[selesfan1]

I know Venus and serena are Jehova's witnesses but we don't have someone on thw omen's tour like michale chang on the men's or do we?

 

[matthias]

good question!<br />i don´t know a religious player on the wta-tour!

 

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I don't know much religion players on WTA and ATP, only Goran Ivanisevic <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

 

[Justin]

Mary Pierce

 

[Tratree]

Joannette Kruger is a Christian, as is Mary Joe Fernandez. As noted above, Mary Pierce is pretty vocal about her faith. Don't really know about anyone else.

 

[QUEENLINDSAY]

RELiGIUS????

I BET THOSE PLAYERS WERE THOSE WHO CANT MAKE IT TO FINALS BECAUSE FINALS ARE ALWAYS HELD DURING SUNDAY( church day) LOL!!!!!

 

[NejedlyKanepi]

you hear players all the time thanking God for giving them the ability to win that match and stuff...

go God <img src="graemlins/angel.gif" border="0" alt="[Angel]" />

 

[Rollo]

I know this about current tour women, but Queen<br />Lindsays reamrk reminded me about Dorothy Round, a Brit who won Wimbledon in 1934 and 1937. Round was SO religious (her father was a <br />minister) that she refused to play on Sundays. This presented problems because she was good enough to make lots of finals! Wonder if tournamnet directors prayed for her to lose early!

One notorious case may have changed tennis history. The 1933 US Nationals were held up for days by torential rain with only 4 women left. This happened a lot because in those days they played the womens event in August. After days of rain, the first clear day was-you guessed it-a Sunday. Round refused to cave in, and rain delayed the event several more days. Dodo lost in the semis, but the rain delays added to the pain Helen Wills felt in her injured back. "Big 'Helen lost to "little" Helen in a spectaculat upset, her first defeat in 6 years!

 

[Justin]

lol

I love stories like that <img src="smile.gif" border="0">