Jimmy Connors

Murphy Jensen and Jimmy Connors were among many former professional players at the Charles Evans Hamptons PCF Pro-Am Invitational (that's a mouthful).  It benefitted the Prostate Cancer Foundation and took place in the East Hamptons. There are a ton of pictures, check them out below. Murphy's older brother Luke (right) also came Jimmy's still working it Rockin' the short shorts too He even still uses an old...Read Full Story

Drawing inspiration from the deconstruction of a tennis ball, Foundation Architecture & Design has developed iconic tennis stadium and training academy for the United Arab Emirates, which is named “Jimmy Connors Tennis Center” after the former World No. 1 and one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Transforming the shapes and forms of the dissected ball into giant structures, the new tennis stadium presents an unusual design that will offer excellent facilities to not only the players...Read Full Story

Tennis has been around for centuries. In the late medieval text The Turke and Sir Gawain , the Turke shows Gawain a castle wherein the tennis balls are so large they can only be hit by giants:   Many aventures thou shalt see there, Such as thou never saw yare In all the world about. Thou shalt see a tenisse ball That never knight in Arthurs hall Is able to give it a lout.   Shakespeare mentions tennis no less than five times if one includes brief notes alluding to tennis...Read Full Story

Two American tennis legends will revive their long-time tennis rivalry this summer, when Hall of Famers John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors square off in a World TeamTennis match on July 14 at SPORTIME Randall ’ s Island .  The pair will play singles and doubles against each other that night when the defending Eastern Conference Champion New York Sportimes face the Philadelphia Freedoms. The evening will be a special benefit for The Johnny Mac Tennis Project, with tickets sold by the Project to...Read Full Story

NEW YORK ( Reuters Life!) - A memoir by brash tennis player Jimmy Connors that promises to address his broken engagement to fellow tennis star Chris Evert as well as his rivalry with John McEnroe will be published in 2012, HarperCollins said on Monday. The release of the autobiography by the man regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time will coincide with his 60th birthday and 30th anniversary of his last Wimbledon title, the publisher said. "A lot has been written about me...Read Full Story