Kirk O'Bee is a former professional road racing cyclist from the United States. He won two national championships the USPRO pursuit championship and the USPRO criterium championship. A member of the U.S. World Championship Team for Espoirs in 1999, O'Bee enters the professional ranks with valuable European racing experience, having cut his teeth in the difficult Belgian amateur circuit.... read full bio
Li Na, a former professional tennis player from China, retired from the sport seven months after reaching a career-high ranking of world No. 2 on the WTA Tour as a result of a severe left knee problem that had previously prevented her from competing for several years. Li achieved nine WTA singles victories throughout her career, including two Grand Slam... read full bio
Lindsay Davenport is an American tennis player. Lindsay along with Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams, and Chris Evert have been ranked year-end World No. 1 at least four times. She was ranked World No. 1 on eight different times for a total of 98 weeks. She was also ranked No. 1 in doubles. ... read full bio
Recognized by many leading tennis authorities as one of the sport's best players, Maria Sharapova became the first Russian to win a Wimbledon singles title and the third-youngest women's champion in history. She became the second Russian woman to win a Grand Slam title ever, and the second in a month, following Anastasia Myskina's win at the French Open. On... read full bio
One of the greatest Swiss athletes in history and a tennis legend, Martina Hingis spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She has won five Grand Slam singles titles- three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open. She has also won twelve Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year doubles Grand Slam, and five... read full bio
Naomi Osaka is a professional tennis player who represents Japan. She has been ranked number 1 in the world by the WTA and has won three titles and reached five finals on the WTA Tour. She is a reigning champion in women’s singles at the US Open and the Australian Open. Osaka was born in Osaka Japan and started playing... read full bio
Nick Bollettieri coached student Monica Seles to a French Open win and Andre Agassi to victory at Wimbledon. He also trained pro Boris Becker back to being the #1 ranked player in the world, and he coaches and consults for touring players Anna Kournikova, Marcelo Rios, and Mary Jo Fernandez. He began his coaching career while he was a law... read full bio
Nick Kyrgios is an Australian professional tennis player who has been ranked number 39 in the world in men’s singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Kyrgios was born in Canberra, Australia and began playing basketball as a young teenager before moving his sights to just tennis by the time he was 14. He went on to earn a full... read full bio
Pam Shriver is an extremely talented former professional tennis player. She was recognized as a specialist in the doubles game but also achieved success as a single player as well. Now, you can find Pam on ESPN as a tennis broadcaster. During her professional tennis career, Pam won 133 top-level titles of which 112 were doubles titles. Pam and Martina... read full bio
Pete Sampras is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player, celebrated as Pistol Pete" for his precise serve. During his fourteen-year tour career, he won fourteen Grand Slam singles titles, becoming the first player to break Roy Emerson's record of twelve Slams. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Sampras also won seven major... read full bio
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is known for being ranked as the fifth best tennis player in the world by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Federer was born in Bottmingen, Switzerland, and he found his love for playing tennis at only eight years old. He later began his junior career playing in Wimbledon where he won... read full bio
Stefan Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player. He won all four Grand Slam junior titles in 1983 to become the first-ever player to achieve the Junior Grand Slam". Later that year as a professional, Edberg won his first career doubles title in Basel. He later went on to win two additional Grand Slam men's... read full bio
In total, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Steffi Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24. She became the first and only tennis player (male or female) to achieve the Calendar Year Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same... read full bio
Tracy Austin is a former World No. 1 female professional tennis player from the United States. She won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1979 and 1981, as well as the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 1980, before a series of injuries cut her career short. Tracy became the youngest player to ever win the U.S.... read full bio
