[Uranium]

Well between this year's Wimbledon and 2010's US Open, Venus has gotten me excited at the fact she should play Mixed....but she doesn't go through with it. So anyways, I want to post this thread for when she does play Mixed, we can see results and pics of past partnerships.

Missing partnership pics from 1997 Wimbledon, 2000 WTT, 2005 WTTx2.

 

[Uranium]

Results
1997 Wimbledon - Christo Van Rensburg.
-R1: Hiraki/Bhupathi def. Venus/Van Rensburg 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2
1998 Australian Open - Justin Gimelstob.
-R1: Venus/Gimelstob def. Adams/Ferreira 6-3 7-5
-R2: Venus/Gimelstob def. Kournikova/Knowles 7-5 6-2
-QF: Venus/Gimelstob def. Raymond/Galbraith 7-6(2) 3-6 6-2
-SF: Venus/Gimelstob def. Likhovtseva/Mirnyi 6-2 6-1
-F: Venus/Gimelstob def. Sukova/Suk 6-2 6-1
1998 Roland Garros - Justin Gimelstob.
-R1: Venus/Gimelstob def. Medvedeva/Wibier 6-1 6-2
-R2: Venus/Gimelstob def. Oremans/Ferreira 6-4 6-4
-R3: Venus/Gimelstob def. Majoli/Martin 6-0 7-6(4)
-QF: Venus/Gimelstob def. Vis/Jager 6-4 6-3
-SF: Venus/Gimelstob def. Kunce/Montana 6-2 6-3
-F: Venus/Gimelstob def. Williams/Lobo 6-4 6-4
1998 Wimbledon - Justin Gimelstob.
-R1: Venus/Gimelstob def. Sukova/Suk 6-3 5-7 6-4
-R2: Venus/Gimelstob def. Hiraki/Bowen 6-3 6-4
-R3: Venus/Gimelstob def. Lugina/Olhovskiy 6-3 6-2
-QF: Venus/Gimelstob def. Savchenko/Paes 6-3 6-4
-SF: Lucic/Bhupathi def. Venus/Gimelstob 6-4 7-5
1998 US Open - Justin Gimelstob.
-R1: Venus/Gimelstob def. Basuki/Kempers 2-6 6-3 6-3
-R2: Venus/Gimelstob def. Kunce/Montana 6-3 6-3
-QF: Stubbs/Grabb def. Venus/Gimelstob 6-2 7-6(7)
1999 Wimbledon - Justin Gimelstob.
-R1: Venus/Gimelstob def. Selyutina/Bale 6-1 6-2
-R2: Venus/Gimelstob def. Krizan/Zimonjic W/O
-R3: Venus/Gimelstob def. Guse/Kratzmann 6-3 6-3
-QF: Graf/McEnroe def. Venus/Gimelstob 6-4 6-3
2000 WTT - Michael Joyce
-Blake/Huber def. Venus/Joyce 5-4
-Venus/Joyce def Parkinson/Hunt 5-2
2004 Hong Kong - Max Mirnyi.
-Venus/Mirnyi def. Sharapova/Ferrero 8-2
-Navratilova/Federer def. Venus/Mirnyi 6-4 6-2
2005 Wimbledon - Mark Knowles.
R1: Venus/Knowles def. Bye
R2: Venus/Knowles def. Callens/Perry 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4
R3: Clijsters/Rochus def. Venus/Knowles 3-6 6-3 7-5
2005 WTT - Robbie Koenig and Roger Anderson.
-Hopkins/Reynolds def. Venus/Koenig 5-3
-Venus/Anderson def. Hopkins/Reynolds 5-2
-Likhovtseva/Warburg def. Venus/Anderson 5-4
2006 Wimbledon - Bob Bryan.
-R1: Venus/Bryan def. Sugiyama/Coetzee 6-3 6-3
-R2: Venus/Bryan def. Yan/Bhupathi 6-4 6-1
-R3: Venus/Bryan def. Stubbs/Perry 7-6(4) 6-3
-QF: Venus/Bryan def. Stosur/Paes 7-6(3) 6-3
-SF: Venus/Bryan def. Zheng/Mirnyi 7-5 7-5
-F: Zvonareva/Ram def. Venus/Bryan 6-3 6-2
2006 WTT - Daniel Nestor and Jaymon Crabb.
-Venus/Nestor def. Lipsky/Ditty 5-2
-Venus/Nestor def. Huber/Davis 5-3
-Groenefeld/Fish def. Venus/Crabb 5-4
2007 WTT - Daniel Nestor.
-Venus/Nestor def. Harkleroad/Pehar 5-2
-Venus/Nestor def. Ditty/Hadad 5-3
-Stewart/Dragicevic def. Venus/Nestor 5-4
-Venus/Nestor def. Pastikova/Leach 5-2
2008 WTT - Travis Parrott.
-Venus/Parrott def. Huber/Haggard 5-3
-Huber/Haggard def. Venus/Parrott 5-2
-Kops-Jones/Hadad def. Venus/Parrott 5-3
2009 WTT - Nathan Healey.
-Venus/Healey def. Stubbs/Paes 5-3
-Venus/Healey def. Vandeweghe/Knowles 5-2
-Venus/Healey def. Stephens/Sandgren 5-3
2010 Hua Hin - Paradorn Srichaphan
-Venus/Srichaphan def. Sharapova/Udomchoke 8-6
2010 Hong Kong - Michael Chang.
-Wozniacki/Edberg def. Venus/Chang 7-5
-Venus/Chang def. Zheng/Srichaphan 4-6 6-3 [11-9], Venus/Chang def. Zheng/Srichaphan [10-7]
2010 WTT - Leander Paes.
-Venus/Paes def. Jenkins/Hingis 5-3
-Nagle/Amritraj def. Venus/Paes 5-4, Venus/Paes def. Nagle/Amritraj 1-0 (7-3)
-Venus/Paes def. Dekmeijere/Phillips 5-3
2011 Hong Kong - John McEnroe.
-Zvonareva/Kafelnikov def. Venus/McEnroe 6-4 4-6 [10-5]
-Venus/McEnroe def. Zhang/Philippoussis 6-2 7-6(2), Venus/McEnroe def. Zhang/Philippoussis [10-4]
2011 WTT - Leander Paes.
-Venus/Paes def. McHale/Kuznetsov 5-3
-Venus/Paes def. Raymond/Healey 5-1
2011 Barbados - John Isner
-Azarenka/Monfils def. Venus/Isner 6-4 6-3

