Do you fondly remember the days of wooden rackets and serve-and-volley technique? This is the post for you. Get ready to feel even more ancient than when you asked your kids if twerking involved 140 characters.
1. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf’s son is 13, the same age that Graf was when she began her professional tennis career.
2. It’s been more than a decade since an American won the men’s draw at the U.S. Open. The decade before that Americans dominated the event, claiming six titles.
3. Chris Evert celebrated her 60th birthday in December.
4. It has been more than a dozen years since Venus Williams was ranked no. 1 in the world.
5. Nick Kyrgios was 10 years old when Lleyton Hewitt made it to the finals of the Australian Open in 2005. The compatriots were on opposite halves of the draw this year.
6. In the midst of Federer’s five-year winning streak at Wimbledon between 2003 and 2007, Andy Murray turned pro.
7. Serena Williams is more than a decade older than Madison Keys. She turned pro the year Keys was born.
8. Switzerland’s most successful women’s player, Martina Hingis, made her second run to the French Open finals 10 years before Roger Federer won the event.
9. Maria Sharapova won her sole Wimbledon trophy five years before Eugenie Bouchard turned pro. Bouchard made it to the finals of the tournament 10 years after Sharapova claimed the title.
10. A Frenchwoman last won the French Open in 2000. That woman, Mary Pierce, is now 40 years old.
