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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: Prize Money Records
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:25:23 GMT

Here are the only occasions in which a man has won more than $2,000,000 in
official ATP prize money in a calendar year:

1982: Ivan Lendl,    $2,028,850
1984: John McEnroe,  $2,026,109
1987: Ivan Lendl,    $2,003,656
1989: Ivan Lendl,    $2,344,367
1989: Boris Becker,  $2,216,823
1991: Stefan Edberg, $2,363,575

Considering inflation, Lendl's 1982 performance (when he tied the all time
record by winning 15 tournaments in one season) is pretty amazing.


Consecutive years finishing in the top 5 in ATP prize money:

Ivan Lendl      12+       1980-1991
Jimmy Connors    9        1976-1984
John McEnroe     8        1978-1985
Stefan Edberg    7+       1985-1991
Mats Wilander    6        1983-1988
Boris Becker     4+       1988-1991
Ilie Nastase     4        1971-1974
Guillermo Vilas  4        1974-1977
Bjorn Borg       4        1977-1980
Rod Laver        3        1969-1971
Arthur Ashe      3        1970-1972
Ken Rosewall     3        1970-1972
John Newcombe    3        1972-1974
Guillermo Vilas  3        1981-1983

Most consecutive years finishing in the top 10 in ATP prize money:

Jimmy Connors      14       1972-1985
Ivan Lendl         12+      1980-1991
Arthur Ashe         8       1969-1976
John McEnroe        8       1978-1985
Boris Becker        7+      1985-1991
Stefan Edberg       7+      1985-1991
John Newcombe       7       1968-1974
Rod Laver           6       1969-1974
Mats Wilander       6       1983-1988
Ken Rosewall        5       1969-1973
Stan Smith          5       1970-1974
Ilie Nastase        5       1971-1975
Raul Ramirez        5       1974-1978
Wojtek Fibak        5       1976-1980
Guillermo Vilas     5       1979-1983
Andre Agassi        4+      1988-1991
Tom Okker           4       1971-1974
Brian Gottfried     4       1975-1978
Eddie Dibbs         4       1976-1979
Bjorn Borg          4       1977-1980
Vitas Gerulaitis    4       1979-1982
Tomas Smid          4       1982-1985
Anders Jarryd       4       1984-1987


Career Prize Money at the end of 1991:

Ivan Lendl       $18,211,061
John McEnroe     $11,586,545
Stefan Edberg    $10,997,271
Boris Becker     $ 9,376,755
Jimmy Connors    $ 8,332,004
Mats Wilander    $ 7,377,193
Guillermo Vilas  $ 4,904,922
Andre Agassi     $ 4,255,449
Andres Gomez     $ 4,140,425
Anders Jarryd    $ 3,986,703
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From: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: atp rankings
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:34:32 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department

In article <1992Sep1.2220.4854@dosgate> "john russell" <john.russell@canrem.com> writes:
>I thought that results were weighted so that those from almost a year
>ago had less weight than recent results.  If that's the case, it could
>just be that some good or bad results from, say, 8 months ago are
>becoming less dominant in the calculations.

No, there is no such weighting of the results. All results from the last
12 months compete equally for the top 14 results that get counted.  See
my recent posting that explained the whole ranking method.

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From: shrikar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (shrikar chakravarti)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Lendl's record of 6-0
Date: 23 Aug 92 07:09:18 GMT
Reply-To: shrikar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (shrikar chakravarti)
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: shrikar@happy.cc.utexas.edu
From: adolce@bbn.com (Anne Dolce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Tuesday's Results
Date: 2 Sep 92 12:04:27 GMT
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Seeded Players Only: (1st Round)
--------------------
  McEnroe(16) d. Schapers
  Becker(7) d. Curren
  Sampras(3) d. DiLucia
  Costa(10) d. van Rensburg
  Agassi(8) d. Pernfors