 

[Uranium]

Records
Justin Gimelstob: 19-3
Bob Bryan: 5-1
Daniel Nestor: 5-1
Leander Paes: 4-1
Nathan Healey: 3-0
Mark Knowles: 1-1
Michael Joyce: 1-1
Max Mirnyi: 1-1
Roger Anderson: 1-1
Michael Chang: 1-1
John McEnroe: 1-1
Travis Parrott: 1-2
Paradorn Srichaphan: 1-0
Christo Van Rensburg: 0-1
Robbie Koenig: 0-1
Jaymon Crabb: 0-1
John Isner: 0-1

 

[Uranium]

Justin Gimelstob - 1998 Australian Open

Justin Gimelstob - 1998 Roland Garros

Justin Gimelstob - 1999 Wimbledon

Max Mirnyi - 2004 Hong Kong

Mark Knowles - 2005 Wimbledon

Bob Bryan - 2006 Wimbledon

Daniel Nestor - 2006 WTT

Jaymon Crabb - 2006 WTT

Travis Parrott - 2008 WTT

Nathan Healey - 2009 WTT

 

[Uranium]

Paradorn Srichaphan - 2010 Hua Hin

Michael Chang - 2010 Hong Kong

Leander Paes - 2011 WTT

John McEnroe - 2011 Hong Kong

John Isner - 2011 Barbados

 

