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TOURNAMENTS: FRENCH OPEN (Grand Slam, clay) MAKARSKA, CROATIA (WTA 125, clay)
TOURNAMENTS: STUTTGART (ATP 250, grass) ’S-HERTOGENBOSCH (ATP 250 and WTA 250, grass) NOTTINGHAM (WTA 250 and ATP Challenger, grass) VALENCIA (WTA 125, clay)
TOURNAMENTS: QUEEN’S CLUB, LONDON (ATP 500, grass) HALLE, GERMANY [ATP 500, grass) BERLIN (WTA 500, grass) EDGBASTON (WTA 250, grass) GAIBA, ITALY (WTA 125, grass)
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Bjorn Borg’s 66th birthday
The British grass-court season gets under way at the Surbiton Trophy, which will feature both men and women. Today is also the closing date for entries to the Wimbledon qualifying tournament
This week’s Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart switched from clay courts to grass in 2015 when Wimbledon moved back a week in the calendar. The tournament’s singles champion takes away a new Mercedes- Benz. Marin Cilic beat Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final to win the title last year
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Steffi Graf’s 53rd birthday
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Wimbledon are expected to announce their first batch of wild cards for this year’s
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Jelena Ostapenko’s 25th birthday; Kim Cl i jsters’ 39th birthday; Lindsay Davenport’s 46th birthday
tournament. Eight wild cards are awarded in both the men’s and women’s singles
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Bianca Andreescu’s 22nd birthday
Justine Henin celebrates her 38th birthday. The French Open, which she won four times, was the Belgian’s most successful Grand Slam tournament
On this day in 2008 Ana Ivanovic went to the top of the world rankings. She was world No 1
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for a total of 12 weeks
Venus Wil l iams’ 42nd birthday
The cinch Championships at Queen’s Club often provide a good showcase for British talent. Cameron Norrie, who lost in last year’s final to Matteo Berrettini, Andy Murray, Dan Evans and Jack Draper all won matches at the 2021 tournament Russia’s Ludmila Samsonova provided one of the shocks of the summer when she won last year’s title in Berlin. The 22-year-old Russian qualifier’s five victories in the main draw were all against top 50 opponents as she claimed her first title on the main WTA tour
Britain’s first tour-level grass-court tournament of the year takes place with this week’s WTA
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Rafael Nadal, who will celebrate his 36th birthday today, will be the oldest winner of the men’s singles in the open era at the French Open if he triumphs this year at Roland Garros. Andres Gimeno was 34 years and 301 days old when he won the title in 1972. Serena Williams became the oldest women’s champion in Paris when she won the title for the third time in 2015 at the age of 33 years and 253 days
event in Nottingham. Johanna Konta won the title last year, beating China’s Shuai Zhang in the final. Under new sponsorship (as are the Edgbaston and Eastbourne events), the tournament is now called the Rothesay Open
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