Women's Tennis
Michael Cecilio
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A Game with Losers and Winners When There Sometimes Shouldn't Be
The 2001 Roland Garros final featured a seasoned campaigner in Jennifer Capriati, who has been a professional tennis player for 12 years, versus Kim Clijsters, a relative rookie on the verge of becoming the next major champion. Many expected the experience of Capriati to dominate in the final, but many were ...
Martina Hingis may hold the #1 ranking but for how much longer is the question. There are more than a handful of competitors waiting to take down the Swiss Miss from the pole position and capture the ranking for themselves. Rivals such as Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati, Monica Seles, ...
The ATP may have the New Balls campaign but the WTA deserve a campaign just the same. The number of youngsters on the rise is increasing and many are on the cusp of entering the zone of the elites in tennis. Perhaps they are ready to take the tour into their ...
The fairy tale came true. After years of trying to withstand the pressure of playing world class tennis, to succumbing to those pressures and to trying to rebuild her game and her confidence, she has finally been rewarded. Jennifer Capriati is finally a grand slam champion. The talent was always apparent, ...
Australian Open showdown: Martina vs Jennifer
Once again, Martina is in an Australian Open final. For a fifth time in a row, she faces yet a different opponent in the championship match. Expectedly, she faces a powerful American baseliner in the final. Unexpectedly, it was not the powerful American baseliner that she was supposed to see across ...
2001 Australian Open: The Final Four
It's down to the last four of the Australian Open, featuring some heavyweight names in the women's game today. The world #1 Martina Hingis, the defending champion Lindsay Davenport, the dual Grand Slam winner Venus Williams and the resurgent Jennifer Capriati all aim to hoist Grand Slam silverware by Saturday.
The new season has started off with a bang. Fortunately for tennis fans, the season looks set to continue in the same fashion.
Continuation of last fortnight's analysis of the top players' 2000 season profiles. Last fortnight we looked at the players in the Top 1-5, and now we will look at the players in the Top 6-10.
The 2000 tennis season is over. This fortnight's feature looks at and analyses the season profiles of the Top 5 players on the tour.
Will USA be able to end the season on a high by defending their Fed Cup crown? Will Spain reclaim the trophy which they last won in 1998? The Fed Cup final presents the two winningest teams in the competition of the past decade, featuring four of the world's Top 10 ...
The Chase semi finalists have been decided: Kournikova, Hingis and Seles need no introductions as three of the biggest stars on the WTA tour. The fourth semi finalist, Elena Dementieva, is not nearly as high-profile but based on recent results and some huge scalps (including Lindsay Davenport this week), she is ...
One streak ends while another one begins
Venus Williams's domination of women's tennis may have ended at the hands of Lindsay Davenport, but it looks like another on-court rival of theirs has the WTA Tour at her feet at the moment. Martina Hingis won her third straight indoor tournament at Moscow, demolishing hometown favourite Anna Kournikova in the ...
She may be the the #1 player on the computer but observers and players may think otherwise. Nevertheless, with the Williams sisters stealing her thunder this year, Hingis regained a much-needed confidence boost by winning back-to-back singles, AND doubles, titles in Filderstadt and Zurich. Along the way, she beat Lindsay Davenport ...
Back to reality after the Olympics
For two weeks we had non-stop, high energy, crowd pleasing sport on television. Much to the disagreement of some purists, tennis was one of those sports we followed during the Olympic games. While the event is opened to professionals, many of the top players declined to participate, but that did not ...
Venus Williams is playing out of her mind, out of sight, out of this world! Describe it in any way you like but the message is clear - she is ready to be a dominating force in women's tennis. She impressively accumulated victories over Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport to claim ...
They are the big names of women's tennis and they are set to compete against each other for one of the biggest titles in their sport. Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Venus Williams, Serena Williams and Monica Seles are Grand Slam champions and will not be satisfied in coming second. Together with ...
