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Tennis: Ten years on, Federer faces historic Wimbledon bid

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 21:01

Ten years after Roger Federer made his Grand Slam breakthrough at Wimbledon, the 17-time major winner returns to the All England Club next week as defending champion, but with the clock ticking. The Swiss put his growing army of critics firmly in their place in 2012 when, after back-to-back quarter-final defeats, he captured his seventh Wimbledon title, equalling the record of Pete Sampras.

Tennis: All-time list of Grand Slam winners

Agence France-PresseJune 9, 2013 18:31

Rafael Nadal won his 12th Grand Slam title in the French Open on Sunday and joins Australian great Roy Emerson in joint third position on the all-time list behind only Roger Federer on 17 and Pete Sampras on 14 Here we list the men to have won five major titles or more: 17 - Roger Federer (SUI) 14 - Pete Sampras (USA) 12 - Roy Emerson (AUS), Rafael Nadal (ESP) 11 - Bjorn Borg (SWE), Rod Laver (AUS) 10 - Bill Tilden (USA) 8 - Ken Rosewell (USA), Fred Perry (GBR), Jimmy Connors (USA), Andre Agassi (USA), Ivan Lendl (CZE)

Tennis-U.S. tennis mourns as San Jose Open bids farewell

Thomson ReutersFebruary 18, 2013 02:00

By Matt Cronin SAN JOSE, California, Feb 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. tennis community mourned the loss of another ATP tournament on Sunday when the San Jose Open packed up and headed to Brazil after 125 years in California. The event was first played in 1889 and has included champions such as Fred Perry, Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Andy Murray and Andy Roddick before Canada's Milos Raonic completed a hat-trick of wins on Sunday.