, and unlikely, title on these hard
courts was won by a player known as the King of Clay. In 1989,
Thomas Muster had just won his semi when he was hit by a
drunk driver. The accident severed ligaments in Musters knee
and forced him to withdraw. Some thought his career was in
jeopardy, but not Muster. Practicing in a specially made chair,
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May 2 - 10
MADRID, SPAIN
CATEGORY:
$9,100,605
( ATP ): 56
( WTA ):
64
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DRAW
SURFACE:
Clay
has yet to warm up to the facility, and the players hated the
slippery blue clay that Tiriac laid down in 2012, but Madrid has
given a new look to an old surface.
Tiriacs grandest plan is to turn his event into a Grand Slam.
Thats a stretch, even for him, but Madrid has served as a dress
rehearsal for the French Open in recent years, especially on the
womens side. In 2013, Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in
straight sets in the Madrid and Paris nals; in 2014, Sharapova
beat Simona Halep 64 in the third in both title matches.
NISHIKORI
NADAL
NISHIKORI
NADAL
NADAL
BERDYCH
LOPEZ
NADAL
FERRER
BAUTISTA AGUT
NISHIKORI
BAUTISTA AGUT
FERRER
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2014
R. NADAL
M. SHARAPOVA
2013
R. NADAL
S. WILLIAMS
2012
R. FEDERER
S. WILLIAMS
2011
N. DJOKOVIC
P. KVITOVA
2010
R. NADAL
A. REZAI
2009
R. FEDERER
D. SAFINA
2008
A. MURRAY
2007
D. NALBANDIAN
2006
R. FEDERER
2005
R. NADAL
GULBIS
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S. WILLIAMS
KVITOVA
RADWANSKA
( W TA )
HALEP
KVITOVA
RADWANSKA
SHARAPOVA
SHARAPOVA
HALEP
SHARAPOVA
SHARAPOVA
HALEP
LI
IVANOVIC
Flashback: 2009
The 2009 seminal between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic
will forever be known as Death in the Afternoon. The name is a
reference to Ernest Hemingways Spanish bullghting novel,
but from a tennis perspective, it was quite literally true for
both players. That year Rafa and Nole came in having contested
two roller-coaster nals on clay in Monte Carlo and Rome.
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56 players
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DRAW:
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NADAL
RAONIC
NADAL
NADAL
MURRAY
CHARDY
DJOKOVIC
FERRER
HAAS
DJOKOVIC
DIMITROV
DJOKOVIC
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WTA
2014
N. DJOKOVIC
S. WILLIAMS
2013
R. NADAL
S. WILLIAMS
2012
R. NADAL
M. SHARAPOVA
2011
N. DJOKOVIC
M. SHARAPOVA
2010
R. NADAL
M. MARTINEZ SANCHEZ
2009
R. NADAL
D. SAFINA
2008
N. DJOKOVIC
J. JANKOVIC
2007
R. NADAL
J. JANKOVIC
2006
R. NADAL
M. HINGIS
2005
R. NADAL
A. MAURESMO
DJOKOVIC
DIMITROV
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S. WILLIAMS
S. WILLIAMS
JANKOVIC
( W TA )
S. WILLIAMS
ZHANG
RADWANSKA
S. WILLIAMS
SUAREZ
NAVARRO
ERRANI
ERRANI
ERRA
IVANOVIC
ERRANI
LI
IVANOVIC
AP
Flashback: 1978
Fans in Rome still make noise, but they dont get rowdy the way
they once did. In the 1978 semis, fans serenaded Italys Adriano
Panattaand rained boos, jeers, coins, Coke cans and cries of
Buoon! on his opponent, Jose Higueras. The chair umpire
eventually screamed into his microphone, Silenzio, cretini!
