[Wimanna]

D Randriantefy - O Barabanschikova: Knokke 2000

 

[spiceboy]

Arantxa vs Steffi French Open final 1989

 

[Kart]

Martina vs. Steffi at Wimbledon 1987 is the first that I have any recollection of.

 

[WhatTheDeuce]

1992 Seles def. Graf Fench Open Final...

 

[Yak]

Anna Kournikova vs. Anke Huber at Wimby 1997

 

[Berlin_Calling]

Mary Pierce vs. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Hilton Head 2000. I followed tennis after this.

 

[tennisvideos]

Earthcrystal - wow! What a match to be introduced to the Sport!!!! It's actually available on video now (if you want to relive the memories) at: http://www.users.bigpond.com/tennisvideos1/

My first match I saw live was Evert v Goolagong in the Aussie (or NSW) Open in the early 80s. Goolagong was coming back from injury and got wiped. Still, it was great to see them playing live and it certainly boosted my interest in the sport. THe oldest match I have on video is the 1952 Wimbledon Final when Maureen Connolly won her first title!

 

[Guest]

Hingis vs. Dokic '99 Wimbledon. Of course I hated the outcome!

 

[Asmus]

1996 French Open final
Steffi beat Arantxa 10-8 in the third. My mom was watching and I was pulling for Arantxa. In 1999 I saw a bit of that match again during a rain delay (I think before the Hingis-Graf match....ahhh)

OMG I just realized that those two are retired! SOB

I didn't start following tennis though until almost a year later, when Hingis beat Schultz-McCarthy in 3 sets and Brenda was bad-mouthing Martina in an interview! That got me hooked, even though NBC skipped the entire second set and half of the third. I wanted to see this new #1 who nobody liked get beaten. After the 1997 French Open final, I was hooked....

 

[Justin]

1986 French Open Final

Evert d. Navratilova 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

What was I smoking when I wrote that?

The first match I really saw was the '85 US Open final where Hana d. Nav'lova 7-6, 1-6, 7-6.

 

[Aerien]

This year,, it was the doubles final at AO
between Daniela/Arantxa vs Anna/Martina.

I loved the second set especially how Arantxa outsmarted Anna and Martina with her lobs.

Then the next was the finals between Martina and Jenn. I was rooting for J. Cap cause I didn't like Martina back then and I love a person who can make a great comeback.

 

[disposablehero]

Navratilova vs Evert. Damned if I know where, but one of the earliest I recall is a Roland Garros Final won by Martina. 82 maybe?

 

[disposablehero]

I'm pretty sure the first match was the '84 US Open final between Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. I always used to pull for Chrissy over Nav in their matches, but now I like Martina and can't stand Evert...... commentating, that is.

Ditto to all that.

 

[disposablehero]

1996 French Open final
Steffi beat Arantxa 10-8 in the third. My mom was watching and I was pulling for Arantxa. In 1999 I saw a bit of that match again during a rain delay (I think before the Hingis-Graf match....ahhh)

OMG I just realized that those two are retired! SOB

Don't feel bad, one of the players from my first match is retired too.

 

[bilal]

1987 FO final Steffi def. Martina N. 6-4,4-6,8-6

 

[Aerien]

Originally posted by Asmus
1996 French Open final
Steffi beat Arantxa 10-8 in the third. My mom was watching and I was pulling for Arantxa. In 1999 I saw a bit of that match again during a rain delay (I think before the Hingis-Graf match....ahhh)


OMG I just realized that those two are retired! SOB

Yeah, real sad, Arantxa immedietly became my favorite after watching her in the doubles match (then reading her bio and articles about her).

So sad because I only became a tennis fan this year and my favorite decides to retire the same year. ;-;

 

[Experimentee]

I cant remember my first match, it was so long ago. It was probably a match between Sampras and Agassi cant remember when. For the WTA i dont remember but I think it was involving ASV, all of that was in the early 90's.

 

[LeonHart]

My first match was Davenport def. Pierce, i forget the score, the tournament, and the date . I wasn't much of a tennis fan til 2001.

 

[Gunter]

My First match was the semi Final against Kim & Justine at RG 2001

 

[partyzantka]

I can't remember which tournament it was but it was I think in 1994. It was Arantxa's match. I had nothing to do, was really bored, and starting watching TV. I saw Arantxa and I thought: "This girl has nice smile". This smile........

OMG how long ago it was.