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Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions 2009

2009-07-15T17:58:00.002+07:00

Just short info for you all. Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions 2009 will be held at Convention Centre, The Westin, Nusa Dua, Bali, on November 4-8.

Sunshine, beach, and of course, champions from many countries will come. Interested? Prepare your cash, dude!

The 15th Grandslam Federer,New Record

2009-07-06T08:18:00.002+07:00

Wow, incredible Mr Fed. Wimbledon thropy came to him again. This is his 15th grandslam champion. New record, beat Sampras which colected 14. It's not the end of federer. At his age, what he can achieve still open wide. We probably will see the 16th and the 17th of Federer.

Federer : Winner France Open 2009

2009-06-07T23:27:00.000+07:00

There's nothing more to say. Spectacular. This is what he seek for years. Grand slam title he never won before. Congrat 4 u, Fed...

Maria Sharapova - Australia Open

2008-01-27T14:42:00.000+07:00

Its rare event when two good looking beat one another, especially at grand slam final..

Ana Ivanovic - Australia Open 2008

2008-01-27T14:37:00.000+07:00

Bali Tennis

2007-08-03T09:46:00.000+07:00

This event previously known as Wismilak International Bali SE-WTA Tour, but since Commonwealth Bank become the main sponsor, they change the name to Commonwealth Tennis Classic. So, to be fair both for new sponsor, previous sponsor, and the readers, i call it Bali Tennis Tournament. Thats easier to recognice.

Wismilak become main sponsor for 13 years before Commonwealth Bank take it's place. I don't know why but i guess it caused by Wismilak bussiness condition recently. Oke, OTT is over.

This tournament will be held on september, 9-17 at Nusa Dua, Bali. The winner will get $225,000.00. Players bellow already listed as participant : Alicia Molik (AUS), Flavia Penneta (ITA), Jie Zheing (CHN), Michaella Krajicek (NED), Francesca Schiavone (NED), Patty SChnyder (SUI), Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), Nadia Petrova (RUS), dan Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS). Another player will follow

US Open

2007-07-03T10:25:00.000+07:00

US Open - Flushing Meadows

The United States Open tennis tournament, commonly referred to as the U.S. Open (or as simply the Open in the U.S. only), is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. It is held annually in August/September over a period of two weeks (the weeks prior to and following Labor Day weekend).

US Open History
The U.S. Open originates from two separate tournaments: the men's tournament and the women's tournament. The event was first held in August 1881 and staged at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island (men's singles only). Only clubs that were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were permitted to enter.

The Open Era began in 1968 when all five events were merged into the newly named "U.S. Open" at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens. Notably, the 1968 combined tournament was opened to professionals; neither predecessor tournament allowed professionals to compete. That year 96 men and 63 women entered the event with prize money amounting to $100,000. In 1978, the event moved from Forest Hills to its current home at Flushing Meadows.

The main court is located at the 23,000-seat Arthur Ashe Stadium, named after Arthur Ashe, the great African American tennis player who won the inaugural men's final of the U.S. Open in 1968. The surfaces of all its courts are hard, so the U.S. Open always provides tennis at a very high speed.

The US Open is also unique in that it is the only Grand Slam event where most of the courts are lit, meaning that TV coverage of the tournament can extend into prime-time to attract more ratings.

In 2005, all US Open and US Open Series Tennis courts were given blue inner courts and green outer courts to show uniformity, and to make it easier to see the ball. This change has been met with mixed reactions from both players and fans, many players saying that the ball is no easier to see with the blue courts.

The US Open was originally played on grass until Forest Hills switched to hardcourt in the mid '70s.

Roland Garros

2007-07-03T10:24:00.000+07:00

Roland Garros

The French Open, officially the "Tournoi de Roland-Garros" (English: Roland Garros Tournament), Roland Garros for short, is a tennis event played on clay and held over two weeks between end of May and early June in Paris, France, and is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar

Roland Garros History
The French Open began as a national tournament in 1891. In 1925, the French Championships opened itself to international competitors with the event held on a grass surface alternatively between the Racing Club de France and the Stade Français.
For the 1928 Davis Cup challenge, a new tennis stadium was built at Porte d’Auteuil. Named after a hero of World War I, the new Stade "Roland Garros" was built with a red clay (terre battue) playing surface, one which alters the ball's bounce and the player's approach to the match vis-à-vis grass courts.
As such, over the years, clay court specialists have evolved and often succeed here whilst higher ranked players may struggle like the great champion Pete Sampras and current World No. 1 Roger Federer who won every other Grand Slam several times but never Roland Garros. As of 2006, the last six, 8 of the last 9, 11 of the last 13, and 13 of the last 17 French Open men's singles championships were won by tennis players who never won any other Grand Slam tournament.

