TENNIS PEOPLE

Sampras was the first man to win 14 Grand Slam singles titles (7 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 2 Australian Open), he was included into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2017. According to Forbes, he has estimated net worth $150million. Him and his wife are in the real estate business. They are selling their newly built, custom estate in the guard gated community in Lake Sherwood, a sub-division of Thousand Oaks, California, Its estimated price has gone to $19,950,000. Having won a total of 64 A grade singles titles which includes 14 Grand Slam and 2 doubles titles, has amassed a total amount of $43,820,489 prize money. In march 2000, Sampras hosted the “Pete Sampras Classic” golf event for the benefit of the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation, where he serves as a board member. Tim was Pete’s previous coach who died of brain cancer in 1996. He and his family established the foundation to assist patients and their families cope with the illness. The event attrac

The Australian open is a tennis tournament held yearly over the last fortnight    of January in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1905; the contest is consecutively the first of the four Grand Slams of annual tennis events. Which are the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. It includes male’s, female’s singles; men’s, women’s and mixed doubles and junior’s tournaments as well as wheelchair, icons and exhibition affairs. Earlier in 1988 the content had been played on grass courts, but since then two types of Hard Court surfaces have been used at Melbourne Park –Green pigmented rebound Ace up to 2007 and thereafter, blue plexicushion. RogerFederer, 20 Grand Slam winners , branded it ‘’Happy Slam’’. It is the hugest yearly sporting championship in the Southern Hemisphere, and it has a history for the highest attendance at a Grand Slam championship. The Australian opened to professionals in 1969 and the champions of highest Male’s Singles titles are Roy Emer

Many players and analyst consider Federer the greatest tennis player of all time, he has won 20 Grand Slam tournaments more than any other male’s singles player. He is also the topmost men’s single player to clinch ten consecutive Grand Slam tournament finals and a total of 30 Grand slam finals. In 2018, Federer returned to the Australian Open to defend his 2017 and won his 20 th Grand Slam championship. This victory placed him a total of four main titles ahead of long time rival Rafael Nadal, who has won 17 Grand Slam contest. Federer has won $104million in prize money in his career, but off-court earnings from appearances and endorsements dwarf the total. His latest deal is with pasta brand Barilla, which could earn him up to $40 million, according to Forbes. Many of Federer’s sponsor relationships ran a decade – plus. His partners include Nike, which earns him $10million a year. Other are Wilson, Credits Suisse, Mercedes, Rolex, Lindt, Jura, Moet, and Chandon,

LAVER CUP – Is a tennis tournament between two teams, Team Europe and Team World, the letter of which is composed of players from non – European countries. Tournament is named after a famous Australian tennis legend Rod Laver.   Chicago Home of Sports! Is one of major cities of U.s, which have teams from five major American professional team sports (Baseball, American Football, Basketball, Hockey and Soccer). Sporting News has named it as the  Best Sport City three times in 1993, 2006, and 2010. Chicago has hosted the 1959 Pan America Games, the 2006 Gay Games, as well as the 1968 and 1970 Special Olympics Summer World Games. Chicago was the host of the 2017 warrior games. Laver Another Chicago Big ‘Thing’ The first edition of Laver Cup was held in Prague from 22 – 24 September 2017 At the o2 Arena. Team Europe clinched the cup by defeating Team World 15 – 9.   The second edition will be held in Chicag