  Fitzgerald/Jarryd(3) d. Briggs/Kronemann
  Davis/Pate(12) d. Damm/Stolle
  
  Navratilova(3) d. Stafford
  Sukova(13) d. Linkqvist
  Appelmans d. Huber(11)
  Pierce(16) d. Vento
  Sabatini(4) d. Harvey-Wild
  Tauziat(12) d. Ercegovic
  K Maleeva(15) d. Byrne
  Faibank-Nideffer d. Novotna(10)
  Capriati(6) d. Muns-Jagerman
  Grossman d. Martinez(8)
  Sanchez-Vicario(5) d. Savchenko-Neiland
  Garrison(14) d. Kelesi
  Maleeva-Fragniere(9) d. Reinach


Today's Key 2nd Round Matches
-----------------------------
  Edberg(2) vs. Mattar
  Lendl(9) vs. Yzaga
  Chang(4) vs. Ferreira
  Korda(6) vs. E Sanchez
  Connors vs. Oncins

  Seles(1) vs. Raymond
  Sabatini(4) vs. Halard
  Capriati(6) vs. Testud
  MJ Fernandez(7) vs. Medvedeva

  
Other Important News
--------------------
  Today is Jimmy Connors 40th birthday!!!!


Anne
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From: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Re: Trivia of interest-- Borg
Date: 4 Sep 92 15:32:31 GMT
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department

In article <Btvzs5.74J@ecf.toronto.edu> bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John) writes:
>Can anyone recall...
>Was there much of an overlap between Borg and Lendl?  What was
>their head-to-head record?

I think Lendl did surprisingly well against Borg, considering that Borg retired
early and was #1 or #2 or #3 every time he played Lendl, who was young and
never ranked higher than #6 in their meetings (1980-1981).  Lendl's second
career title was the 1980 Canadian Open, where he beat Borg in the final in
Toronto on August 17, 1980. After winning his third title on October 12 in
Barcelona over Vilas, Lendl won his fourth title the next week in Basle
(English spelling is usually Basel), Switzerland, on October 19, 1980, by
beating Borg in the 1st, 2nd, and 5th sets.  This is the only time in Lendl's
career (in 7 tries now) that he has won the 5th set after blowing a 2 set
lead.

On January 18, 1981, the Masters tournament was held for the 1980
season, and Borg beat Lendl in the final, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2. On June 7,
1981, Borg won his last grand slam event at the French Open, beating
Lendl (in his first grand slam final) by the score of 6-1, 4-6, 6-2,
3-6, 6-1. On July 19, 1981, Borg won the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart over
Lendl in the final.

These are the only 5 matches I can track down between the two players. If
they ever played outside the grand slam events or the Masters and faced
each other before the final, I wouldn't have a record of it.  After the
1981 U.S. Open, Borg retired, and Lendl went on a 44 match winning streak
that included his final 6 tournaments in 1981 and then the Masters, and
a couple more tournaments in 1982. Lendl finished 1981 #2, while Borg dropped
to #4 by not playing the fall season. McEnroe was #1 and Connors #3.



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From: weber@ohm.york.ac.uk (Weber Martins)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Lucky Seles...
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:56:35 GMT
Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK


It's amazing and I can't leave this fact aside... Everyone knows
^^^^^^^^^^^^
that Seles has lost her three last finals (Steffi, Martina and
Arantxa). She has to be very lucky not to meet anyone of them until
final!!!!! Just unbelievable... I know that she would not meet
Steffi but how about Martina and Arantxa? Two lucky coin flips... I
wish I were so lucky...

Sabatini under par and Capriati upset by her own gold medal (and
over-supported by the crowd)... It seems to me I am watching another
Seles-? final... Any comments, folks?

Another fact I have known by reading 'Serve and Volley' (UK
magazine) is that Seles has changed her mind about her defeat to
Graf in Wimbledon final. I didn't know that Seles has complained
about not grunting and, more, that she told 'Graf will be never
number one again'. More than ever, I wish Seles is wrong...


