Legend Bios - Net Results Marketing

Ranked as high as #5 in the world, behind only McEnroe,Wilander, Lendl and Connors
US Open semifinalist
Won the Italian Open and US Clay Court Championships in 1983
1984 Olympic Bronze medalist
Commentator for Tennis Channel

Became the youngest number one player in the world in April 1980
In 1979, became the youngest player, at 16 years, nine months, to win the U.S. Open, defeating Chris Evert and won the U.S. Open again in 1981
Won the season ending championships four times
Ended Chris Evert’s record 125 match clay court win streak
In 1992, was the youngest inductee, at 29 years, 7 months, into the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Does tennis commentary for Tennis Channel and BBC

Former world #1 player
Held the top ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from July 29, 1974 to August 22, 1977 and an additional eight times during his career
Held a year-end top ten ranking for an Open Era record 16 years
Winner of 109 career singles titles, including 8 Grand Slam championships, and 16 career doubles titles
Won the U.S. Open five times (1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983), Wimbledon two times (1974 and 1982) and the Australian Open one time (1974)
Was the only player to win the U.S. Open on three different surfaces: grass, clay and hard court
Holds three prominent Open Era singles records: 109 titles (the only man to win 100), 1535 matches played, and 1256 match wins
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1998

Turned professional in 1983, becoming Puerto Rico’s first female professional athlete
Won seventeen Grand Slam doubles titles and two Olympic Gold Medals.
Voted Puerto Rican female Athlete of the Century
Reached the singles semi-finals of the 1994 Wimbledon Championships, and the singles quarter-finals twice at the U.S. Open
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July 2010

Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in 2009
Named by Life Magazine as one of the “100 Most Important Americans of the Century”
Won 12 Grand Slam Singles titles and 16 Grand Slam Doubles titles, including 20 Wimbledon titles, a record she shares with Martina Navratilova
Ranked #1 in the world five times between 1966 and 1972
In 1973, defeated Bobby Riggs in a “Battle of the Sexes” match at Houston’s Astrodome, seen by a television audience of 90 million
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987
Founder of Women’s Tennis Association and Women’s Sports Foundation
Co-founder of World TeamTennis
Home of the US Open renamed “USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center” in 2006

Ranked as high as #6 in the world in singles
Reached the semifinals of the US Open in 1989
Most famous match was a 5-set epic battle with Jimmy Connors at the 1991 U.S. Open
Played Davis Cup for the U.S. on numerous occasions
Won 9 singles titles on the ATP Tour

Won the 2003 Australian Open and Wimbledon Mixed Doubles titles, becoming the oldest champion at each event at the age of 46
Ranked #1 in the world for seven years
Won 18 singles and 41 doubles Grand Slam titles, including mixed doubles
Holds 168 singles titles, more than any other player, male or female
Holds a record of nine Wimbledon singles championships
Won more singles matches than anyone in history with a 1,438-212 win-loss record
Won singles and doubles titles at the same event a record 84 times
In 1984, set the record for the longest consecutive match win streak at 74
Inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2000
#19 on ESPN’s list of the 100 Greatest Athletes of the Century
Won the 2006 U.S. Open Mixed Doubles title at the age of 49
Currently commentates for the Tennis Channel at all 4 Grand Slams

Won the 2003 U.S. Open and reached the final of a Grand Slam four different times
Captured 32 Tour-level singles titles
Former world no. 1 in singles
Helped lead U.S. team to 2007 Davis Cup title – the first for the U.S. since 1995
The Andy Roddick Foundation has raised more than $14 million for charity since 2001
2017 inductee into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

Ranked as high as #3 in the world
Won 22 Grand Slam Doubles titles
Won 79 doubles titles while teamed with Martina Navratilova
Had a doubles match consecutive win streak of 109 matches that extended from April 24, 1983 to July 6, 1985 while teamed with Martina Navratilova
Won Gold Medal in doubles with Zina Garrison at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games
Commentates for ESPN
Part owner of the Baltimore Orioles
Hosted an annual fund raising tennis event for 25 years in Baltimore that raised over $4 million to benefit children’s charities