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1641:Daphne Akhurst
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1633:Master players
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1619:
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1583:
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1555:
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1510:Manuel Santana
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1468:Dennis Ralston
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1412:Gardnar Mulloy
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1391:Chuck McKinley
1387:
1380:
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1335:Lleyton Hewitt
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1324:
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1296:
1289:
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1138:
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1117:
1110:
1103:
1100:William Larned
1096:
1089:
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1079:Francis Hunter
1075:
1068:
1065:Harold Hackett
1061:
1054:
1051:Bob Falkenburg
1047:
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1033:
1026:
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967:Wilmer Allison
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960:Fred Alexander
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868:
865:Manuel Orantes
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34:William Hester
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2245:John Barrett
2216:Contributors
2146:Monica Seles
2111:Jana Novotná
1978:Tracy Austin
1946:Alice Marble
1911:Darlene Hard
1862:Mabel Cahill
1834:Pauline Betz
1795:Marie Wagner
1739:Nancy Richey
1559:Tony Trabert
1503:Pete Sampras
1489:Ken Rosewall
1482:Andy Roddick
1440:Rafael Osuna
1433:Yannick Noah
1419:Ilie Năstase
1384:John McEnroe
1279:Boris Becker
1265:Andre Agassi
1247:Beals Wright
1240:Robert Wrenn
1191:John Van Ryn
1177:Bill Talbert
1170:Henry Slocum
1128:Frank Parker
1044:James Dwight
1002:Joseph Clark
893:Adrian Quist
837:Ken McGregor
816:René Lacoste
795:Harry Hopman
753:Neale Fraser
704:Henri Cochet
669:Jean Borotra
655:Bunny Austin
648:Mal Anderson
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67:(1993-02-08)
2587:1993 deaths
2582:1912 births
2539:Brian Tobin
2525:Ted Tinling
2448:Dan Maskell
2343:Steve Flink
2329:Donald Dell
2315:Mike Davies
2294:Bud Collins
2231:George Adee
2153:Pam Shriver
2125:Mary Pierce
2041:Steffi Graf
2020:Chris Evert
1985:Maria Bueno
1960:Helen Wills
1890:Shirley Fry
1855:Mary Browne
1612:Tom Pettitt
1552:Fred Stolle
1517:Dick Savitt
1496:Marat Safin
1447:Budge Patty
1405:Don McNeill
1321:Roy Emerson
1307:Rick Draney
1272:Arthur Ashe
1233:Sidney Wood
1184:Bill Tilden
1142:Bobby Riggs
1114:George Lott
1093:Jack Kramer
914:Mervyn Rose
858:Alex Olmedo
781:Bryan Grant
774:Arthur Gore
718:Jim Courier
232:Singer Bowl
121:Slew Hester
50:May 8, 1912
18:Slew Hester
2576:Categories
2532:Ion Țiriac
2511:Gene Scott
2497:Brad Parks
2483:Original 9
2392:Lamar Hunt
2350:David Gray
2259:Vic Braden
2224:Russ Adams
2174:May Sutton
1918:Doris Hart
1876:Lottie Dod
1538:Randy Snow
1531:Stan Smith
1524:Vic Seixas
1475:Tony Roche
1461:Pat Rafter
1377:Ivan Lendl
1328:David Hall
1286:Björn Borg
1107:Art Larsen
886:Fred Perry
285:References
224:Deep South
205:wildcatter
167:Early life
129:Deep South
46:1912-05-08
1370:Rod Laver
1349:Jan Kodeš
1023:John Doeg
981:Don Budge
974:Karl Behr
830:Gene Mako
269:in 1981.
163:in 1981.
155:into the
133:apartheid
89:Education
2434:Al Laney
2364:Gustaf V
1072:Joe Hunt
788:Lew Hoad
543:July 10,
481:July 10,
399:July 10,
107:Children
1812:Players
952:Players
568:July 9,
512:July 9,
455:July 9,
427:July 9,
368:July 9,
326:July 9,
197:Carrier
506:Tennis
191:Career
75:, U.S.
56:, U.S.
2076:Li Na
1626:Women
570:2017
545:2017
514:2017
483:2017
457:2017
429:2017
401:2017
370:2017
328:2017
199:and
84:Slew
62:Died
40:Born
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