(Silence, cretins!), but that didnt stop them. The match
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SURFACE:
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CATEGORY:
Grand Slam
ROLAND
In 2005, Rafael Nadal rst put his hand on the winners
trophy in Paris, known as the Coupes des Mousquetaires. Only once in the last 10 years, when he was
beaten by Robin Soderling in the upset of the century in 2009,
has he let it go. Theres only one name youve needed to know at
the French Open over the last decade. During that time, Nadal
is 66-1 at Roland Garros, with nine titles in 10 attempts. Theres
death, there are taxes, and theres Nadal in Paris.
Is there any reason to think that someone other than Rafa
could hoist the hardware in 2015? Yes and no. For the last three
years, Novak Djokovic has been publicly gunning for Nadals
crown; its the only major title he doesnt own, and the one that
he has repeatedly said he wants the most. Maybe repeating that
has been a mistake. Each of those years, Djokovic has had a
crack at Rafa in either the semis or the nal; each time he has
pressed, gotten down on himself and come up short. But you
can bet Nole will be there to try again in early June. Rafa has to
lose sometime. Right?
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 RAFAEL NADAL
2013 RAFAEL NADAL
BERDYCH
NADAL
LAJOVIC
NADAL
GULBIS
ANDERSON
FERRER
GULBIS
NADAL
FEDERER
FERRER
NADAL
RAONIC
GARCIA-LOPEZ
DJOKOVIC
MONFILS
RAONIC
GRANOLLERS
MONFILS
MURRAY
DJOKOVIC
TSONGA
VERDASCO
DJOKOVIC
MURRAY
DJOKOVIC
MURRAY
Flashback: 1990
Before Robin beat Rafa, the biggest shocker at the French had
been Andres Gomezs win over Andre Agassi in the 1990 nal.
The 19-year-old American was thought to be the future of the
sport, while Gomez, at 30, was already receding into the past.
In fact, Agassi thought the Ecuadorian lefty had already retired.
Little did anyone know, though, that Agassi had a secret
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problem: Warming up before the match, I pray, he remembered, Not for a win, but for my hairpiece to stay on. It had
come loose in the shower the previous night, and was clamped,
shakily, in place by bobby pins. Agassi was distracted; even
worse, he had the wrong game plan. He tried to make the rallies
longer, but Gomez kept them short and beat him to the punch.
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DRAW:
428,751
May 24 - June 7
$2,038,599
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PARIS, FRANCE
GARROS
Rafa, rinse and repeat: Thats how the mens draws have
gone at Roland Garros in recent years. Not so on the
womens side, where the last player to repeat was
Justine Henin in 2007. The Belgians retirement led to an
immediate free-for-all, in which Ana Ivanovic, Svetlana
Kuznetsova and Francesca Schiavone emerged as surprise
winnersless surprising is that none of them has won a major
nal since. But champions abhor a void, and two of them have
since rushed in to ll the one left by Henin. Maria Sharapova
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2014 Results
MUGURUZA
PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 MARIA SHARAPOVA
2013 SERENA WILLIAMS
KUZNETSOVA
MUGURUZA
PARMENTIER
SHARAPOVA
HALEP
STOSUR
SHARAPOVA
HALEP
SHARAPOVA
HALEP
SHARAPOVA
SHARAPOVA
JANKOVIC
TOMLJANOVIC
SUAREZ
NAVARRO
HALEP
ERRANI
SUAREZ
NAVARRO
ERRANI
BOUCHARD
PETKOVIC
BERTENS
BOUCHARD
PETKOVIC
BOUCHARD
PETKOVIC
KERBER
AP
Flashback: 1985
Something had to give for Chris Evert in the 1985 nal. On the
plus side, the ve-time champ was playing on a surface where
she had gone 189-2 from 1973 to 81. On the minus side, she was
facing her least favorite opponent at the time, Martina Navratilova. Heading in, Evert had lost 15 of 16 to her longtime rival.
