[Jordan.]

Which tennis players have you met?Howd you <br />meet them?What did yall talk about?Unfortunately,<br />I havent met any tennis players.I hope to soon..

 

[AjdeNate!]

Monica<br />1993 Chicago<br />1997 Chicago

Martina Navratilova<br />Jana Novotna

Mary Joe Fernandez<br />Zina Garrison Jackson<br />Lori McNeil<br />Both Whitlinger girls (Tammy and....?)<br />Marian Werdel Wittmeyer<br />Audra Keller<br />Manuela Maleeva Fragniere

<br />Most of those are just autographs after matches at tournaments...but I did speak at length to Monica and Martina in 97.

 

[selesfan1]

1998 Oklahoma City Lindsay davenport . I said hi she said hi signed my calendar and said i remember this picture she smiled asked how I was doing and said here you go I said thanks she said sure no problem. This was after a clinic she had given.

1999 oklahoma City I got anna's signature but she didn't say a word.

2000. This is when I became a ballkid i met Vanessa Webb she was very nice and graceful. Tara Snyder was very nice she even apologized for hitting a me with a ball during a match.<br /> <br /> 2001 I talked to Tracy Singian she was nice.<br />Dally Randrianteffy was nice I talked french with her since she doesn't know english I asked her where she was playing next and how she was and how was natacha she was very nice. aniko Kapros was nice I gave her a keychain and she was happy about that.Allison Bradshaw was nice she asked how I was. Erika delone was nice.

amy Frazier talked to everyone like she knew them even me. and this is after she lost a match and a bunch of bad line calls.Lori Mcneil,lisa raymond.Amanda Coetzer and renae stubbs and alina jidkova,dawn buth,and yvette basting were also nice.Zina garrison was so so. Monica was the nicest.

If anybody wants to here my stories in detail plaease email me

 

[tennisron]

RAYMON DELGADO

ANDY RODDICK-us open player lounge 01

KIM- US OPEN PLYER LOUNGE 01

and juniors

DUKLO,GOLOVIN,

<img src="graemlins/wavey.gif" border="0" alt="[Wavey]" />

 

[iamkool]

2001 US OPEN Jana Nejedly signed a autograph and just left the court.<br />2001 US OPEN Daja Bedanova took a photo<br />2001 US OPEN Kim Clijsters took a photo and asked me where I was from and we talked for a minute!

 

[Justin]

Monica (three times- just a gem of a person. Couldn't be nicer)

Helena Sukova<br />Arantxa Sanchez Vicario<br />Gabriella Sabatini<br />Kimiko Date<br />Maggie Maleeva<br />Sonja Jeysaylean<br />James Blake<br />Murphy Jensen<br />Luke Jensen<br />Pat McEnroe<br />Jonathan Stark<br />Liesel Horn<br />Katerina Srebotnik<br />Tina Krizan<br />Mary Joe Fernandez (biggest bitch both times I met her- I was shocked.)<br />Nathalia Zvereva<br />Steffi Graf<br />Lisa Raymond

A few more, but thier names escape me now.

 

[matthias]

i met 1999 in leipzig:<br />Mia Buric - talked about her career<br />Jana Kandarr - i talked with her just 30 sec.<br />Sabine Appelmans - about her beauty

2001 Leipzig:<br />Bianka Lamade and Daniela Hantuchova - photo with both<br />but i think everyone know the story about the camera and my best friend

 

[m_pierce fan]

Sandrine Testud<br />Amelie Mauresmo<br />Emilie Loit<br />Barbara Schett <br />Jennifer Capriati <br />Mary Pierce <img src="graemlins/hearts.gif" border="0" alt="[Hearts]" />

 

[Jeff]

I've met:

Serena Williams<br />Meghann Shaughnessy<br />Daja Bedanova<br />Sandrine Testud<br />Kim Clijsters<br />Ai Sugiyama

I didn't get to talk to any of them for a long period of time. Just got their autographs. I think I talked with Kim and Daja the longest. I was able to get a photo of me and Serena together, so that was one of the greatest moments of my life <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> . Kim is a really nice person. She even volunteered to take a photo with me, but I didn't have anyone to take my photo <img src="frown.gif" border="0"> Everyone else was very nice as well. I talked with Sandrine in French a little. Told her good luck, and I think she's a great player. Same with Meghann and Daja...though this was before Daja made her brake through at the U.S. Open. It was a few weeks earlier at the Acura Classic.

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[gorecki]

Anabel Ellwood

Rachel McQuillan

Nicole Pratt

Jelena Dokic

when they played Fed Cup in '98.

 

[Tweety]

Justin, what did Mary Joe do that shocked you so much?

 

[Gallofa]

I have talked to a few, but the funniest one was with Vivi Ruano, it was at Roland Garros 2000, she had just seem me at the Madrid Open the week before where she made the SF after an awful season and I had congratulated her then, so she sees me at RG and comes to me, I am like "hi" and she says "hi" and starts talking and talking about her ranking and her projects, she was chatting to me for hours!!! LOL! she must have been desperated to chat with someone, everybody around me just assumed we were best of friends or something! LOL!

 

[Gallofa]

Oh yeah, I remember another funny one <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> - with Lisa Raymond also at the Madrid Open, I wanted Lisa and Rennae to give me their autographs so that I could send them to Sub (another poster here), so I printed out a picture of them hugging after winning the AO. So I go to Lisa Raymond with two of them (one for myself and one for Sub), and ask her for her autograph, she looks at the pic and says "it's a great picture" and I am like "yep", so she looks at me and says again "it's a really nice picture", and I am just nodding and pass her the other one so that she can sign it, so she goes on for a third time "it's a really great picture" I guess it hit me then that it was not that she thought I was stupid and couldn't understand what she was saying but rather that she wanted the pic!!! LOL! so I told her she could keep it if she wanted! lol - and she did <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> so I didn't get an autograph for myself cuz she kept the pic!!! <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

 

[stubbsy71]

That sounds like Lisa!!

And have you any idea where Lisa and Rennae visit to see themselves in photos Bea?!

 

[splat]

Ron, how on earth did you get into the players lounge?

 

[Gallofa]

I think it must be that awful, tasteless (please visit it <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> ) website of yours, Karen <img src="wink.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

The Rennae Reporter <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

 

[[email protected]]

Martina Hingis - 4 times- beautifull<br />Anna Kournikova<br />Grabriela Sabatini-too polite<br />Serena - She is easygoing. When She knew I am from Brazil she talked few words in PORTUGUESE with me It was really cool. <br />Venus - Shy<br />Yelena Likhotseva - She is really nice<br />Davenport<br />Rubin<br />Testud

Man:

Guga<br />Pete Sampras - very polite<br />Agassi<br />Safin<br />Corretja<br />Kafelnikov<br />Nastase<br />Martin<br />Roddick when he was junior player

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[veryborednow]

Gallofa - Tennis without Renae would be like a broken pencil ... pointless.

LMAO!! I absolutely bloody loved the Martina jokes. Did they tell you those?

 

[stubbsy71]

Bea wrote all those jokes herself <img src="wink.gif" border="0">

Thanks for the excellent job on the gallery, keep it going!

 

[Gallofa]

veryborednow - the website is not mine, nor are the jokes!! LOL - they are all from Karen here (stubbsy71), she's the one with the wicked sense of humour <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

If they repeat their performance of 2001, keeping the gallery growing won't be a problem! <img src="wink.gif" border="0">