List of sports films
Tennis
Table:
Title

Year

Genre

Notes

Love, Honor and Behave

1938

Drama

A college tennis player prefers sportsmanship to winning at all costs.

Strangers on a Train

1950

Suspense

A pro tries to play in the U.S. Open while being framed for murder. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Hard, Fast and Beautiful

1951

Drama

A young tennis prodigy can't live up to her mother's expectations.

The Christian Licorice Store

1971

Drama

Beau Bridges as a tennis pro who can't handle success.

Players

1979

Drama

A love story involving Ali MacGraw and Wimbledon contender Dean Paul Martin.

Racquet

1979

Comedy

A former tennis champ (Bert Convy) sets his sites on owning a tennis court

Spring Fever

1982

Drama

Las Vegas showgirl's daughter (Carling Bassett) enters a tournament.

Second Serve

1986

Biographical

A television film with Vanessa Redgrave as transgender tennis pro Renée Richards.

Nobody's Perfect

1990

Comedy

A college freshman (Chad Lowe) hot for a female player masquerades as a woman.

The Break

1995

Drama

Vincent van Patten as a former player turned coach.

When Billie Beat Bobby

2001

Biographical

Docudrama of 1973 Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs match, with Holly Hunter and Ron Silver.

Wimbledon

2004

Rom-Com

Two players (Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany) pursue romance during Wimbledon championships.

Tennis no Ōjisama – Futari no Samurai

2005

Action / Animated

Japanese film.

The Prince of Tennis

2006

Action

Japanese film about a tennis prodigy.

Jelenin Svet

2008

Documentary

A look at career of Serbian pro star Jelena Janković.

Somay Ku: A Uganda Tennis Story

2008

Documentary

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

2009

Comedy

Direct-to-video spoof starring Seann William Scott.

Unmatched

2010

Documentary

Made for TV as part of ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Focuses on the Chris Evert–Martina Navratilova rivalry, and on the long-term friendship between the two women.

Renée

2011

Documentary

Made for TV as a follow-up to ESPN's 30 for 30 series. Explores the life of transsexual tennis player Renée Richards and the impact of her entry in the 1977 US Open.

Venus and Serena

2013

Documentary

A behind-the-scenes look at the Williams sisters.

