Author Archives: Voo de Mar

Born: June 20, 1969 in Glen Cove (New York) Height: 1.80 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Some sort of a late bloomer, Washington belonged to a generation in which players who achieved similar results typically entered the Top 100 already … Continue reading →

Born: April 25, 1976 in Korbach (Heßen) Height: 1.79 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Schüttler had four match points (7-6, 2-6, 6-8) in the third round of the 1994 Australian Open juniors against local favorite Mark Philippoussis, but during his … Continue reading →

Born: September 17, 1985 in Valašské Meziříčí (Zlínský kraj in Czechoslovakia) Height: 1.96 m Plays: Right-handed (double-handed backhand) Stan Wawrinka achieved more or less what I expected from Berdych. Quite revealing is their Australian Open 2014 semifinal: Wawrinka beat Berdych … Continue reading →

Born: April 17, 1985 in Le Mans (Pays de la Loire) Height: 1.88 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) The son of a Congolese father, Didier, and French mother, Évelyne (née Rosier). He is an example of someone who entered the … Continue reading →

Born: January 1, 1982 in Unquillo (Córdoba) Height: 1.79 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Alongside Andre Agassi(an) Աղասյան and Sargis Sargsian Սարգսյան, David Nalbandian Նալբանդյան belongs to a small group of prominent former tennis players with Armenian roots (his grandfather … Continue reading →

Born: April 11, 1974 in Barcelona (Cataluña) Height: 1.80 m Plays: Right-handed He grew up in La Salut – the best club in Barcelona, where players such as Manuel Orantes and Juan Aguilera had previously trained. His two older brothers … Continue reading →

Born: May 24, 1987 in San Remo (Liguria) Height: 1.78 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Centre Court at a Slam, especially losing to one of the elite players in the world, presents a fitting stage to conclude a career. One … Continue reading →

Born: July 13, 1961 in Lidköping [Västra Götaland] Height: 1.79 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Järryd’s appearances in main-level finals spanned sixteen years, with losses marking both his first (Båstad 1981) and last final (Rosmalen 1995). Above all, he was … Continue reading →

Born: April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas (Nevada) Height: 1.80 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) A prodigy, he was just 4 years old when he traded shots with the era’s top players: Ilie Năstase, Harold Solomon, and teenage Björn Borg. … Continue reading →

Born: March 22, 1975 in Zlín (Jihomoravský kraj in Czechoslovakia) Height: 1.91 m Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand) A man with flushed cheeks. I’d describe him as “a milder version of Yevgeny Kafelnikov” – both native Slavic speakers, of identical height, … Continue reading →