After New Haven, it's New York. The best tennis players in the world will be strutting their stuff and going for glory at the US Open in Flushing Meadows this year. Will it be an all Williams domination? Can Davenport and Hingis reassert themselves as the premier duo of tennis? Can ...
Venus Williams, thrilling 'em and killing 'em
Winning Wimbledon wasn't enough to stop Venus annihilating her opponents. Venus Williams has won two titles in as many weeks, taking the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford over Davenport and the Acura Classic in San Diego over Seles. The question is whether she can sustain this level up to ...
Kournikova: conquering or crashing?
Is Kournikova merely a body of style and elegance, or is there actually some substance beneath her beauty? Many believe that Kournikova doesn't possess the game to match her image. It may not seem like it now, but if one observes Anna and just how much talent she actually possesses, one ...
Willing herself to win Wimbledon
Venus Williams was so intent on winning Wimbledon, she bought her Wimbledon ball gown just days before leaving for England. Her long-time dream of winning Wimbledon became reality when she beat defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
Last Thursday it was down to Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Jelena Dokic and Lindsay Davenport. Now on Saturday, it is down to just two - venerable Venus and likeable Lindsay - to battle it down in one of the most intriguing Wimbledon finals in history. Get the statistical lowdown on the ...
More cheers and no jeers for the "French" Mary Pierce
She had never been accepted as one of their own by the French crowds. In their hearts she was American, on paper she was French. By winning the French Open, she has instantly become accepted into the hearts of the French public, a public which decidedly stood behind their girl throughout ...
As relentless as ever before, Monica Seles has picked up the level of her game in the last few months to be considered a serious contender for the French Open. Confirming her status with a dominating win at the Italian Open, she is the second choice of many as the favourite ...
In the short space of two weeks, two different players have attained the world #3 ranking in women's tennis. And neither of them happen to be the young-and-marketable group of Williams, Kournikova, Dokic, Clijsters or Lucic. No! 32 year old Nathalie Tauziat and 28 year old Conchita Martinez made their marks ...
In winning the tournament at Hilton Head, Mary Pierce broke Chris Evert's record of fewest games won en route to the Familcy Circle Cup. Indeed, Mary was invincible, notching up some comprehensive wins over Monica Seles and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. Call it premature, but she is ready for bigger and brighter things ...
Fall to the ground, and rise sky high
Monica has had her fair share of problems in her career. But one thing she has been renowned for is her ability to overcome her problems and get on with the job. After her 6-0 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Martina Hingis, Monica has come back with full force and ...
Since the 1999 indoor season, Lindsay Davenport has played like the #1 player in the world. But she wasn't #1. She won the Australian Open earlier this year to have two Grand Slams on her 52-week ranking. But she still wasn't #1. Finally, she gets her just fruits as she rises ...
Fans were disappointed to see the final in Scottsdale rained out, especially since it featured the best two players in the world. Not too worry - they would match it up again in the final of Indian Wells two weeks later. It seems there is no stopping Martina Hingis and Lindsay ...
Monica Seles has returned to familiar territory by winning her 45th career singles title in Oklahoma City last week. She has been in the throws of "comebackhood" for much of her career - let's hope that this one is the bonafide comeback which can take her all the way back to ...
Mary Pierce is one of the biggest drawcards in tennis today. But will she ever be able to translate her popularity in the form of Grand Slam titles and the #1 ranking?
Final well fought, but eventually won by Davenport
Lindsay Davenport won her third Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open last week. She did not drop a single set in her title run (as with her two other Grand Slam victories), which included a straight set demolition of Martina Hingis in the final. It may have looked easy ...
Australian Open 2000. Championship match. Martina Hingis versus Lindsay Davenport. World #1 versus world #2. Get set for an incredible ride.
The business end of the tournament, where the importance of winning is magnified many-fold. Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Conchita Martinez and Jennifer Capriati are the last four to fight for the Australian Open championship, the first Grand Slam of the new millenium
Thai me down in Kangaroo-land sport
Session 6 at the Australian Open - the last of the third round matches. Also, a look at Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand's best tennis export.
