Henri Leconte - Tennis player -

October 20, 1985: The day Ivan Lendl and Henri Leconte had their match interrupted by a religious fanatic

Every day Tennis Majors takes you back in time to celebrate an important moment in tennis history. Today, we go back to 1985 to witness how a religious fanatic interrupted the final of the Australian Indoor Championships in Sydney, offering the players a drink

Alexandre Sokolowski

October 20, 2024

December 1, 1991: The day Guy Forget stunned Pete Sampras to give France its first Davis Cup title since 1932

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back to the biggest moments in tennis history. On December 1, 1991, Guy Forget beat Pete Sampras to give France their first Davis Cup title since 1932

Alexandre Sokolowski

December 1, 2023

20 memorable scenes of extreme fatigue on a tennis court

Taylor Fritz's vomiting incident last weekend in Acapulco was a reminder of many other scenes of suffering where players have gone to the limit to finish a match, sometimes even victoriously. Here are 20 of the most dramatic and memorable similar incidents.

Rémi Bourrières

March 8, 2023

November 29, 1991: The day Leconte upset Sampras to take step towards France’s first Davis Cup title in half a century

Every day, Tennis Majors takes you back to one of the most iconic moments in tennis history. On this day in tennis history, 159th-ranked Henri Leconte played lights-out tennis to beat Sampras and level the Davis Cup final at 1-1

Alexandre Sokolowski

November 29, 2022

Nalbandian, Ferrer, Coria… The 10 greatest (retired) male players who never won a Grand Slam tournament

Tennis Majors takes a closer look at some of the top players who never won a Grand Slam. It is also an opportunity to give them back some of the glory that misfortune has eternally, and more or less unfairly, denied them

Rémi Bourrières

December 28, 2021