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1992: End of the McEnroe era
NEW YORK. Dec 18 : Jim Courier, the quiet one, and Monica Seles, who silenced herself at the
worst possible time, ruled tennis in 1992 while John Me Enroc, the noisiest champion ever, bowed out as raucously and artfully as he began, reports, AP.
If Me Enroe's singles career is over, as he says, he left his final mark on the sport with and inspirational charge that brought the Davis Cup back to the United States.
The 33-ycar old Me Enroc also passed on to Andre Agassi the secrets of mastering Wimbledon's grass, lessons that paid off in Agassi's first Grand Slam title on a surface he once loathed because it seemed so ill-suited to his style.
Agassi's Wimbledon triumph, a five-set survival in the final against Goran Ivanisevic's 37 aces not only was the tennis year's biggest surprise but perhaps its greatest match. Agassi had beaten two three time champions Me Enroe and Boris Becker, In the semis and quarters, then stood his ground against Ivanisevic's onslaught to become the first baseliner to win Wimbledon since Bjorn Borg.
"Mac told me I didn't have to serve and volley to win with my game,'' Agassi said, paying tribute to Me Enroe. "He shortened my stroke, showed" me bow on the grass every point counts and the importance of staying In points. I don't know why, but I really like the guy."
Me Enroc also imbued Pete Sampras, his Davis Cup doubles partner, with the fiery spirit I hat- may be just what Sampras needs tn 1993 to move up Irom No. 3 behind No. 1 Courier and No. 2 Stefan Edberg.
Courier s tenuous hold on the mens top spot — the No. 1 ranking bounced between him and U. S. Open winner Edberg all year before Courier put it away — contrasted with Seles absolute reign over the women's game
Courier captured the Australian and French Opens during a breath taking rush through the first six months, and he became the first American to finish a year No. I in the ATP tour computer rankings since Me Enroe in 1984.
Throughout the year, Courier mused about "the great mystery of tennis." why he could be unbeatable one week and so vulnerable another, as he was on his favourite surface, clay, at the Olympics against Switzerland's arc Rosset. Rossct. one of the game's most powerful servers, went on to
lion from his wife Tatum O' Neal, just before the matches.
Jennifer Capriati seemed on the verge of making her great leap in the women's tennis rankings after she won the gold in Barcelona with a threc-set victory in the finals over Steffi Graf. It had been a tearful year lor Capriati. a bittersweet
of Ihe Virginia Slims Championship. where she played well tn losing to Seles. The resilient Navratilova promises to lay al least one more season in 1993 at age 36.
Seles lightened her grip on the women's No. 1 ranking she's held since March last v ar. winning the Australian.
win the gold and upset Courier again on 'the first day of the Davis Cup final.
Courier never solved the mystery, despite winning dlrs 2.3 million this year. But then not many players figured out how to beat him. He wound up with two Grand Slam titles, three other tournament wins and a Davis Cup trophy after his clinching victory over Jakob Hlasek that he cherishes as much as anything he owns.
In one ludicrously lucrative non-tour event, Michael Stlch won almost as much as Courier did all year, dlrs 2 million for beating Michael Chang in the Grand Slam Cup final Dec. 13 tn Germany. Money aside, it was still a disappointing year for Stlch, the 1991 Wimbledon champion who slid from No. 4 to No. 15 with only one tour victory.
Me Enroe won no Impressive singles titles. But he took his ninth Grand Slam doubles title at Wimbledon, this time with Stich, tn and epic final that finished on Monday because of darkness Sunday ntght. Me Enroc and Stlch finally prevailed. 5-7, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6. 19-17. over Jim Crabb and Richey Rcncbcrg.
He showed moment* of greatness at the Australian, Wimbledon and the U. S. Open, but in the end just proved to himself and everyone else that he no longer can sustain the championship level throughout a two-week tournament. He had one last, flag waving mo ment of glory at the Davi* Cup. yet even that pleasure was off set by the pain of hi* separa
16. until that Olympics, and her tears resumed at the U. S. Open when she fell in the third round.
Martina Navratilova, on the other end of the age span, also shed plenty of tears after her loss in the second round at the U.S. Open. But she kept chugging along to reach the final*
French and U. S. Opens again and just missing a sweep of the Grand Slam when she lost to Graf tn the Wimbledon final.
Yielding to the harassment of the British tabloid* with their courtstde "G run tome-ters," and bothered by the complaint* of a few players about the noises «hc make* hitting the ball, Seles chose the final to prove she could win quietly. It was an ill-advised time to experiment with something as basic a* breathing.
Seles acknowledged afterward she would have been bet ter off ignoring the critic* and concentrating on Graf* game on the grass, where the German recorded her second straight Wimbledon title and fourth in five year*.
Seles went back to grunting al the U.S. Open and closed out the year by winning her third straight Virginia Slim* Championship. She broke her won money record for a year with dlr* 2.6 million in official prize* and pushed her career total to nearly dlr* 7 million before »he turned 19 thia month. Of the 15 tournament* •he played. «he won 10 reached the finals In four and the quarter finals in one. compiling a 70-5 match record.
Funny thing is. Seles •till hasn't convinced everyone •he* for real
"I'm different. I know." Selc* said at the Virginia Slims. "I don t look like a No I player. IVopte *ay to me. "You don't look like and athlete You look like a pereon/