Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner. 1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Dating back to Frank Sedgman’s second Aussie Open success in 1950, the title had been won by non-Australians only four times, ...
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Mirra Andreeva is tipped to be a future winner at the majors, but the 17-year-old Russian is looking to the past as she looks to climb the rankings.
Nadal shares fourth spot with German Graf, whose aggressive style revolutionised women's tennis in the 1980s and 90s. In 1988 at just 19, she became the first female to achieve the Golden Slam by ...
The Australian Open kicks off each year's tennis Grand Slam tournament circuit. Who has taken home titles? Check out this all ...
Mats Wilander 1987: Stefan Edberg 1985: Stefan Edberg 1984: Mats Wilander 1983: Mats Wilander 1982: Johan Kriek 1981: Johan Kriek 1980: Brian Teacher 1979: Guillermo Vilas 1978: Guillermo Vilas ...
It is played on hard courts, however, before 1987, it was played on grass courts. The Australian Open was first played at the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground in Melbourne in November 1905.