Australian Open

2007-07-03T10:22:00.000+07:00

Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the world's four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, held each January at Melbourne Park.

Held in the middle of the Australian summer, the Australian Open is famous for its notoriously hot days. An extreme-heat policy is often put into play when temperatures (and humidity) reach dangerous levels.

Australian Open History
The tournament was first played in 1905 as The Australasian Championships, became the Australian Championships in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969. Since 1905, the Championships have been staged in five different cities as follows: Melbourne (50 times), Sydney (17 times), Adelaide (14 times), Brisbane (eight times), Perth (three times), and well as in New Zealand, (twice) in 1906 and 1912.

In 1972, it was decided to stage the Tournament in the one city each year, as opposed to visiting various states across the nation, and the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club was selected due to Melbourne attracting the biggest patronage.

Melbourne Park (formerly Flinders Park) was constructed in time for the 1988 Open to meet the demands of the evolving tournament that had outgrown Kooyong's capacity. The move to Melbourne Park was an immediate success, with a 90 per cent increase in attendance in 1988 (266,436) on the previous year at Kooyong (140,000).

Grand Slam

2007-07-03T10:19:00.000+07:00

Grand Slam Tennis

In tennis, a singles player or doubles team is said to have achieved the Grand Slam if they succeed in winning all four of the following championship titles in the same year:

Australian Open (Melbourne)
French Open (Roland Garros)
UK Open (Wimbledon)
US Open (Flushing Meadows)

These tournaments are therefore also known as the Grand Slam tournaments. They rank as the most important tennis tournaments of the year in the public mind, as well as in terms of world ranking points and prize-money awarded. The titles are known as Grand Slam titles.

Grand Slam History
The term "Grand Slam" was first used in 1933, by the American journalist John Kieran. In describing the attempt that year by Jack Crawford to win all four titles, he compared it with "a countered and vulnerable grand slam in bridge". Kieran singled out these four titles as being the biggest in tennis because, at the time, they were the main international championships held in the only four countries who had won the Davis Cup. Crawford failed to achieve the Grand Slam that year as he lost in the US Championships final to Fred Perry. It wasn't until 1938 that Donald Budge became the first person to achieve the Grand Slam.

The expression Grand Slam, initially used to describe the winning of the tennis major events, was later incorporated by other sports, notably golf, to describe a similar accomplishment.

Wimbledon

2007-07-03T10:16:00.000+07:00

The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply "Wimbledon", is the oldest and arguably most prestigious event in the sport of tennis. Held every June or July (starts 6 weeks before the first Monday in August), the tournament is the third Grand Slam event played each year, preceded by the Australian Open and the French Open, and followed by the U.S. Open. Wimbledon (which is the only one of the Grand Slam events played on grass) lasts for two weeks, subject to extensions for rain.

Wimbledon History
The Championships were first played under the control of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877 at a ground near Worple Road, Wimbledon; the only event held was Gentlemen's Singles. In 1884, the All England Club added Ladies' Singles and Gentlemen's Doubles. Ladies' Doubles and Mixed Doubles were added in 1913. The Championships moved to their present location, at a ground near Church Road, Wimbledon, in 1922. As with the other three Grand Slam events, Wimbledon was contested by top-ranked amateur players until the advent of the open era in tennis in 1968. Britons are very proud of the tournament but it is a source of national anguish and humour — no British man has won the singles event at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, and no British woman since Virginia Wade in 1977.

List of Wimbledon Men's Singles champions
Here the latest Championships winners :

Year||Champion||Runner-up||Score
1997 Pete Sampras Cédric Pioline 6-4 6-2 6-4
1998 Pete Sampras Goran Ivanisevic 6-7(2) 7-6(9) 6-4 3-6 6-2
1999 Pete Sampras Andre Agassi 6-3 6-4 7-5
2000 Pete Sampras Patrick Rafter 6-7(10) 7-6(5) 6-4 6-2
2001 Goran Ivanisevic Patrick Rafter 6-3 3-6 6-3 2-6 9-7
2002 Lleyton Hewitt David Nalbandian 6-1 6-3 6-2
2003 Roger Federer Mark Philippoussis 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(3)
2004 Roger Federer Andy Roddick 4-6 7-5 7-6(3) 6-4
2005 Roger Federer Andy Roddick 6-2 7-6(2) 6-4
2006 Roger Federer Rafael Nadal 6-0 7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3