Evolution of "Senior Legends" Tennis... Hingis, Kournikova...
Twenty-somethings are now tennis legends! Wow, how times have changed! Five-time Grand Slam champion, twenty-nine year old, Martina Hingis, will pair with twenty-eight year-old, Anna Kournikova, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, in the Ladies’ Legends
Doubles event at Wimbledon this year. In the past, Hingis and Kournikova had success in doubles winning the Australian Open title twice together.
There are many former tennis stars eager to return to the Tour, albeit, the Seniors/Champions/Legends” Tour” at younger and younger ages. “Senior tennis” used to feature players in their fifties and sixties, then the age slipped down to the forties, then 35 and now the men’s “Seniors” and “Champions” Tours feature players over the age of thirty. Thirty-three year old, Mark Philippoussis, beat fifty-one year old, John McEnroe for the title in Boston last week on the Champions Series Tour. The trend is clear. As the sport of professional tennis “matures,” ironically the players competing on its various “senior tours” become younger…
There are many former tennis stars eager to return to the Tour, albeit, the Seniors/Champions/Legends” Tour” at younger and younger ages. “Senior tennis” used to feature players in their fifties and sixties, then the age slipped down to the forties, then 35 and now the men’s “Seniors” and “Champions” Tours feature players over the age of thirty. Thirty-three year old, Mark Philippoussis, beat fifty-one year old, John McEnroe for the title in Boston last week on the Champions Series Tour. The trend is clear. As the sport of professional tennis “matures,” ironically the players competing on its various “senior tours” become younger…
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