Conchita Martinez News

NEWPORT, R.I., U.S.A., November 7, 2009 - The International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum and the International Tennis Federation have announced that Mary Joe Fernandez, USA Fed Cup Captain, and Silvia Farina, the player with the most Fed Cup wins in Italy's history, are the recipients of the 2009 Fed Cup Award of Excellence.

AmA©lie Mauresmo, 30, is France's most successful professional female tennis player.

Andre Agassi and wife Steffi Graf will play Sunday at Harbor Point in Mill Valley.

What do you do when it's raining and there are no matches to watch on television? Beat up on Zeus, god of rain? Is it all doom and gloom? Looks that way.

Conchita Martinez didn't want to let her teammates down. And there was no way she wanted to come back and play doubles to clinch the Fed Cup semifinal for Spain.

" Team Lendl defeated Team King 24-16 in Overtime to win the first match of the US Open Champions Invitational today at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Tom Tebbutt Last updated on Monday, Sep. 07, 2009 09:59PM EDT J ust minutes after she upset yet another high-profile Russian, this time Nadia Petrova by a 1-6, 7-6 , 6-3 score, Melanie Oudin was in the corridor near the women's locker room at the U.S. Open Monday talking to her mother Leslie and other friends.

TENNIS Injury has forced Steffi Graf to relinquish her Australian Open title, the last of the four Grand Slam singles championships the world No 1 had to her name.

Sabine Lisicki was 6 years old when Kimiko Date Krumm defeated 15th-ranked Gabriela Sabatini, third-ranked Conchita Martinez and second-ranked Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in succession to win the 1996 San Diego title.

Submitted by David Johnson on Sat, 07/18/2009 - 23:44. 2 Cents Jack Nicklaus added to his legend with his 1986 Masters victory at 46 years old.

A COMBINATION of Steffi Graf's suspect back and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's undoubted spirit has finally enabled Spain's contribution to Grand Slam history to be set in concrete.

So what has Venus just told her sister to make her look so grumpy? Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images First set: V Williams 1-1 S Williams* Serena starts with an ace, the follows it up with a great point, moving Venus from side to side three times.

Defending champion Venus Williams insists she will not lack motivation when she meets younger sister Serena in the women's singles final on American Independence Day tomorrow.

Serena 2-1* Dementieva Momentum very much at Serena's back - punishing first serves, sent down with a meaty grunt, and the paper-thin Demen can only squeak in vain.

Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf pose with commemorative trophies following the "Centre Court Celebration" at Wimbledon on May 17 in London.

Martina Navratilova's three-set loss to Conchita Martinez in 1994, Andre Agassi's victory in 1992 and Serena and Venus Williams in 2008.

THE grunts of the players and the gasps of the crowd traditionally echo around Wimbledon.

With Rafael Nadal roaming the world's baselines, this is a golden age of Spanish tennis.

He should have been around in the 70's when the Rome tennis crowds were legendary for their questionable behaviour! - - Djokovic tries to have the perpetrator ejected for the whistle that cost him his serve! - - The defending champ not happy with the individual in the crowd whistling right at the point of contact on his second serve, but Federer ...