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Love , Honor and Behave is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane . The supporting cast includes John Litel , Thomas Mitchell , Dick Foran and Dickie Moore . Bei Mir Bist Du Schon serves as the motion picture 's the theme song . Initially set in Meadowfield , Long Island in 1922 , the picture 's plot revolves around a timid husband who finally stands up for himself in the wake of being cuckolded by his ravishing wife .
Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock , and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith . It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30 , 1951 . The film stars Farley Granger , Ruth Roman , and Robert Walker , and features Leo G. Carroll , the director 's daughter Pat Hitchcock , and Laura Elliott . It is number 32 on AFI 's 100 Years . 100 Thrills . The story concerns two strangers who meet on a train , a young tennis player and a charming psychopath . The psychopath suggests that because they each want to get rid of someone , they should exchange murders , and that way neither will be caught . The psychopath commits the first murder , then tries to force the tennis player to complete the bargain .
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock , KBE ( 13 August 1899 - 29 April 1980 ) was an English film director and producer . He is one of the most influential and extensively studied filmmakers in the history of cinema . Known as the Master of Suspense , he directed over 50 feature films [ a ] in a career spanning six decades , becoming as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews , his cameo roles in most of his films , and his hosting and producing of the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1955-1965 ) . His films garnered a total of 46 Oscar nominations and six wins . Born in Leytonstone , Essex , Hitchcock entered the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer after training as a technical clerk and copy writer for a telegraph-cable company . He made his directorial debut with the silent film The Pleasure Garden ( 1925 ) . His first successful film , The Lodger : A Story of the London Fog ( 1927 ) , helped to shape the thriller genre , while his 1929 film , Blackmail , was the first British talkie . Two of his 1930s thrillers , The 39 Steps ( 1935 ) and The Lady Vanishes ( 1938 ) , are ranked among the greatest British films of the 20th century . By 1939 Hitchcock was a filmmaker of international importance , and film producer David O. Selznick persuaded him to move to Hollywood . A string of successful films followed , including Rebecca ( 1940 ) , Foreign Correspondent ( 1940 ) , Suspicion ( 1941 ) , Shadow of a Doubt ( 1943 ) , and Notorious ( 1946 ) . Rebecca won the Academy Award for Best Picture , although Hitchcock himself was only nominated as Best Director ; he was also nominated for Lifeboat ( 1944 ) and Spellbound ( 1945 ) , although he never won the Best Director Academy Award . The Hitchcockian style includes the use of camera movement to mimic a person 's gaze , thereby turning viewers into voyeurs , and framing shots to maximise anxiety and fear .
Hard , Fast and Beautiful is a 1951 American drama film directed by Ida Lupino and starring Claire Trevor , loosely based on the 1930 novel American Girl by sports fiction author John R. Tunis , which itself was an unflattering and thinly veiled fictionalization of tennis star Helen Wills Moody .
The Christian Licorice Store is a 1971 American drama film directed by James Frawley and starring Beau Bridges and Maud Adams . The title of the film is based on lyrics from the song Pleasant Street by Tim Buckley .
Lloyd Vernet Beau Bridges III ( born December 9 , 1941 ) is an American actor and director . He is a three-time Emmy , two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner , as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee . Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7 , 2003 , at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the television industry . He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges .
Players is a 1979 American romance drama film directed by Anthony Harvey and starring Ali MacGraw and Dean Paul Martin , about a young tennis player who has an affair with an older woman . The film became known as a disaster .
Elizabeth Alice MacGraw ( born April 1 , 1939 ) is an American actress , model , author , and animal rights activist . She first gained attention with her role in the film Goodbye , Columbus ( 1969 ) , for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer . She gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story ( 1970 ) , for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama . In 1972 , MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman 's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films . She went on to star in the popular action films The Getaway ( 1972 ) and Convoy ( 1978 ) as well as the romantic sports drama Players ( 1979 ) , the comedy Just Tell Me What You Want ( 1980 ) , and the historical novel-based television miniseries The Winds of War ( 1983 ) . In 1991 , she published an autobiography , Moving Pictures .
Dean Paul Martin Jr. ( November 17 , 1951 - March 21 , 1987 ) was an American pop singer and film and television actor . A member of the California Air National Guard , Martin died in a crash during a military training flight . Martin was the son of American entertainer Dean Martin .
Bernard Whalen Bert Convy ( July 23 , 1933 - July 15 , 1991 ) was an American actor , singer , game show host and panelist known for hosting Tattletales , Super Password and Win , Lose or Draw .