                               Weber

P.S.: Just one last remark... Have you noticed that Steffi can meet
that South African, Mary de Swartz (something like that...), in the
early stages? Anyway, Go Steffi!!!
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From: bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John)
Subject: Trivia of interest-- Borg
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:38:28 GMT

Can anyone recall...
Was there much of an overlap between Borg and Lendl?  What was
their head-to-head record?  Borg and Connors had a long history.
How about Borg and McEnroe?

Just wondering and trying to remember...
JB
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From: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: Re: Ashley Cooper - nearly a Grand Slam?
Keywords: cooper grand slam
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 14:47:46 GMT


Ashley Cooper was a great singles and doubles player. He never made it to
the singles final at the French Open, so I didn't include him in the
"almost grand slam" posting.

His 2 big years were 1957 and 1958.

1957: beat Neale Fraser 6-2, 9-11, 6-4, 6-2 in the Australian final.
      lost to Lew Hoad 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final.
      lost to Mal Anderson 10-8, 7-5, 6-4 in the U.S. final.
      Won the French, finalist at Australia, with Mal Anderson.
      Won the U.S. Open with Neale Fraser.

1958: beat Mal Anderson 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian final.
      beat Neale Fraser 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 13-11 in the Wimbledon final.
      beat Mal Anderson 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 10-8, 8-6 in the U.S. final.
      won the Australian, French Opens; finalist at Wimbledon, all
        with Neale Fraser.

So, Cooper was never in all 4 finals in one year, either in singles or in
doubles, but was in 3 of the 4 in singles and doubles for 2 consecutive
years, winning 8 and losing 4 finals in those two years.
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From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: Edberg vs Washington Result Requested
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:30:50 GMT

In article <1992Aug25.150208.5858@oakhill.sps.mot.com>, asim@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Asim Omair) writes:
> In article <1992Aug25.042319.14621@iti.gov.sg> dlee@iti.gov.sg (Dennis Lee) writes:
> >The title speaks for itself.
> >Thanks,
> >>Dennis.
> 
> Edberg beat Washington in straight sets : 7-6 (7-4), 6-1.
> In the tie-break, Washington was leading 3-0 and then missed an easy backhand.
> After that Edberg never looked back and destroyed Washington.
> (The above info is from the newspaper)
> My pick for the U.S. Open is Edberg.

   That's true.  I saw the match from the tiebreaker on.  It looked
as if Edberg might get into a bit of trouble, but was able to
pressure Washington to win the tiebreaker.  I'm not so sure that
Washington lost it since he plays the kind of consistent game
(a la Wilander or Chang) where he doesn't make so many errors,
but that Edberg was pressuring Washington.  Mal made a few forays
to the net, but seemed to have some problems there.  When
Edberg came to net, he tried a few shots into the body that
Edberg managed to hit well.

  I'll have to wait and see whether Edberg is still up to form.
He played two three setters (against Forget and Lendl) though
he did pull it out.   We'll see if his form stands up in
the Hamlet Cup.

  I have no picks.  On form, I would say Sampras.  However, a 
lot of other people are playing reasonably well (Edberg, Lendl)
and you can always get surprises (Korda, Forget, etc.).

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu

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From: ltn@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (liem.t.nguyen)
Subject: US Open-Directions
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 15:20:54 GMT
Keywords: Drive to

Hi all,
I will be attending the US OPen Wednesday Sept. 2. I have gone there before
in the past but only via group bus. I will be driving this time from Central
New Jersey. My question is: should i drive or should i go to northern NJ,
park my car, take PATH, then subway to Flushing Meadows? if i drive, will
i have problem finding a parking space? Please help! Thanks.
                 