More from the Australian Open from media correspondant Michael Cecilio
Australian Open 2000 is underway. A fortnight of intrigue, excitement, disappointment and nail-biting is to come our way. Who will win? Hingis? Davenport? Williams? Pierce? Maybe even Capriati?
It's official. Professional tennis is alive and kicking in the year 2000. The Australian circuit promises to provide a spectacular array of great matches.
Suite101.com will be covering the Australian Open live at the tournament with a Media Representative at hand to bring the latest news behind the scenes and on the ...
Forget statistics and results from the past season – you can get those from any other tennis website. What will be presented to you in this fortnight’s article is a series of questions and answers on just about anything to do with the sport of women’s tennis. Most answers are going ...
1999 has seen some amazing highs coupled with some disappointing lows. However, the tennis has always been of the highest calibre, and 1999 has cemented Hingis, Davenport and the Williamses as the four who will lead the WTA tour into the next millenium. This year, we also paid tribute to Steffi ...
Tis the season for Davenport to be jolly
She was at a point where she considered calling it quits for the rest of the year. But Lindsay Davenport listened to her coach and not to herself, and ended up winning back-to-back titles to finish the year. Among her many titles this season, she included her first season ending Chase ...
As of this week, there is a Frenchwoman in the Top 5. There are two others in the Top 10. And two more in the Top 15. French tennis is certainly getting better and better with each passing year and may in fact be the team to beat in next year's ...
Planets will align for Venus to become the biggest star
Venus is slowly but surely creeping up on Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport. She wants the top ranking and they know it. But can they stop her from pursuing her dream. In the long run, the prognosis does not look good for Hingis and Davenport.
Williams cements her standing in women's ...
First it was Steffi Graf. Now Jana Novotna has taken up retirement. Playing in what was most likely the last tournament of her career in Filderstadt, Jana ended her long and arduous career with a first round loss to Silvia Farina. Serena Williams dominates the Grand Slam Cup and feels she's ...
New names, old faces - the WTA is having the time of its life
Consider Kim Clijsters, Jelena Dokic, Justine Henin, Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Amelie Mauresmo, Monique Viele, Serena Williams, Venus Williams - young players who have shown their great potential this past fornight.
Consider Amanda Coetzer, Linsay Davenport, Julie Halard-Decugis, Magdalena Maleeva, Conchita Martinez, Jana Novotna, Monica Seles - veteran players who showed they still ...
It had long been said that Williams would win a Grand Slam title, it was only a question of time. But it wasn't the Williams girl everybody thought it would be in the end. It was the younger sister Serena, the "one with the muscles", who was triumphant in the end. ...
Preparing for a Grand Slam Triumph
The heat is on, and the major contenders for the US Open are raring to go. The great thing is that they are all playing incredibly well! Who will it be at the end of this fortnight? Martina, Lindsay, Venus, Serena, Monica? Take your pick...
Steffi Graf is a living legend. And she is saying goodbye to the sport she has loved for so long. We pay tribute to the champion who gave so much to tennis, who redefined the meaning of class and professionalism in sport today, and who has accomplished absolutely everything there is ...
One down, three to go for Davenport
Lindsay had such a great hardcourt season last year, winning four titles, including the US Open. Can she repeat it again? Well, she's one step closer with the successful defence of her Bank of the West title in Stanford. Now, it's on to San Diego and Los Angeles where she has ...
Wait up....The clay court season hasn't finished yet!
We're back on clay for a little respite after a draining Wimbledon, a pressure-packed Fed Cup and a gruelling summer hardcourt season. Karina Habsudova won a tournament and reached a final the following week. Conchita Martinez proved she is still one of the best on clay by winning in Sopot. And ...