Spring Fever is a 1982 film directed by Joseph L. Scanlan , set in the world of competitive tennis . It was produced by Amulet Pictures with the participation of the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Limited . The film follows a Las Vegas teen ( Carling Bassett ) as she participates in the National Junior Tennis Championship in Tampa , Florida with her showgirl mother ( Susan Anton ) .
Carling Kathrin Bassett-Seguso ( born 9 October 1967 ) is a former Canadian professional tennis player . Bassett is the daughter of John F. Bassett and Susan Carling , and the granddaughter of media baron John Bassett and politician and brewery executive John Carling . She was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 .
Second Serve is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film starring Vanessa Redgrave as retired eye surgeon , professional tennis player , and transgender woman Renée Richards . The film is based on her 1983 autobiography Second Serve : The Renée Richards Story that was written with John Ames . The script is by Stephanie Liss and Gavin Lambert and the film was directed by Anthony Page . Second Serve aired on CBS on May 13 , 1986 .
Vanessa Redgrave CBE ( born 30 January 1937 ) is an English actress of stage , screen , and television , and a political activist . She is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee , and received the 2010 BAFTA Fellowship . Redgrave rose to prominence in 1961 playing Rosalind in the Shakespeare comedy As You Like It with the Royal Shakespeare Company and has since starred in more than 35 productions in London 's West End and on Broadway , winning the 1984 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for The Aspern Papers , and the 2003 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the revival of Long Day 's Journey into Night . She also received Tony nominations for The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy . On screen she has starred in scores of films and is a six-time Oscar nominee , winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the title role in the film Julia ( 1977 ) . Her other nominations were for Morgan : A Suitable Case for Treatment ( 1966 ) , Isadora ( 1968 ) , Mary , Queen of Scots ( 1971 ) , The Bostonians ( 1984 ) , and Howards End ( 1992 ) . Among her other films are A Man for All Seasons ( 1966 ) , Blowup ( 1966 ) , Camelot ( 1967 ) , The Devils ( 1971 ) , Murder on the Orient Express ( 1974 ) , Prick Up Your Ears ( 1987 ) , Mission : Impossible ( 1996 ) , Atonement ( 2007 ) , Coriolanus ( 2011 ) , and The Butler ( 2013 ) . Redgrave was proclaimed by Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams as the greatest living actress of our times , and has won the Oscar , Emmy , Tony , BAFTA , Olivier , Cannes , Golden Globe , and the Screen Actors Guild awards . A member of the Redgrave family of actors , she is the daughter of Sir Michael Redgrave and Lady Redgrave ( the actress Rachel Kempson ) , the sister of Lynn Redgrave and Corin Redgrave , the mother of actresses Joely Richardson and Natasha Richardson , the aunt of British actress Jemma Redgrave , the mother-in-law of actor Liam Neeson , and the grandmother of Daisy Bevan , Micheál and Daniel Neeson .
Renée Richards ( born August 19 , 1934 ) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who had some success on the professional circuit in the 1970s , and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery , when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open . The United States Tennis Association began that year requiring genetic screening for female players . She challenged that policy , and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor , a landmark case in transgender rights . As one of the first professional athletes to identify as transgender , she became a spokesperson for transgender people in sports . After retiring as a player , she coached Martina Navratilova to two Wimbledon titles .
Nobody 's Perfect is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Robert Kaylor and starring Chad Lowe and Gail O'Grady .
Charles Davis Lowe II ( born January 15 , 1968 ) is an American actor and director . He is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe . He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a young man living with HIV . He has had recurring roles on ER , Melrose Place , and Now and Again . Lowe played Deputy White House Chief of Staff Reed Pollock on the sixth season of 24 , and played Byron Montgomery on Pretty Little Liars .
The Break is a 1995 film directed by Lee H. Katzin . It stars Vincent Van Patten as Nick , a former tennis player turned coach to a new up and coming player , and Rae Dawn Chong as a former girlfriend . The film appeared during the 1990s , mostly on cable TV .
Vincent Van Patten ( born October 17 , 1957 ) is an American actor , former professional tennis player , and the commentator for the World Poker Tour .
When Billie Beat Bobby is a 2001 ABC docudrama directed by Jane Anderson and detailing the historic 1973 The Battle of the Sexes tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs and what led up to it . The match was filmed at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood , California . At the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards , Holly Hunter was nominated for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie but lost out to Judy Davis who won for Life with Judy Garland : Me and My Shadows .