                                 Liem Nguyen


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From: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles Lin)
Subject: Re: No way! Seles's RQ-380 strung at 83!?!
Reply-To: clin@eng.umd.edu (Charles C. Lin)
Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 17:33:29 GMT

In article <7902@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, dchien@boole.seas.ucla.edu (David H. Chien) writes:
> 
>      In the Sept. issue of Tennis, it says Seles's RQ-380 is strung at
> 83 lbs with Tecnifibre 515.  I've looked and even the largest RQ has
> a maximum 65 lb rating.
>      If this isn't a misprint, how can this tension be so high without
> breaking the raquet, especially given the force she uses to hit?  And
> wouldn't the strings break quickly during use?
> 
>      Curious David :)     dchien@boole.seas.ucla.edu
> 
>      PS. BTW, is her RQ's weight L, SL, UL, or XFL as a baseline? 

   It's my guess that racquets can take quite a bit of tension
(probably in excess of 100 pounds) and the string would give first
before the racquet does (unless possibly the racquet was improperly
srtung creating more stress in one area than another).  The
maximum listed is typically the maximum that companies recommend
which is probably quite a few pounds from damaging the racquet
so that you can't claim the racquet was defective because you strung 
it too high.

   The strings might break quickly but the synthetics are pretty
strong stuff.  I've heard that stringing a racquet with gut
at that tension is much trickier (amazing since Borg used
to have it strung near that tension) with gut than synthetic
guts.

   I wonder why Yonex has this really strange weighting system.
It seems that the weight of the racquet depends on the grip
size.  The smaller the grip size the lighter the racquet.  It
seems like they are making the assumption that the smaller
the grip size, the smaller the person, and a lighter weight
would feel better.  I'm not sure this is the best assumption
to make.

   I have some related question.  I wonder if racquets will ever
go to two pieces.  In pool (billiards, nine-ball, etc.) the
pool cues -- the good ones, anyway -- always come in two pieces
that are screwed in.  One might be able to interchange a variety
or grips with the same racquet top.  That way, you could get
a two handed grip, a one-handed, and various taperings.  Just
a thought....

--
Charles Lin
clin@eng.umd.edu
From: pellard@BBN.COM (Penny Ellard)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: Open question
Date: 31 Aug 1992 14:02:38 GMT
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I have tickets for tomorrow night's (9/1) session at the US Open.  The
tickets say the session starts at 7:35.  Someone advised me to go early
to find out who's playing where and when.  Can anyone tell me how early
I'll be able to get in?

Thanks,
Penny


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From: cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG)
Subject: Tennis in NC?
Originator: cmgrawbu@c00412-313mn.eos.ncsu.edu
Reply-To: cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG)
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:33:45 GMT




Sorry about the dual posts.

Are there any mens tennis tournaments around NC???

Thanx.

Chris
From: sispas@lsil.com (Steve Ispas)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: romanians
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:15:42 GMT
Reply-To: sispas@lsil.com
Organization: LSI Logic Corporation

Does anybody happen to have a list with the top romanian tennis players on the ATP tour right know, or the most promising ones ? That is male or female.  I haven't seen one in the top 50 for a while.  So long for Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac.
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From: PH412000@brownvm.brown.edu
Subject: New Prediction
Organization: Brown University
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:53:12 GMT

Sorry, guys, my last posting ahould be like this:
====================================================================
If ATP didn't take away the Hamlet points, they draw will look like:


             Courier (1) --------+
                                 |--------+
         J. McEnroe (16) --------+        |
                                          |--------+
              Costa (10) --------+        |        |
                                 |--------+        |
              (Becker) (8) --------+                 |
                                                   |--------+
             Sampras (3) --------+                 |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
             Forget (13) --------+        |        |        |
                                          |--------+        |
              Stich (11) --------+        |                 |
                                 |--------+                 |
          Ivanisevic (5) --------+                          |
                                                            +--------> Champion
               Lendl (6) --------+                          |
                                 |--------+                 |
           Ferreira (12) --------+        |                 |
                                          |--------+        |
         Washington (14) --------+        |        |        |
                                 |--------+        |        |
               Chang (4) --------+                 |        |
                                                   |--------+
             (Korda) (7) --------+                 |
                                 |--------+        |
            (Agassi) (9) --------+        |        |
                                          |--------+
           Krajicek (15) --------+        |
                                 |--------+
              Edberg (2) --------+


and my old prediction(Sampras,Becker,Edberg,Lendl) would be the reasonable
choice. Now looked the draw, I would have to pick the top four seeds are the
favorites. Courier will have potentially interesting matches at
second round(Chesnokov) and quarterfinal. Sampras will be challenged by
Ivanisevic at quarterfinal. Overall, Chang and Courier have the easiest
draw; Edberg and Sampras have the toughest.