Lindsay Davenport was certainly not the first pick by many to win Wimbledon this year. Her mediocre record at the grass court major spoke for itself. However, her fortunes changed for the better as she won Wimbledon for her second career Grand Slam singles title, and in the process, regained the ...
Surprises and intrigue galore at this year's Wimbledon. A young girl from Sydney by the name of Jelena Dokic has taken the world by storm, defeating the world #1. Steffi Graf remains the punter's favourite to win Wimbledon for an eighth time. Also looking good to reach this year's final is ...
Winning Ways at the Wimbledon Warm-ups
Natasha Zvereva won the traditional Wimbledon warm-up at Eastbourne and is looking confident heading into the most prestigious tennis event on the calendar.
STOP PRESS!!!! World #1 Martina Hingis was crushed in the first round of Wimbledon!!!
Steffi Graf has done it again! 22 Grand Slam victories and 6 French Open titles to her name, Steffi knew she had nothing to prove coming into this tournament, but alas! She has reconfirmed her case for being remembered as the all-time greatest player in the history of women's tennis!
First week fanfare at the French Open
Who would have thought only eight seeds would remain come the fourth round? Who would have thought the Williams sisters would not go into week 2 of the Grand Slam? Who would have thought Capriati could find success again on a tennis court? Who would have thought the Spanish armada would ...
Winner of the French - Hingis? Williams? Seles?......Capriati?!?
Worlds #1 and #2 Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport won titles this past fortnight. So did Jennifer Capriati, former teen phenom! She was in crushing form in Strasbourg, winning her first title in over six years!
Venus Williams for the French Open title? Quite likely indeed...
Venus Williams has been on a tear for the past two weeks, having won titles in Hamburg and Rome. Mary Pierce can attest to that, having lost to her in the finals both times.
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, winner again on the European clay
Sanchez-Vicario started off the 1999 season very shakily, with a 2-4 win-loss match record in hand. She may have regained her winning ways in Cairo this fortnight, and found some much needed confidence one month before the defence of her French Open trophy.
Kournikova a major contender; victories for her doubles partners
Kournikova has proven herself in the elite of women's tennis by reaching the final of Hilton Head and the semi finals of Amelia Island. Only her recent doubles partners were more successful when Martina Hingis won the Family Circle Cup (Hilton Head) and Monica Seles won the Bausch & Lomb Championships ...
Sisters are doing it for themselves
The Williams sisters once again write history this week as the first sisters to reach a singles final together in the Open era. As the two players to beat on the tour, there is no telling just how far these girls can progress in the world of tennis
The Rise and Rise of Serena Williams
Serena Williams has won her biggest career title at the Evert Cup and is set to do bigger and better things in the not-too-distant future. Posting some big scalps on her route to the title, Serena has confirmed her status as a force to be reckoned with in women's tennis
Williams sisters conquer the world
The Williams sisters wrote history on March 1 when they became the first sisters to win singles titles on the same day. One week before that record breaking day, Venus was in a singles final in Hannover and had teamed up with Serena to win the doubles title on the same ...
Martina Hingis: the best player in the world
Martina Hingis recaptured the #1 position in women's tennis and claimed her 21st career singles title at the Pan Pacific Open. She looks set to dominate the tour once again.
Martina Hingis won her fifth Grand Slam singles title and third straight Australian Open title, confirming her status as one of the all-time greats in tennis.
The Australian Open: The first week
The drama of the first week of the first grand slam tournament of the year has unfolded. Who will win? Can Martina make it three in a row? Or can Amelie breakthrough for her first grand slam title? Only time will tell.....
Waging the tough battles before the first Grand Slam of the year
In the first article of the year for women's tennis, we close in on the events preceding and surrounding the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, and the most physically draining Slam of the four. Who will win this year's trophy?
So how do the Top 20 women in tennis compare with each other?!?!?! Here are the latest, up-to-date stats on the best tennis players of today. What is their highest career ranking? When did they achieve this? How many titles do they hold? How have they fared in grand slams? How ...