Billie Jean King ( née Moffitt ; born November 22 , 1943 ) is an American former World No . 1 professional tennis player . King won 39 Grand Slam titles : 12 in singles , 16 in women 's doubles , and 11 in mixed doubles . She won the singles title at the inaugural WTA Tour Championships . She often represented the United States in the Federation Cup and the Wightman Cup . She was a member of the victorious United States team in seven Federation Cups and nine Wightman Cups . For three years , she was the United States ' captain in the Federation Cup . King is an advocate for gender equality and has long been a pioneer for equality and social justice . In 1973 , at age 29 , she won the Battle of the Sexes tennis match against the 55-year-old Bobby Riggs . She was also the founder of the Women 's Tennis Association and the Women 's Sports Foundation . She was also instrumental in persuading cigarette brand Virginia Slims to sponsor women 's tennis in the 1970s and went on to serve on the board of their parent company Philip Morris in the 2000s . Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest women 's tennis players of all time , King was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987 .
Robert Larimore Riggs ( February 25 , 1918 - October 25 , 1995 ) was an American tennis champion who was the World No . 1 or the World co-No . 1 player for three years , first as an amateur in 1939 , then as a professional in 1946 and 1947 . He played his first professional tennis match on December 26 , 1941 . As a 21-year-old amateur in 1939 , Riggs won Wimbledon , the U.S. National Championships ( now U.S. Open ) , and was runner-up at the French Championships . He was U.S. champion again in 1941 , after a runner-up finish the year before . After retirement from his pro career , Riggs became well known as a hustler and gambler . He organized numerous exhibition challenges , inviting active and retired tennis pros to participate . In September 1973 , at age 55 , he held one such event against the then current women 's champion Billie Jean King , which he lost . Their prime time Battle of the Sexes match remains one of the most famous tennis events of all time , with a $ 100,000 ( $ 576,000 today ) winner-take-all prize .
Holly Hunter ( born March 20 , 1958 ) is an American actress and producer . For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film The Piano , she won the Academy Award , BAFTA Award , Golden Globe Award , and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress . She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Broadcast News ( 1987 ) , and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Firm ( 1993 ) and again for Thirteen ( 2003 ) . A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee , Hunter won for Roe vs. Wade ( 1989 ) , and The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom ( 1993 ) . She also starred in the TNT drama series Saving Grace ( 2007-10 ) . Her other film roles include Raising Arizona ( 1987 ) , Always ( 1989 ) , Home for the Holidays ( 1995 ) , Crash ( 1996 ) , O Brother , Where Art Thou ? ( 2000 ) , The Incredibles ( 2004 ) , its sequel Incredibles 2 ( 2018 ) , Batman v Superman : Dawn of Justice ( 2016 ) , and The Big Sick ( 2017 ) , which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role .
Ronald Arthur Silver ( July 2 , 1946 - March 15 , 2009 ) was an American actor , director , producer , radio host , and political activist . As an actor , he portrayed Henry Kissinger , Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee . He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow , a satirical dissection of the American movie business .
Wimbledon is a 2004 romantic comedy film directed by Richard Loncraine . The film stars Paul Bettany as a washed-up tennis pro and Kirsten Dunst as an up-and-coming tennis star . Sam Neill and Jon Favreau co-star .
Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( /ˈkɪərstən/ ; born April 30 , 1982 ) is an American actress . She made her debut in the 1989 anthology film New York Stories , appearing in the segment Oedipus Wrecks directed by Woody Allen . At the age of twelve , Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire ( 1994 ) , for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress . She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year . After a recurring role on the third season of ER ( 1996-1997 ) , and appearances in films such as Wag the Dog ( 1997 ) , Small Soldiers ( 1998 ) , the 1998 English dub of Kiki 's Delivery Service ( 1989 ) and The Virgin Suicides ( 1999 ) , Dunst starred in a string of comedies , including Drop Dead Gorgeous , Dick ( both 1999 ) , Bring It On ( 2000 ) , Get Over It , and Crazy/Beautiful ( both 2001 ) . Dunst achieved fame for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi 's Spider-Man trilogy ( 2002-2007 ) . Since then , she has also played roles in Mona Lisa Smile ( 2003 ) , Wimbledon , Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( both 2004 ) , Cameron Crowe 's Elizabethtown ( 2005 ) , the title role in Sofia Coppola 's Marie Antoinette ( 2006 ) , How to Lose Friends & Alienate People ( 2008 ) , Bachelorette ( 2012 ) , and The Two Faces of January ( 2014 ) . In 2011 , she won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in Lars von Trier 's Melancholia . In 2015 , Dunst starred as Peggy Blumquist on the second season of the television series Fargo . Her performance garnered critical acclaim , leading to her winning the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Actress , and being nominated for Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy awards . In 2017 , she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the film Hidden Figures , and co-starred in her third collaboration with Sofia Coppola , The Beguiled .
