 Serena Williams Serena Williams was born on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. She is the youngest of five sisters: Lyndrea, Isha, Yetunde, and Venus Williams. She is a professional tennis player.
Biography and Career :
Her parents, Richard and Oracene, later relocated to Los Angeles, and the girls grew up in Compton, a rough L.A. suburb.
It was Richard Williams - now coach and manager of Serena... |
 Venus Williams Venus Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California. She is an American former World No. 1 tennis champion.
Biography and Career :
She is the daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams and the older sister of another tennis champion, Serena Williams.
Venus Williams turned professional on October 31st, 1994, then won many important championships, including two Gold medals at... |
 Mark Philippoussis Mark Philippoussis (Mark Anthony Philippoussis) was born on Sunday, November 07, 1976 and is a famous tennis.Being born on 11/07, Mark is a scorpio.Mark dated Alexis Barbara and amongst other famous relationships was Shannon... |
 Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova (full name Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova) was born on June 7, 1981. She is a retired Russian professional tennis player. Anna Kournikova Height : 5'8"/173 cm.
Biography and Career :
At ages 13 and 14, Anna Kournikova made headlines in international junior tennis, winning several tournaments including the 1995 Italian Open. She was 14 years old when she ended 1995 as Junior... |
 Ana Ivanovic Ana Ivanovic was born on November 6, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia. She is a young and talented tennis player, determined to prove her best and become No. 1.
Biography and Career :
Her tennis career started very early, when she was only 5 years old. The steps she had to do in order to become a professional player weren't easy. She even had to train in an abandoned swimming pool in the... |
 Andrew Murray Andrew Murray was born on May 15, 1987 in Dunblane, Scotland. He is a tennis player who won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award in 2005.
Biography and Career :
He attended the Dunblane Primary School and then the Dunblane High School. Between 1998 and 2000 he played at the junior tennis team at the Next Generation club in Newhaven, Edinburgh. In 2001 he went to the... |
 David Ferrer David Ferrer was born on April 2, 1982 in Javea, Spain. He is a tennis player placed on the 15th position of Top 100 the year of 2007.
Biography and Career :
When he was thirteen years old he moved to Gandia and after two years to Barcelona in order to attend the Catalan Tennis Federation. He trained at Equelite for nine months. This is Juan Carlos Ferrero's Academy in Villena. 2000 is the... |
 Fernando Gonzalez Fernando Gonzalez was born on July 29, 1980 in Santiago, Chile. He is a professional tennis player and his particularity is having maybe the hardest hitting forehands in the circuit.
Biography and Career :
When he was seven years old he started training. He worked at the Club de Leones de La Reina with Claudio Gonzalez. Even their names are the same they are not relatives, it's just a... |
 Guillermo Canas Guillermo Canas was born on November 25, 1977 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a well known tennis player.
Biography and Career :
When he was seven years old he started playing tennis. His junior career had a great result in 1995 when he managed to reach the quarter-finals at Wimbledon. 1995 was the year when he became a professional player. After six years of playing and after a wrist... |
 Ivan Ljubicic Ivan Ljubicic was born on March 19, 1979 in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina. He is a great tennis player.
Biography and Career :
His parents are Hazira and Marko Ljubicic. The tennis career started when he was nine years old in 1988. Because at the beginning of 1992 started the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina his mother along him and his brother moved to Croatia, while his father had to stay... |
 James Blake James Blake was born on December 28, 1979 in Yonkers, New York, USA. He is a powerful tennis player being placed on the 9th position of Top 100.
Biography and Career :
He has British, American and African origins. His parents are Tommy Sr. and Betty Blake. His family is a large one and consists of other four boys and one girl. He attended the Fairfield Warde High School in Fairfield,... |
 Juan Carlos Ferrero Juan Carlos Ferrero was born on February 12, 1980 in Onteniente, Spain. He is a great tennis player.
Biography and Career :
He is very talented and hard-worker and on the 8th of September 2003 he became World's Number One. He has won until now eleven titles, but any doubles title.
* He started playing tennis when he was a child and as a junior his best result came in 1998 when he... |
 Marcos Baghdatis Marcos Baghdatis was born on June 17, 1985 in Limassol, Cyprus. He is a talented tennis player with many important victories and results in the last years.