She would save some of the best tennis of her career for this,
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June 29 - July 12
$39,225,525
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SURFACE:
LONDON, ENGLAND
CATEGORY:
Grand Slam
WIMBL
The Big W is still as big as ever among the men: Novak
Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer all say that
its their favorite trophy to hold, and Andy Murray made
himself immortal in 2013 by becoming the rst British man to
win that trophy in 77 years. Since 2001, when the All England
Clubs groundskeepers switched to a heartier, all-rye variety of
grass, weve been hearing laments from the old guard about how
no one serves-and-volleys on Centre Court anymore. Thats
true, but the style played there today is more entertaining and
WAWRINKA
2014 Results
DJOKOVIC
PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 NOVAK DJOKOVIC
2013 ANDY MURRAY
WAWRINKA
DJOKOVIC
TSONGA
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
CHARDY
CILIC
FEDERER
DJOKOVIC
FEDERER
CILIC
DJOKOVIC
RAONIC
MURRAY
FEDERER
MURRAY
RAONIC
NISHIKORI
ANDERSON
DIMITROV
RAONIC
KYRGIOS
DIMITROV
KYRGIOS
DIMITROV
NADAL
MAYER
Flashback: 1975
Arthur Ashe knew he couldnt play his normal slashing power
game in the 1975 nal against Jimmy Connors, because Connors, the games premier counter-puncher and No. 1 player,
would throw the ball right back in his faceand right past him.
So Ashe went away from his instincts and put together
perhaps the most strategically savvy match in tennis history.
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2014 ATTENDANCE:
DRAW:
491,084
June 29 - July 12
$2,761,457
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LONDON, ENGLAND
LEDON
Once upon a time, Centre Court was the playground of
legendary women players: Martina Navratilovas run of
dominance was followed by Ste Grafs, which was
followed by Venus and Serena Williams. From 1978 to 2012,
those four women combined to win 26 of 34 Wimbledon titles.
There wasnt much room for Cinderella or the second tier at the
games most prestigious event.
Is all that about to change? The women have oered their
share of surprises at Wimbledon of late. In 2013, two Grand
SMITKOVA
2014 Results
CORNET
PAST CHAMPIONS:
2014 PETRA KVITOVA
2013 MARION BARTOLI
SAFAROVA
BOUCHARD
BOUCHARD
BOUCHARD
SAFAROVA
KERBER
KERBER
MAKAROVA
BOUCHARD
RADWANSKA
SHARAPOVA
KVITOVA
KVITOVA
HALEP
KVITOVA
HALEP
KVITOVA
PENG
DIYAS
HALEP
EP
KVITOVA
WOZNIACKI
LISICKI
ZAHLAVOVA
STRYCOVA
LISICKI
ZAHLAVOVA
STRYCOVA
SHVEDOVA
AP
Flashback: 2005
The 2005 nal was a battle between two former champs, Venus
Williams and Lindsay Davenport. Power met power for three
long, tight, nerve-wracking sets. For much of that time, it
looked as if Davenport would earn her second titleshe won
the rst set, pushed the second to a tiebreaker and reached
match point in the third. But Venus smacked a winner to save
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August 10 - 16
SURFACE
$5,286,240
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CATEGORY:
DRAW:
56 players
Rogers Cup
In recent years, the Rogers Cup, which alternates
among the men and women between Montreal and
Toronto, has felt like the beginning of a second season.
The rst signicant event after Wimbledon, it kicks o the
North American hard-court swing and shifts the tennis worlds
attention toward the US Open. This year, though, with Wimbledon moving back a week, that shift may feel like it comes a little
bit sooner. The top players often get to Canada a little rusty
witness the surprise runs by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Agnieszka
Radwanska last year. In both cases, it was their only title of 2014.
Among the women, Radwanska was continuing a tradition of
success by Grand Slam also-ransDinara Sana and Caroline
Wozniacki have won up north, while Maria Sharapova hasnt.
The mens event, on the other hand, has been a jumping-o
point for future Slam winners; Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic
and Andy Murray all won Canada before their rst major. The
men are in Montreal in 2015, but the next man to launch himself
up north could be Toronto native Milos Raonic.