Paul Bettany ( born 27 May 1971 ) is a British-American actor . He is known for his role as J.A.R.V.I.S . and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Iron Man ( 2008 ) , Iron Man 2 ( 2010 ) , The Avengers ( 2012 ) , Iron Man 3 ( 2013 ) , Avengers : Age of Ultron ( 2015 ) , Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) , and Avengers : Infinity War ( 2018 ) . He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No . 1 ( 2000 ) , and director Brian Helgeland 's film A Knight 's Tale ( 2001 ) . He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films , including A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) , Master and Commander : The Far Side of the World ( 2003 ) , Dogville ( 2003 ) , Wimbledon ( 2004 ) , The Da Vinci Code ( 2006 ) , Margin Call ( 2011 ) , and Solo : A Star Wars Story ( 2018 ) . He has been nominated for various awards , including BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . Bettany is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly , with whom he has two children .
Tennis no Ōjisama Futari no Samurai The First Game ( テニスの王子様 二人のサムライ The First Game , lit . The Prince of Tennis - The Two Samurai : The First Game ) is an animated film based on the manga series The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi . It was produced by Nihon Ad Systems and Production I.G. , and directed by Takayuki Hamana . The movie premiere aired after another short film spun off from the series titled Tennis no Oujisama Atobe Kara no Okurimono ( 跡部からの贈り物 , lit . The Prince of Tennis : Atobe 's Gift Movie Special ) .
Animation is a method in which pictures are manipulated to appear as moving images . In traditional animation , images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film . Today , most animations are made with computer-generated imagery ( CGI ) . Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation , while 2D computer animation can be used for stylistic reasons , low bandwidth or faster real-time renderings . Other common animation methods apply a stop motion technique to two and three-dimensional objects like paper cutouts , puppets or clay figures . Commonly the effect of animation is achieved by a rapid succession of sequential images that minimally differ from each other . The illusion - as in motion pictures in general - is thought to rely on the phi phenomenon and beta movement , but the exact causes are still uncertain . Analog mechanical animation media that rely on the rapid display of sequential images include the phénakisticope , zoetrope , flip book , praxinoscope and film . Television and video are popular electronic animation media that originally were analog and now operate digitally . For display on the computer , techniques like animated GIF and Flash animation were developed . Animation is more pervasive than many people realize . Apart from short films , feature films , animated GIF 's and other media dedicated to the display of moving images , animation is also prevalent in video games , motion graphics , user interfaces and visual effects .
The Prince of Tennis ( テニスの王子様 , Tennis no Ōjisama ) is a 2006 Japanese sports film based on the manga series of the same name by Takeshi Konomi . The film was directed by Yuichi Abe , written by Abe and Daisuke Habara and stars Kanata Hongo as Ryoma Echizen . It condenses the storyline from when Ryoma arrives in Japan to the match against Hyotei Academy . The film was released in Japan on May 13 , 2006 .
Jelenin svet ( Jelena 's World ) is a 2008 independent documentary film written and directed by Tanja Brzaković , about former World No . 1 female tennis player , Jelena Janković .
Serbia ( Serbian : Србија , romanized : Srbija , pronounced [ sř̩bija ] ) , [ note 1 ] officially the Republic of Serbia ( Serbian : Република Србија , romanized : Republika Srbija , pronounced [ repǔblika sř̩bija ] ) , is a land-locked country situated at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe in the southern Pannonian Plain and the central Balkans . It borders Hungary to the north , Romania to the northeast , Bulgaria to the southeast , North Macedonia to the south , Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west , and Montenegro to the southwest . The country claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo . [ a ] Serbia 's population numbers approximately seven million . Its capital , Belgrade , ranks among the largest citiеs in southeastern Europe . Inhabited since the Paleolithic Age , the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavic migrations to Southeastern Europe in the 6th century , establishing several regional states in the early Middle Ages at times recognised as tributaries to the Byzantine , Frankish and Hungarian kingdoms . The Serbian Kingdom obtained recognition by the Holy See and Constantinople in 1217 , reaching its territorial apex in 1346 as the relatively short-lived Serbian Empire . By the mid-16th century , the Ottomans annexed the entirety of modern-day Serbia ; their rule was at times interrupted by the Habsburg Empire , which began expanding towards Central Serbia from the end of the 17th century while maintaining a foothold in Vojvodina . In the early 19th century , the Serbian Revolution established the nation-state as the region 's first constitutional monarchy , which subsequently expanded its territory . Following disastrous casualties in World War I , and the subsequent unification of the former Habsburg crownland of Vojvodina ( and other lands ) with Serbia , the country co-founded Yugoslavia with other South Slavic peoples , which would exist in various political formations until the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s . During the breakup of Yugoslavia , Serbia formed a union with Montenegro , which was peacefully dissolved in 2006 and restoring Serbia 's independence as a sovereign state for the first time since the late 1910s . In 2008 , the parliament of the province of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence , with mixed responses from the international community .