[Uranium]

Pics3

 

[Uranium]

Pics 4

 

[Uranium]

Nice Quotes About Venus
Knowles - "It was probably the most fun I've ever had on a doubles court," Knowles said after he and Williams lost to Olivier Rochus and Kim Clijsters 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the third round.
"She was an amazing partner. Obviously, it was the first time we played together, and it was kind of bittersweet for me. I didn't really want us to lose because I immensely enjoyed playing with her."
Knowles has won 37 doubles titles, including the 2002 Australian Open and 2004 U.S. Open with Daniel Nestor. He approached Williams last year, but she wasn't fit enough to play.
Knowles said he hopes they will team up again, possibly at the U.S. Open.
"She has a great personality. She's really funny," Knowles said. "Not only was the tennis a thrill, but just being on the court with her and soaking up the whole atmosphere. She's one of the true legends of the game."


Venus Quotes
"It's hard to pick one ideal partner, but either of the Bryans would be great of course. I played with Leander Paes in World TeamTennis this summer and his return and his hands are incredible. John Isner is another one who I think would make a great mixed doubles partner. His serve is huge and he covers the whole net in one step!"

About choosing Gimelstob - "I needed to play with someone with similar height so I can feel comfortable," said Venus, who is 6-foot-1 1/2. "And the other person would also feel comfortable and not lose confidence or any manhood."

 

[Patoranking]

Wow what a thread!

I had no idea Venus played with Robbie Koenig once :lol:

Uranium, what is it about doubles, mixed especially, that appeals to you so much?

 

[Maddox]

Uranium, what a thread!!! You've outdone yourself once again.

:lol: @ the chest bump between Venus and Bob Bryan :haha:

 

[Uranium]

Wow what a thread!

I had no idea Venus played with Robbie Koenig once :lol:

Uranium, what is it about doubles, mixed especially, that appeals to you so much?

I like doubles and mixed. In respect to Venus, I like her playing with Serena BUT I have been against Serenus lately. However, I have fully supported Venus to play Mixed because it is less effort and since she needs to win Wimbledon and US Open. You don't hear me saying she should play AO and RG Mixed, just Wimbledon and US Open to complete the Career Slam. And Doubles, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, I want Venus to do great things in singles, but on the other I want them to win the Doubles YEC and that requires a few great doubles results.

So my support for Venus to play doubles and Mixed is for her to win things she is missing.

 

[Uranium]

Uranium, what a thread!!! You've outdone yourself once again.

:lol: @ the chest bump between Venus and Bob Bryan :haha:

Thanks. And now my favorite part. Partner choice discussions

Now there are about 10 guys that are the best of the best in regards to Mixed Doubles.

1. Bob Bryan - can win with anyone. 7 slams. (0-2-1-4). Venus and Bob played awesome together and great chemistry during 2006 Wimbledon.
2. Leander Paes - great doubles player. 6 slams. (2-0-3-1). Leander has said during WTT that he would love to play with Venus for Slams.
3. John Isner - No slams in doubles or Mixed, but with that serve, there is no way he will be broken whether in Wimbledon with the regular scoring or the US Open's No AD scoring. And then his presence at net will make it easy for Venus to hold too. This could be a great pairing.
4. Max Mirnyi - Won 2 slams with Serena. 3 slams. (0-0-1-2). Won 2 slams with Baby Sister Serena and played with Venus in 2004 Hong Kong. Max's power game could be good for the 2 fast slams missing in Vee's collection.
5. Daniel Nestor - Good doubles player, pretty good Mixed results. (2-0-0-0). He has done EVERYTHING in Men's Doubles, but not so much in Mixed. He and Vee did well together in WTT, Righty-Lefty combo could be great for title chances.
6. Andy Ram - Beat Venus at 2006 Wimbledon, good results. (0-1-1-0). Andy is a great Mixed player with a lot of power, just what Venus needs.
7. Mahesh Bhupathi - Only active male with the career slam. 8 slams (2-2-2-2).
8. Nenad Zimonjic - Great mixed partner. 4 slams (2-2-0-0). Big serving Serb and Big serving Vee could be a great team.
9. Mark Knowles - Played with Venus before, good partner. (0-0-1-0). Played with Venus, but his level has dropped lately.
10. Mike Bryan - Fantastic mixed partner, but rarely plays Mixed anymore. (0-1-0-1). Hasn't done well in Mixed lately, plus is also an AD side player.