Biography and Career :
He has Lebanese, Cypriot and Greek origins from his father and mother. His tennis career started at the age of five when he trained with his father and brothers. He attended the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris... |
 Mikhail Youzhny Mikhail Youzhny was born on June 25, 1982 in Moscow, Russia. He is a talented tennis player with great consistency in games.
Biography and Career :
He became a professional tennis player in 1999, but he had been playing tennis since he was a child.
Until now (2007) he has won three titles. The first came in 2002 at Stuttgart, where he managed to beat Guillermo Canas in the final of the... |
 Nicole Vaidisova Nicole Vaidisova was born on April 23, 1989 in Nurnberg, Germany. She is a young tennis player who proved she can face great champions and can be a winner.
Biography and Career :
She immigrated along her family to Czech Republic. Now (2007) she is attending the Nick Bollettieri Academy and works a lot to succeed in the pursuit of becoming a great champion.
* In 2003 she became a... |
 Alona Bondarenko Alona Bondarenko was born on August 13, 1984 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. She is a professional tennis player as well as her sister, Kateryna Bondarenko.
Biography and Career :
She started her career as a child. Until now (2007) she has won five titles as a single player and nine titles as a doubles player, especially on clay.
The tournaments won were at Fontanafredda, Zhukovskiy, Bari,... |
 Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik was born on March 12, 1981 in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia. She is a tennis player. Fans call her Kata.
Biography and Career :
* In 1998 she won the title as a junior at Wimbledon. Her career started in a nice way.
* Between 1999 and 2005 she won the titles at Estoril, Acapulco, Auckland and Stockholm. The first two were won on clay against Rita Kuti Kis and Paola... |
 Lucie Safarova Lucie Safarova was born on February 4, 1987 in Brno, Czech Republic. She is a young professional tennis player.
Biography and Career :
She is still very young, but until now she has won eight single titles, three of them being WTA single titles. They were won at Estoril, Forest Hills and Gold Coast, the first two in 2005 and the third in 2006 on hard. In the finals her opponents were... |
 Nikolay Davydenko Nikolay Davydenko was born on June 2, 1981 in Severodonezk, Ukraine. He is a great tennis player, currently on the fourth place in Top 100.
Biography and Career :
His parents are Vladimir and Tatjana Davydenko. When he was eleven years old, he decided together with his parents it was best for him to go in Russia where his elder brother was. There his chances to become a great tennis player... |
 Are there any sports that you consider too dangerous to allow your child to try? by Cristina Nuta -
I agree with the fact that sports are very efficient for our health, that they help our body to keep fit and our skin to be young for a longer time. For this reason, I have tried to convince my child to take up a sport because, even form childhood, our body needs physical activity and, generally, sport is a means of relaxation.
Therefore, I asked my child what sport he... |
 Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic was born on May 22, 1987 in Belgrade, Serbia. He is a young and talented tennis player.
Biography and Career :
He is currently (2007) living in Monte Carlo and his coach is Marian Vajda. Since he became a professional in 2003 he has won five tournaments: Amersfoort, Metz, Adelaide, Miami Masters and Estoril.
Regarding his Grand Slam participations he played at the US Open... |
 Patty Schnyder Patty Schnyder was born on December 14, 1978 in Basel, Switzerland. She is a professional tennis player who won 13 single titles until now(2007).
Biography and Career :
She started the professional career in 1994 and after two years she made her debut at one of the Grand Slams, the French Open. In 1998 she was already present in the Top 10, but after one year left it. In 2005 she was... |
 Rafael Nadal Rafael Nadal was born on June 3, 1986 in Manacor, Mallorca. He is a professional tennis player, situated on the second position of the Top 100 and Roger Federer's NO.1 enemy.
Biography and Career :
Her parents' names are Sebastian and Ana Maria. He was trained by his uncle, Toni Nadal. Besides him, his parents also have one daughter. Even if he plays with his left hand he is not a... |
 Richard Gasquet Richard Gasquet was born on June 18, 1986 in Beziers, France. He is a young, talented tennis player and a great hope for the French tennis.
Biography and Career :
His father had a tennis club and he started playing when he was only four years old. Since 2001 he has been working with Eric Deblicker. He is very talented and when he was nine years old he appeared on the cover of French Tennis... |
