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Super nine games
Besides the four Grand Slams, the most important tennis events are Super Nine (in chronological order): Indiana Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Rome, Hamburg, Montreal, Cincinnati, Madrid and Paris.
Dig out a Sina article: gossip about the "Super Nine" incident before the Masters Cup: everything is for the grand slam, which makes sense.
Post it, but it was written in 2003, when Agassi was still very good:)
Apart from the four Grand Slams, the most important men's tennis event is "Super Nine", and of course there is the year-end Masters Cup. But right or wrong,
Whether it is fans or players, the focus of people's attention is still the four Grand Slams, and the Super Nine event is also four Grand Slams in a sense.
Service.
The Australian Open is the most important competition at the beginning of each year. Because it is June 5438+ 10, the preheating time of many experts is not long. this
Time is occupied by hard-ground projects. After the Australian Open, ATP arranged two stops in Indiana Wells and Miami.
In these two games, Hewitt and Agassi defended their titles one after another, but with different meanings. Judging from the current situation, India
The first Anna stop was a consolation prize for Hewitt's tennis career throughout the year. Without this champion, Hewitt's report card for one year.
They are all blank, which is obviously inconsistent with Hewitt's strength.
Agassi's defense shows the strength of an old man. After the Australian Open, the veteran will be the "fifth largest"
Slam slam ",this kind of glory and skill can't be owned by anyone, even Sampras, the king of the ball. Miami was right.
Another affirmation of Agassi's Australian Open champion.
The next game entered the clay court, obviously warming up for the upcoming French Open. Before the French Open, the fee
Mayor has become the biggest hit, and performances in Monte Carlo, Rome and Hamburg will bring people a sunny day.
Watch this.
Sure enough, Ferrero successfully defended his title in Monte Carlo, and then Ferrero entered the semi-finals in Rome, and then
Exit due to injury. Subsequently, the Hamburg station played a war-free card, and it was obvious that Ferrero was accumulating strength for the French Open. Sure enough, Ferriero is in France.
The China Open is in full swing, and Ferrero is in an unparalleled state, winning the championship is widely expected.
Wimbledon followed the French Open, but ATP did not arrange any masters to warm up for Wimbledon. Here are two.
One reason is that it is difficult to find grass near Wimbledon, and the other is the gap between French Open and Wimbledon.
It is too short. Even so, Britain still has a trip to the Queen's Lawn as a warm-up for Wimbledon.
Federer won four championships before Wimbledon, and it was grass, red soil, outdoor and indoor hard ground, although
However, there is no master champion here, but it still shows people his comprehensiveness. In addition, Rome's runner-up played against Feder.
Chandler is also a good warm-up After all, Federer has been preparing for Wimbledon all year.
After Wimbledon, enter the hard court competition. First of all, it is outdoors. Obviously warming up for the US Open.
Roddick won the championships in Montreal and Cincinnati, showing people his desire to win the US Open.
In the end, people think that Roddick won the US Open naturally.
Then the Super Nine Competition came to Madrid and Paris. Both stations are indoor hard ground. Obviously, these two stops are for the end of the year.
The teacher's cup is preheated. Ferrero's victory in Madrid proved his strength in the hard court. Last year, the Masters Cup decided the outcome.
Seferrero also reached the final. Henman is an alternative to this year's Masters, much like Mantila in Rome, but every time
Every year something different happens, just like last year's Argentine player canas.
The Super Nine ended in this way, but it was always in the shadow of the four Grand Slams, even the year-end Masters Cup, and even its bonus.
More than four grand slams.