A past, very good in depth analysis can be found here: http://www.tennisforum.com/showpost.php?p=19836416&postcount=4710

 

[winone23]

I loved Bob and Venus together. I hope they pair up again.

 

[Chance]

For some reason i like Mark Knowles. I would also like Vee to play with Tursunov. He has a good sense of humour and they would have a lot of fun.. I would fly to Perth if V ever decided to play the Hopman Cup. I love the mixed doubles as long as it doesn't hinder her singles campaign.....

 

[RYNJ]

Is Venus playing mixed at the Olympics?

 

[qqgeoxxh]

Where did you get this statistics? Link?

 

[qqgeoxxh]

why can't we find her more on mixeds? she will be very competitive and heard that many are keen to partner venus in mixed doubles. Maybe she'll start late like Martina Navratilova.

 

[qqgeoxxh]

one last thanks for uranium... that itf website worked to get the match stats!

 

[Uranium]

The discussion of Mixed in the Doubles Chat thread got me wondering how the top men do in Mixed and who would be a great Mixed partner based on their success lately. The last time Venus played Mixed Doubles in a Slam was 2006 Wimbledon. Since that event, here are the 'top' men's Mixed players based on amount of SF+ perfomances.

1. Bob Bryan - 5 Ws, 1 SF
2. Leander Paes - 3 Ws, 5 Fs, 2 SFs
3. Nenad Zimonjic - 2 Ws, 3 Fs, 2 SFs
4. Mahesh Bhupathi - 2 Ws, 2 Fs, 3 SFs
5. Daniel Nestor - 2 Ws, 3 SFs
6. Max Mirnyi - 1 W, 1 F, 2 SFs
7. Jamie Murray - 1 W, 1 F, 4 SFs
8. Andy Ram - 1 W, 1 F, 1 SF
9. Mark Knowles - 1 W, 5 SFs (Retired)
10. Mike Bryan - 1 W, 1 F
11. Horia Tecau - 1 W, 1 SF

12. Travis Parrott - 1 W
Scott Lipsky - 1 W
Jurgen Melzer - 1 W
Jack Sock - 1 W
Bruno Soares - 1 W
Matthew Ebden - 1 W

17. Frantisek Cermak - 1 F, 2 SFs
Paul Hanley - 1 F, 2 SFs
Jonas Bjorkman - 1 F, 2 SFs
Marcelo Melo - 1 F, 2 SFs

21. Julian Knowle - 1 F, 1 SF
Marcin Matkowski - 1 F, 1 SF
Wes Moodie - 1 F, 1 SF (Retired)

23. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi - 1 F
Eduardo Schwank - 1 F
Santiago Gonzalez - 1 F
Jaroslav Levinsky - 1 F
Martin Damm - 1 F (Retired)

28. Lukas Dlouhy - 2 SFs
Daniel Bracciali - 2 SFs
Kevin Ullyett - 2 SFs (Retired)

31. Tommy Robredo - 1 SF
Igor Andreev - 1 SF
Eric Butorac - 1 SF
Christopher Kas - 1 SF
Oliver Marach - 1 SF
Thomaz Bellucci - 1 SF
Denis Istomin - 1 SF
Stephen Huss - 1 SF (Retired)
Fabrice Santoro - 1 SF (Retired)
Pavel Vizner - 1 SF (Retired)
Justin Gimelstob - 1 SF (Retired)

 

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