Tennis

TENNIS Magazine

Editor-in-chief	James Martin
Staff writers	Staff Publisher: Chris Evert Managing Editor: Abigail Lorge Executive Editors: Michael Bevans, Charlie Leerhsen President and CEO: Robert L. Miller General Manager: Andy Nelson Executive Online Producer: Tino Persico Group Publisher: Jeff Williams Marketing Director: Lisa Buco Senior Editors: Contributing Editors: Steve Tignor, Sarah Unke, Peter Bodo, Tom Perrotta, Bill Gray, Sarah Thurmond
Categories	Sports magazine (tennis)
Frequency	Monthly (10 per year)
Circulation	700,000
Publisher	Miller Publishing Group[1]
First issue	August 16, 1954
Company	ESPN
Country	USA
Based in	New York, USA
Language	English
Website	TENNIS.com
ISSN	0038-822X

TENNIS Magazine^[2][3] is an American sports magazine owned by the Miller Publishing Group, LLC. It is a monthly magazine (but only 10 per year) which covers news from the world of tennis.

History

It has been published for over forty years and it has been available online for over ten years. It was purchased by The New York Times Company in 1967. Miller Publishing bought the magazine in 1997.

Aside from articles about the most recent events and most active players, the magazine also includes the recent ranking for both ATP and WTA, as well as brief summaries of the future tournaments, their participants and the past winners.

Content

Tennis legend Chris Evert became the publisher as of the March, 2001 issue.^[4] She has her own personal section in the magazine, usually the first page, which is called "Chrissie’s Page."

Aside from Christ Evert, other famous players and coaches also contribute to the magazine. Paul Annacone, former coach of Pete Sampras, is the Senior Instruction Editor and Brad Gilbert, former coach of Andre Agassi and Andy Roddick, is Touring Instruction Editor. Pete Sampras himself is a part owner and a special consultant of the magazine.

Personnel

Publisher: Jeff Williams 4/2000-3/2001, Chris Evert 3/2001-
Editor-in-Chief: James Martin
Executive Editor: Steve Tignor
Senior Editors: Peter Bodo, Jon Levey, Tom Perrotta
Online editor: Kamakshi Tandon
Art Director: Gary Stewart
Photo Editor: David Rosenberg

"The 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era" (2005)

For the official list on the website, see here.

In celebration of their 40th anniversary (1965-2005), TENNIS Magazine put together a detailed listing of the 40 best players of the last four decades.

1. Pete Sampras
2. Martina Navratilova
3. Steffi Graf
4. Chris Evert
5. Björn Borg
6. Margaret Court
7. Jimmy Connors
8. Rod Laver
9. Billie Jean King
10. Ivan Lendl
11. John McEnroe
12. Andre Agassi
13. Monica Seles
14. Stefan Edberg
15. Mats Wilander
16. John Newcombe
17. Serena Williams
18. Boris Becker
19. Roger Federer
20. Ken Rosewall
21. Roy Emerson
22. Martina Hingis
23. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
24. Guillermo Vilas
25. Venus Williams
26. Jim Courier
27. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
28. Ilie Nastase
29. Lindsay Davenport
30. Arthur Ashe
31. Justine Henin
32. Tracy Austin
33. Hana Mandlikova
34. Lleyton Hewitt
35. Stan Smith
36. Jennifer Capriati
37. Gustavo Kuerten
38. Virginia Wade
39. Patrick Rafter
40. Gabriela Sabatini

References

1. ^ "Miller Publishing Group to Acquire Tennis, Sailing, and Ski Magazines from The New York Times Company". October 3, 1997. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1997_Oct_3/ai_19809411/. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
2. ^ "Miller Publishing Group, LLC". Hoover's. http://www.hoovers.com/miller-publishing/--ID__53881--/freeuk-co-factsheet.xhtml. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
3. ^ "Miller Publishing Group, LLC". YahooBiz. http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/53/53881.html. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
4. ^ "TENNIS Magazine Taps Tennis Legend Chris Evert for Publisher". Business Wire. 2000-12-07. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_Dec_7/ai_67688978/. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 

External links

• Official website