Four international open tennis tournaments are called four grand slams, including:
australian open
Wimbledon tennis open
french open
Us open tennis tournament
I. Australian Open
brief introduction
The Australian Open is managed by the Australian Tennis Center. Every year, the Australian Open is the earliest event in the four major open competitions, and the event is scheduled in1-February.
history
The Australian Open is the latest event in the four major open competitions. The first match was held at Will horsman Cricket Ground in Melbourne. 1905. Among them, the men's competition was founded in 1905, and the women's competition began in 1922. The lawn tennis court was used at first, and 1988 was changed to a hard court. 1968, after the professionalization of international tennis, it was listed as one of the four major open tournaments. 1972, in order to attract more spectators, the tournament was held in Melbourne, a big Australian city. For a long time after its establishment, the winners of the open competition were all local people. From 1946 to 1978 after World War II, most of the men's singles and women's singles champions were won by Australian players, but after the 1980s, no local players were lucky enough to win this honor. With the increasing scale and popularity of the competition, the facilities of the competition venue need to be improved, and the debris park stadium came into being. The multi-kinetic sports center started construction on 1986 and was completed on 1988+0. In the same year, the Ford Australian Open was successfully held here. Since then, the sports center has been further expanded, 1995 started the second phase of the competition venue, and 1997 was officially used for the competition. 1996 65438+1On October 29th, the Fragment Park Stadium was officially renamed Melbourne Park.
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The stadium is located in Melbourne Tennis Center, Australia's second largest city. Melbourne Park-Central Stadium facilities: retractable roof, 1502 1 seat; Stadium 1: 6000 seats; No.2 Stadium: 3,000 seats; No.3 Stadium: 2,000 seats; Stadium No.4: 1 100 seats; Open-air training ground:19; Indoor driving range: 4 yuan. Melbourne, Australia, due to the local midsummer, the climate is extremely hot, the temperature of the competition venue is as high as 60 degrees Celsius, and the players are exhausted, which affects the smooth end of the competition. If these problems cannot be properly solved, it will be difficult to maintain its position in open competition. Because it is a hard court, players who play all-around can have certain advantages. It is not only beneficial to the baseline stroke, but also suitable for serving and netting, not only for topspin and backspin, but also for hanging high balls and putting short balls.
Name of the Central Stadium: RodneyGeorge, rod laver.
Total bonus
The total prize money of the Australian Open is as high as $6.2 million. Among them, the prize of the men's singles champion is 360 thousand dollars. This is one of the reasons why it occupies a place in the four major open competitions.
2. Wimbledon Tennis Open
brief introduction
This activity is held regularly from the last week of June to the beginning of July every year, which has formed a tradition. Eligibility is determined according to the accumulated scores obtained in various major competitions in the previous year. The Wimbledon Championship is jointly organized by the All England Club and the British Lawn Tennis Association, but in fact, the All England Club controls the matches, including millions of dollars in ticket revenue per match. Today's Wimbledon, the audience can reach more than 300,000 people, and the number of people watching live TV is over 500 million.
history
Wimbledon Championship is the earliest competition in modern tennis history, which was founded by All England Club and British Lawn Tennis Association in 1877. The first official competition was held at the headquarters of Wimbledon Club in the southwest corner of London, which was called the All England Lawn Tennis Championship. The first competition was aimed at amateur competitions, and only men's singles events were set up. At that time, tickets for the final were only sold for a shilling. Spencer Goyle, a student from Harrow College, won the Challenge Cup among 22 contestants. 1884, the organizing Committee set up the women's singles for the first time, and Mulder Watson beat other 12 players to become the first women's singles champion in Wimbledon history. In the same year, men's doubles also became an official event. 1899 added women's doubles and mixed doubles. Wimbledon accepts foreign players from 190 1. At that time, it was limited to a small country in the British dominion. 1905 officially started, and players from the United States, France and other countries came across the ocean to participate in the competition. 1922 carried out two reforms, one was to build a central stadium that could accommodate 15000 spectators, and the other was to cancel the challenge. Starting from this year, in order to win the championship, men must win seven consecutive victories from the first round, and women must win six consecutive victories. 1968, the international network association agreed to professional players to participate in the competition, and at the same time, the organizers also raised huge bonuses to attract top players from all over the world to participate in the competition, so the competitive level improved year by year. Whoever wins the first place in each individual event will immediately become a world-famous figure. Therefore, the elite gathered in the competition and the competition was fierce, which reflected the highest level and development trend of tennis technology. Up to 2000, Wimbledon Championship has been held for 1 14 sessions, of which 10 session was suspended due to two world wars, and it has been more than 100 years since 1877.
