NEW YORK(AP) Those who say we'll never see anything like McEnroe-Connors again should have been near Practice Court 4 at the U.S. Open on Friday. There they were, the two left-handers - two ...
“(John) McEnroe, (Jimmy) Connors, Nastase, they weren’t fascinating just because they threw tantrums,” Shriver said. “It was a combination of their ranking and their personalities.
There was absolutely no chance of that when he took on John McEnroe. Connors ruled the roost in the 1970s until McEnroe came along and started to threaten his status at the top of the rankings.
Among the great champions of the 1970s, Vitas Gerulaitis was also one of the most beloved. However, his life was tragically cut short when he was only 40 years old.
Andre Agassi once opened up about looking up to John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, and Bjorn Borg when he was younger. However, Agassi revealed that he found it easier to root for Borg rather than his ...
It wasn't until 1982 that Connors would win his second title on the Wimbledon grass. Three points from losing to John McEnroe in a fourth-set tiebreaker, Connors came back to win the tie-breaker ...
The tide turned and Perfors was swept away, Connors winning 18 of the last 25 games. Pernfors, whose other great claim to fame was that he was at the other end when John McEnroe was disqualified at ...
Jimmy Connors shared his take on the ongoing controversy between Djokovic and the Melbourne crowd. Instead of criticizing the fans, the American legend offered the former World No. 1 valuable advice ...
It can't be true, but it is. He's got more Grand Slams than McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg and Ivan Lendl, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. You name them, and he has beaten them, at least in the ...