Jelena Janković ( Serbian Cyrillic : Јелена Јанковић , pronounced [ jělena jǎːŋkoʋitɕ ] , born 28 February 1985 ) is a Serbian professional tennis player . Janković is a former World No . 1 in singles , a ranking achieved preceding her finals appearance at the 2008 US Open . Janković has won 15 WTA singles titles and two doubles titles , her career highlights include winning the 2007 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles title with Jamie Murray , the 2010 Indian Wells Masters , the Internazionali BNL d'Italia twice , in 2007 and 2008 , and the aforementioned appearance in the finals of the 2008 US Open . She is coached by her brother Marko .
Balls Out : Gary the Tennis Coach is a 2009 American sports comedy film directed by Danny Leiner ( his final film before his death in 2018 ) and features actor Seann William Scott as the main character and Randy Quaid in a supporting role . It was filmed mostly in Austin and Taylor , Texas , and was released direct-to-video on January 13 , 2009 .
Seann William Scott ( born October 3 , 1976 ) is an American actor , comedian , and producer . His most recognized roles are Steve Stifler in the American Pie film series and Doug Glatt in both Goon ( 2011 ) and Goon : Last of the Enforcers ( 2017 ) . He has also appeared in films Dude , Where 's My Car ? ( 2000 ) , Final Destination ( 2000 ) , Road Trip ( 2000 ) , Evolution ( 2001 ) , The Dukes of Hazzard ( 2005 ) , Mr. Woodcock ( 2007 ) and Role Models ( 2008 ) . He has voiced Crash in four Ice Age animated feature films and two Ice Age television specials . Scott portrayed former CIA operative Wesley Cole in Fox 's crime-drama television series Lethal Weapon ( 2018-19 ) . Films in which he has starred have earned $ 4.91 billion at the global box office as of 2017 .
Unmatched is a documentary about tennis players Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert , their decades-long on-court rivalry and lifelong friendship , created for ESPN 's 30 for 30 documentary series . Evert and Navratilova met in 80 matches , 60 finals and 14 grand slam finals with Navratilova sporting a 43-37 advantage . The film was shot over three days in Amagansett , New York in October 2009 . Unmatched was awarded the 2011 Gracie Award for Outstanding Producer - News/Non-fiction . Navratilova was sometimes described as the lesbian tennis player from a communist country : As one of the first openly gay sports figures , she has spent much of her career overcoming prejudices and stereotypes , giving up millions of dollars in endorsements and sponsorships as a result of her insistence on living a life of integrity and honesty . Evert was described as the all-American girl next door . Today Navratilova is often cited as the greatest tennis player of all-time ; she has won 167 singles titles , 177 doubles championships titles and 59 Grand Slam titles , she has been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame , was the WTAs Tour Player of the Year seven times , was declared one of the Top Forty Athletes of All-time by Sports Illustrated and was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press . Navratilova has served as AARPs Health and Fitness Ambassador and is also involved with the LGBT movement , The Rainbow Card ® and Rainbow Endowment . Evert on the other hand reached more Grand Slam singles finals than any player , she has been president of the Women 's Tennis Association and in 2005 she was named fourth on the list of the 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era by TENNIS Magazine . Evert won 157 singles championships , 29 doubles titles and she won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles . Hannah Storm said of the rivalry : Just think about the dynamic of competing against your best friend . They would practice together , eat lunch together , then go out and play in the final and then make travel plans to go to the next tournament .
30 for 30 is the title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN , its sister networks , and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history . This includes three volumes of 30 episodes each , a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011-2012 , and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website . The series has also expanded to include Soccer Stories , which aired in advance of the 2014 FIFA World Cup , and audio podcasts .
Christine Marie Evert ( born December 21 , 1954 ) , known as Chris Evert Lloyd from 1979 to 1987 , is a retired American World No . 1 tennis player . She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships and three doubles titles . She was the year-ending World No . 1 singles player in 1974 , 1975 , 1976 , 1977 , 1978 , 1980 , and 1981 . Overall , Evert won 157 singles championships and 32 doubles titles . Evert reached 34 Grand Slam singles finals , more than any other player in the history of professional tennis . She holds the record of most consecutive years ( 13 ) to win at least one Grand Slam title . In singles , Evert reached the semifinals or better 52 of the 56 Grand Slams she played , including the semifinals or better of 34 consecutive Grand Slams entered from the 1971 US Open through the 1983 French Open . Evert never lost in the first or second round of a Grand Slam singles tournament and lost in the third round only twice . In Grand Slam women 's singles play , Evert won a record seven championships at the French Open and a co-record six championships at the US Open ( tied with Serena Williams ) . Evert 's career winning percentage in singles matches of 89.97% ( 1309-146 ) is the highest in the history of Open Era tennis , for men or women .