RAONIC
TSONGA
LOPEZ
TSONGA
TSONGA
MURRAY
LOPEZ
TSONGA
FERRER
ANDERSON
FEDERER
DIMITROV
FEDERER
( AT P )
PAST CHAMPIONS:
ATP
WTA
2014
J. TSONGA
A. RADWANSKA
2013
R. NADAL
S. WILLIAMS
2012
N. DJOKOVIC
P. KVITOVA
2011
N. DJOKOVIC
S. WILLIAMS
2010
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Flashback: 2007
If future tennis historians want to pinpoint the moment that
the current Golden Age of mens tennis began, they might want
to consider the 2007 Rogers Cup. That was the week when
Djokovic joined the party by beating Andy Roddick, Rafael
Nadal and Roger Federer, the latter for the rst time, to win his
second Masters title. Before that tournament, the ATPs top
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tier had been a two-man club, with room for just Roger and
Rafa. As Nadal said at the time, he had seen Djokovic coming up
fast in his rearview mirror for more than a year; this was when
he caught up to him. After his Montreal milestone, the Serb
would go on to reach his rst Grand Slam nal, at the US Open
a month later, and win the one after that, in Melbourne.
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Heartland, before they head o to play the countrys real Grand
Slam in New York City.
Like Rome, which also leads into a major, the cream tends to
rise to the top in anticipation. Roger Federer is a six-time
champion, Serena Williams took home the title in 2014, and
Victoria Azarenka beat Serena in a classic nal in 2013. More
important for U.S. tennis, though, Cincy has established itself
as a destination for fans, rather than just a US Open tune-up.
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K. CLIJSTERS
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2007
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S. WILLIAMS
S. WILLIAMS
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JANKOVIC
SVITOLINA
S. WILLIAMS
SHARAPOVA
RADWANSKA
IVANOVIC
WOZNIACKI
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HALEP
WOZNIACKI
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Flashback: 2013
In 2013, Victoria Azarenka won the battle in Cincinnati over
Serena Williams before losing the war to her in Flushing
Meadows. But the battle was the better match. Much of it
followed a familiar script: Player challenges Serena; Serena
comes back to win in the end. This one, though, came with a
last-second plot twist instead, as Azarenka broke Serena when
she served for the match at 54 in the third set and held on to
win a wild tiebreaker. It wasnt perfect, and at times it wasnt
pretty, but this was modern-day womens tennis at its most
competitive, powerful and athletic, and it helped establish the
WTA event in Cincinnati as the equal of the mens in terms of
import and prestige.
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Bigger is always better in New York, and that certainly
holds true for its signature tennis tournament. The US
Open, the most gargantuan of the Grand Slams, is in the
midst of a building spree that has already altered the atmosphere
at Flushing Meadows. In 2014, a new set of bleachers opened
above the practice area on one side, and a jam-packed set of
side courts on the other. Gone, it seems, are the days when
fans wandered the grounds in search of a match; now were
brought together, cheek to cheek, on tennis islands at each
corner of the facility. In the process, the Open has done what
seemed impossible: made itself even rowdier.
Is it also about to get more unpredictable on the mens side?
Last years nal, between Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori, was the
rst since 2003 not to include at least one member of the Big 4.
Many thought the match signaled a changing of the ATP guard,
but weve heard that before, when Juan Martin del Potro broke
the Big 4 hex to win the title in 2009. Will 2015 be another
showing of The Empire Strikes Back in New York?
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
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2013 RAFAEL NADAL
BERDYCH
DJOKOVIC
KOHLSCHREIBER
THIEM
DJOKOVIC
CILIC
TSONGA
MURRAY
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NISHIKORI
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WAWRINKA
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Flashback: 1995
This is a tough year for Andre Agassi and anniversaries at the
Open. Twenty-ve years ago, in 1990, he was ambushed by his
19-year-old countryman Pete Sampras in straight sets. Five
years later, in the 1995 nal, he was beaten again by Sampras,
this time in four sets.
The second edition was closer, but it may have been more
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painful for Agassi. That year he had taken over the No. 1 ranking, and that summer he had gone on a tear, winning 26 straight
matches and beating Sampras in the nal of two Masters
events. Yet it was all, in Agassis mind, for naught, as Pistol Pete
turned the tables in the match that counted at Flushing Meadows, reasserting his superiority in their rivalry for good.