Quan"damn, if it's not for 365 days calendar, I don't have to predict again"
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From: bonacci@ecf.toronto.edu (BONACCI John)
Subject: Re: US OPEN - Past Singles Champions
Followup-To: misc.test
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:13:42 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.021104.20570@ncsu.edu> cmgrawbu@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER M GRAWBURG) writes:
>Hello. This is my first post here.
>I would like to know how many guys out there think that
>Monica Selles (sp), Jenifer Cap. and Gabriel Sab. (sorry about
>the abbrev., I don't know how to spell them.) are the hottest
>babes in the world in tennis skirts!
>Especially when they get all sweaty and shiny!!!!

No comment really.  Just trying to do us all a favor before we are subjected
to this for a whole month again.
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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: U.S. Open Draw Highlights
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 17:59:08 GMT


Highlights of the men's draw, courtesy UPI:

Jim Courier vs. Alex O'Brien (1992 NCAA champion from Stanford)
Stefan Edberg vs. Luiz Mattar of Brazil (#29 in 1989; slipped to #112 in 1991)
Pete Sampras vs. qualifier
Michael Chang vs. qualifier
Goran Ivanisevic vs. Marc Rosset (tough win for Goran at New Haven, tough loss
     at Barcelona for the gold medal)
Petr Korda vs. Emilio Sanchez (another tough first round matchup)
Ivan Lendl vs. Jaime Yzaga of Peru
Jimmy Connors vs. Jaime Oncins of Brazil
   Connors and Lendl play in the 2nd round if they win; dream come true
    for us Lendl-lovers/Connors-haters.
MaliVai Washington vs. Francisco Montana of Miami, Florida
John McEnroe vs. Michiel Schapers of the Netherlands

The women seeds open against the usual 1 in a million long shots.

1991 year end rankings of men's opponents:

Yzaga #53
Oncins #64
Montana #137
Schapers #85
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From: adolce@bbn.com (Anne Dolce)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.tennis
Subject: SPOILER: Thursday's Matches
Date: 3 Sep 92 17:21:54 GMT
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They're in a rain delay now:

    Courier and Chesnokov split the first 2 sets 
    and Jim is leading 3-1 in the 3rd.

    Graf is leading Shriver 7-5, 4-3.


Anne
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From: clc5q@uvacs.cs.Virginia.EDU (Clark L. Coleman)
Subject: Becker and Lendl at Long Island
Originator: clc5q@hemlock.cs.Virginia.EDU
Organization: University of Virginia Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 14:15:56 GMT


In the round of 16, Becker beat Carl-Uwe Steeb 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, and Lendl
beat Olivier Delaitre 6-2, 6-4.  They meet in the quarterfinals now.
The Prime Sports Network will carry quarterfinal action tonight, and Becker
and Lendl have been scheduled at night all week, so they will probably be
the featured match. HTS in Washington, D.C. and surrounding areas has
coverage at 7 p.m. EDT tonight, for example.

Becker and Lendl could meet again in the round of 16 at the U.S. Open, so
it should be interesting to see how they do tonight. Becker has pulled ahead
10-9 in their career head to head matches. They haven't played in 1992 yet.

In other quarterfinals, Chang plays Volkov, Edberg plays 307th-ranked Carsten
Arriens, and Petr Korda plays Stefano Pescosolido.  Prime Sports will also
have coverage of the semifinals on Saturday and the final on Sunday.
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