What is in store for 1999? Who knows, but here is a report, amateur as it may be, on what could very well happen in the coming season on the WTA circuit. Could it be a two-way battle for supremacy between Davenport and Hingis, or could Graf, Seles or Williams pave ...
Here is the first installment in a three part series on the season in review. Relive everything that has happened in women's tennis over the past year - the most interesting year in women's tennis in a decade!
Martina Hingis: Don't write her off just as yet
The 1998 Tennis season has been brought to a close. Here is a report on the season-ending tournament, the WTA Chase Championships held at the Madison Square Garden.
The resurgence of 'Fraulein Forehand'
Steffi Graf has been the most dominant force in the history of women's tennis. After injuries and setbacks, can she do it again? Report on the Advanta Championships, the lead-up event to the prestigious season ending Chase Championships. Plus, insider tips/forecasts on the matches at the Chase Championships
Comeback queen and beauty queen successful this fortnight
The beauty queen of tennis - Mary Pierce - and the comeback queen of tennis - Steffi Graf - won tournaments in the past fortnight. Read about their success at Luxembourg and Leipzig.
The fortnightly round up of the WTA Tour - results and reports by MICHAEL CECILIO
The $6 million question: who is number 1?
The latest on the WTA Tennis Tour: Results, Reports and Other Tennis Links by MICHAEL CECILIO
Experience proves too strong against youths once again
The fortnightly results, footnotes and important statistics on the women's tennis tour, the WTA Tour. By Michael Cecilio
Who's that humble, modest girl over there?! She's a champion!
The US Open is complete and it has been an absolutely intense, intriguing and interesting tournament. Come and take a squizz at the goings-on of the US Open.
Very interesting US Open 1st week.
The US Open has arrived and has produced some very intriguing results. Read the highlights of the US Open 1st week - most of the top players are still in!
Changing of the guard in women's tennis?!?! Not any time soon!
The WTA events of the past fortnight in the lead up to the US Open
Lindsay Davenport in clear contention for the Open
It's all about the US Open now in the land of tennis. With all that's taken place in the lead-up tournaments? Lindsay Davenport is clearly the punter's choice at the moment.
Americans on a roll at Stanford; not so successful in Fed Cup
Fed Cup Semi-Finals and Bank of West Classic results all here in this article. See what's been happening in these events and much more
Jana on a roll, Steffi on her comeback
A wrap up of the events of Wimbledon by Joel Hunt, a new member to the editiorial team at Suite. Also a regular wrap up of WTA events from Michael Cecilio
Third time's a charm, third time is misery at Wimbledon
The conclusion of Wimbledon - Jana Novotna's triumph, Goran Ivanisevic's dejection
Wimbledon 1998. The highlights, the stories, the results, the victories, the upsets. Everything you want to know about the biggest tournament in tennis's calendar.
Bye bye claycourt season, bye bye baseliners. Hello grasscourt season, hello serve/volleyers
The fortnight leading up to Wimbledon. The official beginning of the 1998 grass court tennis season reported to you as they happened.
The complete index to the French Open of 1998 at Roland Garros. Find out the details, the highlights, the scores, the rankings, everything you need to possibly know about tennis this month!
The first week of the French Open at Roland Garros - read everything you need to know about what happened in the early rounds at the second Grand Slam of the year
So, who are you betting on for the French?
The lead up fortnight to the French Open has seen some most interesting performances, let's see if they can be sustained
A fortnight till the French :o)
1999 has seen some amazing highs coupled with some disappointing lows. However, the tennis has always been of the highest calibre, and 1999 has cemented Hingis, Davenport and the Williamses as the four who will lead the WTA tour into the next millenium. This year, we also paid tribute to Steffi ...
Sisters are doing it for themselves
The Williams sisters again create history by reaching the finals of the presitious Lipton Championships. They are the players to beat on the women's circuit and there's no telling how far they can progress from here.