Alexandre Sokolowski

Born in Paris, Alexandre fell in love with tennis at the age of 6, watching countryman Henri Leconte reach the semi-finals of the 1992 French Open as a wild card. Although he’s far from being as gifted as Leconte, his journey in tennis still led him to visit the four Grand Slam tournaments, as a coach or a sparring-partner. In 2009, he was the co-founder of a fan blog which became one of the main French tennis websites, Tennis Legend, while teaching tennis in several clubs in Paris area. He joined the Tennis Majors team in April 2020.

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May 14, 2024

May 14, 2006: The day Federer and Nadal played the longest match of their amazing rivalry

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May 14, 2024

May 14, 2008: The day world No 1 Justine Henin suddenly quit professional tennis

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May 13, 2024

May 13, 2012: The day when Roger Federer won the only tournament ever played on blue clay

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May 13, 2024

May 13, 1973: The day Bobby Riggs “massacred” Margaret Court in a Battle of the Sexes prequel

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May 12, 2024

May 12, 1979: The day Tracy Austin ended Chris Evert’s 125-match clay-court winning streak

On this day in 1979, a pig-tailed 16-year-old named Tracy Austin shocked the...
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May 12, 2024

May 12, 1984: The day Jimmy Connors was thrashed 6-0, 6-0 by Ivan Lendl

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May 11, 2024

May 11, 1987: The day tennis came back to the Olympics

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May 10, 2024

May 10, 1996: The day 15-year-old Martina Hingis defeated world No 1 Steffi Graf

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May 9, 2024

May 9, 1915: The day Anthony Wilding, the first tennis superstar, was killed in World War I

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May 9, 2024

May 9 2000: The day Jim Courier announced his retirement from professional tennis

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May 8, 2024

May 8, 2005: The day Rafael Nadal won a five-hour thriller against Coria for first Rome title

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May 7, 2024

May 7 2008: The day Juan Carlos Ferrero became the first man to beat Rafael Nadal in Rome

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May 6, 2024

May 6 2007: The day Kim Clijsters retired for the first time at the age of 23

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May 5, 2024

May 5, 2005 : The day Andy Roddick’s sportsmanship cost him a win

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May 4, 2024

May 4, 1980: The day Connors beat world No 1 McEnroe in the WCT Finals in Dallas

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May 3, 2024

May 3, 1999: The day Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov – surprisingly – became world No 1

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May 2, 2024

May 2, 2007: The day that Federer and Nadal played the Battle of Surfaces

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May 1, 2024

May 1, 1981: The day Billie Jean King publicly came out as gay

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April 30, 2024

April 30, 1993: The tragic day Monica Seles was stabbed in the back

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April 29, 2024

April 29, 2002: The day a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal made a stunning ATP Tour debut

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April 27, 2024

April 28 1968 : The day Ken Rosewall beat Rod Laver in Bournemouth to win the first ever Open tournament

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