Martina Navratilova ( Czech : Martina Navrátilová pronounced [ mar'cɪna navˈraːcɪlovaː ] ; born Martina Šubertová pronounced [ ˈmarcɪna ˈʃubɛrtovaː ] ; October 18 , 1956 ) is a Czechoslovak-born American former professional tennis player and coach . In 2005 , Tennis magazine selected her as the greatest female tennis player for the years 1975 through 2005 and she is considered one of the best female tennis players of all time . Navratilova was world No . 1 for a total of 332 weeks in singles , and a record 237 weeks in doubles , making her the only player in history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 weeks . She was year-end singles No . 1 seven times , including a record of five consecutive years , as well as year-end doubles No . 1 five times , including three consecutive years during which she held the ranking for the entire year . She won 18 Grand Slam singles titles , 31 major women 's doubles titles ( an all-time record ) , and 10 major mixed doubles titles , for a combined total of 59 major titles , marking the Open Era record for the most Grand Slam titles won by one player , male or female . She reached the Wimbledon singles final 12 times , including for nine consecutive years from 1982 through 1990 , and won the women 's singles title at Wimbledon a record nine times ( surpassing Helen Wills Moody 's eight Wimbledon titles ) , including a run of six consecutive titles , widely regarded as the best performance by any professional player at a major event . She and Billie Jean King each won 20 combined Wimbledon titles , an all-time record . Navratilova is also one of just three women ever to have accomplished a Career Grand Slam in women 's singles and doubles , and mixed doubles , called the career Grand Slam Boxed Set ; consisting of every senior Grand Slam title , a distinction she shares only with two others , Margaret Court and Doris Hart . Navratilova holds the records for most singles ( 167 ) and doubles titles ( 177 ) in the Open Era .
Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova are retired American and American/Czechoslovak professional tennis players who engaged in an iconic rivalry for dominance in women 's tennis in the 1970s and 1980s . It is considered to be one of the greatest in women 's tennis history and sports in general . In the 12 years from the introduction of the WTA rankings in November 1975 until August 1987 , one of the two held the top spot in all but 23 weeks , switching multiple times between 1978 and 1985 . In the first 615 weeks of the WTA rankings , they collectively held the No . 1 ranking for 592 weeks , Navratilova at 332 weeks and Evert at 260 weeks . In total , from 1973 to 1988 they played 80 matches , including 60 tournament finals . Starting at the 1981 Australian Open , through the 1985 Wimbledon , they won a record 15 consecutive grand slam singles titles . From the 1982 Australian Open to the 1987 US Open , they won 21 of those 24 grand slam singles titles and at least one of them appeared in each of those 24 consecutive grand slam finals . The only other two players to win titles during that stretch were Hana Mandlikova ( 1985 US Open and 1987 Australian Open ) and Steffi Graf ( 1987 French Open ) . They played 80 matches with Navratilova leading the head to head 43-37 . Navratilova finished ahead 36-24 in all finals . the two played against each other most on the faster court surfaces ( grass and indoors ) where Navratilova 's offensive serve-and-volley style of play gave her the upper hand over Evert 's counter-attacking baseline approach .
Renée Richards ( born August 19 , 1934 ) is an American ophthalmologist and former tennis player who had some success on the professional circuit in the 1970s , and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery , when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open . The United States Tennis Association began that year requiring genetic screening for female players . She challenged that policy , and the New York Supreme Court ruled in her favor , a landmark case in transgender rights . As one of the first professional athletes to identify as transgender , she became a spokesperson for transgender people in sports . After retiring as a player , she coached Martina Navratilova to two Wimbledon titles .
The 1977 US Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills , Queens , in New York , United States . The tournament ran from 29 August until 11 September . It was the 97th staging of the US Open , and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1977 . This was the third and final year in which the US Open was played on clay courts . After 68 years it was the final time the championship was played at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills before moving to Flushing Meadows for the 1978 tournament .
Venus and Serena is a 2012 American documentary film that takes an inside look at lives and careers of professional tennis players , Venus and Serena Williams . The film was directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major . It was the official selection at the 2013 Miami International Film Festival , 2012 Toronto Film Festival , 2012 Tribeca Film Festival and 2012 Bermuda Docs Film Festival . Venus and Serena was released by Magnolia Pictures on May 10 , 2013 .