Suzanne Lenglen

                   

Olympic Withdrawals – From Tilden and Lenglen - Agassi and Sharapova

lawntennisnews.com     Aug 7, 2008          

Maria Sharapova is the most recent example with the reigning Australian Open champion pulling out of the Beijing Games - and the U.S. Open - with a shoulder injury. Other recent pullouts include Marcos Baghdatis, Mario Ancic...                    

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Tennis: Federer and Nadal top of the bill

olympic.org     Aug 4, 2008   15 related          

Since tennis returned to the Olympic Games as a full medal sport in 1988, it has consistently attracted the world’s best players, but there has probably never been a line-up to match what Beijing has to offer this summer. With...                    

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telegraph.co.uk: Team GB, left to right: Goldie Sayers, Phillips Idowu, Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu all in Adidas telegraph.co.uk

A winning team: sport and fashion

telegraph.co.uk     Jul 30, 2008   2 related          

As the world gears up for the Olympics, a new V&A exhibition looks at the links between the two. Marion Hume reports 'There’s no excuse for poor shapes and bad colours, they don’t make you run faster,” says Stella McCartney,...                    

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Winter Park tennis pros go global

orlandosentinel.com     Jul 13, 2008   3 related          

Terry O. Roen | Special to the Sentinel Four Azalea Lane Tennis Center pros will play in the world's largest senior international tennis tournament in Antalya, Turkey. This is the first time Winter Park has had so many players...                    

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NINE: Martina Navratilova (1978, 1979, 1982-87, 1990)

icnetwork.co.uk     Jul 7, 2008          

SEVEN: Dorothea Chambers (1903, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914); Steffi Graf (1988, 1989, 1991-93, 1995, 1996) SIX: Blanche Bingley Hillyard (1886, 1889, 1894, 1897, 1899, 1900); Suzanne Lenglen (1919-1923, 1925);...                    

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WOMEN'S FINAL Venus finally tops Serena to join All England elite

malaysiasun.com     Jul 6, 2008   2,609 related          

Venus finally tops Serena to join All England elite (07-06) 04:00 PDT Wimbledon , England -- Venus Williams might not have known how to respond to her championship Saturday, a 7-5, 6-4 victory over her sister, Serena, but...                    

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FACTBOX: List of leading women's title winners

reuters.com     Jul 5, 2008   1 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - List of winners of most women's singles titles at Wimbledon after Venus Williams won for the fifth time on Saturday. Martina Navratilova (Czechoslovakia/U.S) 9 Helen Wills Moody (U.S.) 8 Dorothea Lambert...                    

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Tennis-List of Wimbledon women's singles champions

reuters.com     Jul 5, 2008   5 related          

July 5 (Reuters) - List of Wimbledon women's singles champions since 1922: 2008 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Serena Williams (U.S) 7-5 6-4 2007 Venus Williams (U.S.) beat Marion Bartoli (France) 6-4 6-1 2006 Amelie Mauresmo...                    

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thisislondon.co.uk: Arthur Ashe thisislondon.co.uk

On this day in Sport - July 5

thisislondon.co.uk     Jul 5, 2008          

1879: Dwight F Davis, the man responsible for tennis' Davis Cup, was born. 1919: France's Suzanne Lenglen became the first non-English-speaking women's champion at Wimbledon. It was the first of five successive titles for Lenglen.                    

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thisislondon.co.uk: Fernando Torres with Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez thisislondon.co.uk

4 July

thisislondon.co.uk     Jul 3, 2008          

1919: Jack Dempsey beat Jess Willard to become the new world heavyweight boxing champion. 1938: Helen Wills-Moody won her eighth Wimbledon title on the same day another Centre Court heroine, Suzanne Lenglen of France, died of...                    

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