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The story of Serena Williams life is intertwined with
the Open. Its where she won her rst Grand Slam title
in 1999, at age 17, and her 18th major at age 33, last year.
Its where she was defaulted for screaming at a line judge in
2009, and where she had a less-than-friendly discussion with a
chair umpire for calling a hindrance on her two years later. Its
where she lost her rst major nal to her sister, Venus, three
days before 9/11, and where she turned the tables on her as she
ascended to No. 1 the following year. In 2014, the Open served
BENCIC
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
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Flashback: 1950
In 1950, tennis had its Jackie Robinson moment at Forest Hills.
The woman who broke the sports color barrier was Althea
Gibson, a New York native who became the rst AfricanAmerican, man or woman, to play in her countrys national
tournament. The 23-year-old won her rst match, then was one
game from victory over Wimbledon champion Louise Brough
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China Open
The Fifth Grand Slam is a popular concept among
tennis chattering classes. Its even more popular
among tournament publicists. At various times, Rome,
Miami and now Indian Wells have been given this cticious yet
prestigious label. Ion Tiriac has worked hard to make it happen
for his tournament in Madrid, so far without success. But if
there were ever a candidate for a real fth major, it would be
the China Open in Beijing. The tournament is already dualgender. It already oers major-level prize moneymore for
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
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KUZNETSOVA
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SAFAROVA
STOSUR
SHARAPOVA
SUAREZ
NAVARRO
CORNET
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SHARAPOVA
KVITOVA
SHARAPOVA
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SHARAPOVA
LISICKI
KVITOVA
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KVITOVA
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IVANOVIC
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IVANOVIC
PETKOVIC
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Any fan who misses Li Na, or wonders what she brought to the
sport, might want to nd a clip of her 2013 quarternal loss to
Petra Kvitova in Beijing. The match was great, a three-set
roller-coaster between two of the games premier power
hitters. But the Chinese fans, oohing and aahing with each
swing, were even better. I cant control the spectators,
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Li said when asked about the crowd after the match. I was
expecting that they will support Li Na today, Kvitova said.
Thats normal. Wasnt a big surprise. But I heard some fans
on my side, too, so it was so nice.
More than any sponsor deals in Asia, harnessing that enthusiasm really would be something new and exciting for tennis.
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for the players, who have voted it the most welcoming event on
tour. And when they do arrive, the fans bring a highly vocal and
infectious avor to their rooting that feels new to the sport.
What doesnt feel new are the players who win in Shanghai.
Like most important ATP events, the Big 4 have dominated
here. The conventional wisdom used to be that the top pros
wouldnt travel to Asia to play one fall event, but Shanghai has
proven that idea false. In the process, it has expanded the global
reach of the tour, and livened up the formerly fallow fall season.
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
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2013 NOVAK DJOKOVIC
BERDYCH
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KUKUSHKIN
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SIMON
JAZIRI
MURRAY
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Flashback: 2013
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PAST CHAMPIONS:
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BERDYCH
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In 1989, Boris Becker was on top of the sport, and John McEnroe
was in the twilight of his career, but the American nearly
matched the German over three superb sets in the semis. As
you might expect, the personality clash between the two was
almost as entertaining as the match itself. Becker had a habit of
coughing on court, which McEnroe suspected wasnt entirely a
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over Martina Hingis 60, lost the fourth set 46, and came back
to win the fth 60 again. Of those 14 matches, only three went
the distance; the best of them was Monica Seles 64, 57, 36,
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the legends of today do the same?
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ATPs year-ender has had since its bad-boy glory days in NYC.
This round-robin tournament is designed to decide who
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the race is over weeks or even months earlier. Either way,
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2007
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2006
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2005
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that game; he always switched frames with the ball change, and
he wasnt a man to deviate from a plan. Becker promptly broke
him. At match point, the two engaged in the longest rally of the
match, before Becker won it with a net-cord winner.
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