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Wimbledon now has 18 lawns, 9 hard courts and 2 indoor courts, which will only be open when the club holds a dinner in mid-May every year. The main stadium is called the "center stadium", where the finals are held. Due to the unpredictable weather in London during the competition, the stadium is equipped with a collapsible roof and is expected to be completed in 2009. The stadium 1 was rebuilt on a large scale by 1997, and moved from the original site of the adjacent central stadium to a new dedicated venue that can accommodate more spectators. The original No.1 Stadium is said to have a unique atmosphere and is the favorite place of many players, so many people feel sad about its relocation. 1 Stadium usually hosts some very important games, such as the singles quarter-finals, and it also has a huge external screen for fans gathered on Mount Henman outside the stadium to enjoy the games. Every year, thousands of fans cheer for local players who hit the championship on this hillside, but unfortunately, since 1936, British players have never lifted the championship trophy again.
Name of Center Stadium: Wimbledon Center Stadium
The reason why No.2 Stadium has the title of "Tomb of Champions" is that the seed players who play here are usually eliminated by the opponents who rank lower. Previous victims included andre agassi, roger federer and pete sampras, who almost dragged tim henman into the water in the first round of the competition in 2005.
Total bonus
The prize money of Wimbledon tournament is increasing year by year. 1984, the prize money for the men's singles champion is 65,438+10,000 pounds, and the prize money for the women's singles champion is 90,000 pounds. 1985 The champion of men's singles was130,000. 1987 The prize money of the men's singles champion is155,000. 199 1 won 240,000 pounds for the men's singles champion and 2 16000 pounds for the women's singles champion. Even the players eliminated in 1 round can get bonuses, 3600 pounds for men and 2790 pounds for women. The high prize money makes Wimbledon extremely attractive, which also allows the tournament to last for a hundred years.
Three. french open
The French Open began at 189 1. At first, only French players participated, and foreign players were not allowed to participate until 1925. 1928 The French Open is held every year from the end of May to the beginning of June at Roland Galos Tennis City on the edge of the Boulogne forest in western Paris. The venue is a clay court, so it is also called a clay court tennis match. Covering an area of 8 hectares, this tennis city has 20 official competition venues, including three large-scale competition venues with stands around them. The largest central court has nearly 1.6 million seats. Over the past 75 years, the French Open has received more than 3.5 million tourists.
Of the four Grand Slams, the French Open is undoubtedly the most passionate one, just like its fiery venue. Because it is played on slow clay, patient stalemate, strong topspin and fast running are considered as the main weapons to win the championship here, and the best of five games often lasts for several hours, which is a severe test for the players' physical strength and will. Spanish and South American players who are good at clay fighting have an excellent record here. However, due to the particularity of the venue, many famous champions here will never win the other three Grand Slams, such as Bruguera, Mutt, Kurten, Moya, Costa, Zhang Depei and Gomez, and they have never won any other Grand Slams. At the same time, players like Sampras, Becker and Edberg, as well as "Swiss King" roger federer, have never won their own trophies in Paris.
Name of the Central Stadium: Philip Chatterley
The total prize money of the French Open is 6.5438+0.223485 million euros, and the second game has entered the third day. According to different venues and activities, ticket prices range from 8 euros to 53 euros.
Fourth, the US Open.
The US Open started at 188 1, and every tournament is held at the National Tennis Center of new york Tennis Association from the end of August to the beginning of September every year. 1997, the game was held in the newly-built Arthur Ashe Tennis Center. The center covers an area of 18.2 hectares and has 33 competition venues, which are also hard. In order to win the competition, athletes must have good physical strength. Every time an athlete scores a point, he will spend more time than other grand slam events, and there will be more sparring scenes.
Name of the Central Stadium: Arthur Ashe.
The U.S. Open is the only one among the four major tennis events that maintains the system of equal pay for equal work for men and women. This year, the bonus will reach 1 6174,200 USD (1USD 1. 18 yuan RMB). Tickets range from 22 yuan to $92.