30 Days of Tennis Challenge – Day 19: Which men’s and women’s player was world no. 1 on the day you were born
August 14, 2011 2 Comments
Awful Sunday to finish a great weekend. How fucking awesome. Let’s do it quick, then.
I was born on June, 24th , 1992.
def. Korda in the final
On the men’s side, Jim Courier was on his second term as number one, on which he spent 22 weeks, ranking from 13.04 to 13.09 – five months, hence.
Back in the day, Courier had won the Australian Open, and lost the finals in San Francisco and Brussels, before ascending to #1 for the first time. On the week I was born, Jimmy was in Wimbledon, with a mediocre outcome: third round loss to #193 Olhovskiy in the third round, after beating #59 Zoecke and #109 Black in the first two matches.
Courier finished 1992 as #1 in the world – his only YTD finish as the leader of the board.
THE 1990s: When 10-yo girls could win Grand Slams.
On the ladies’ side, it was Monica Seles’ time to shine. She was alternating time at #1 with Graf since May, 1991, but by June, ’92, Monica was on her third – and longest – term, which started by 09.09.1991 and would last until June, 6th, 1993.
Seles’ 1992 season started with 19 consecutive wins – ranging from the Australian Open to Miami, and crowned with only one set lost, seven bagels and three tournaments won – only stopped by Jennifer Capriati. Seles then won 12 more, claiming Houston and Barcelona titles before losing to Sabatini in Rome final.
In the day I was born, she was probably winning at Wimbledon – she made it all the way to the finals there, before losing to Graf. Summing it up, Monica Seles finished the 1992 season with a 70-5 record, 3-1 record in Grand Slam finals, only one final missed, in Miami, and 10 titles.
Useful:
Day 2 – Favorite women’s player
Day 4 – Least favorite men’s player
Day 5 – Least favorite women’s player
Day 7 – First player you became a fan of
Day 8 – Earliest tennis memory
Day 9 – Favorite retired men’s player
Day 10 – Favorite retired women’s player
Day 11 – A player nobody would expect you to love
Day 12 – A player that you aren’t a fan of but you respect
Day 13 – Favorite Grand Slam tournament
Day 14 – Favorite non-Slam tournament
Day 15 – Most attractive women’s player
Day 16 – Most attractive men’s player
About Pete S. Liguori
How to know it? I was born on December 30th 1984.
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