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...competition goes, "the top collegiate level is just as good as any international junior competition," added Stanley, whose credits include winning Brazil's Banana Bowl last year and placing high in both the Junior Wimbledon and the Junior U.S. Open tournaments...

Author: By Frank M.K. Tse, | Title: U.S. Olympic Tennis Team Tryouts Next Test for Three Harvard Netmen | 5/18/1984 | See Source »

...international competition isn't unusual for Stanley, who last year played on the 12-and-under World Junior circuit--a tour that included stops at the Junior Italian Open, the Junior Italian Open, the Junior Wimbledon championships, and the Junior U.S. Open...

Author: By Kristin A. Goss, | Title: BILL STANLEY | 5/11/1984 | See Source »

SEPARATED. Chris Evert Lloyd, 29, tennis champion (three times at Wimbledon, six at the U.S. Open); and John Lloyd, 29, one-time member of Britain's Davis Cup team; after nearly five years of marriage, no children. Explained Chris: "We need time to be by ourselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 6, 1984 | 2/6/1984 | See Source »

RECONCILED. Jimmy Connors, 30, aggressive comeback king of tennis who last year won both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open for the first time since 1974; and Patti McGuire Connors, 31, Playboy's 1977 Playmate of the Year; after Patti canceled a hearing last week in the divorce suit she filed last May; in Miami...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lyrics by the Other One | 8/29/1983 | See Source »

While the scuffed grass of the All England Club's Centre Court began its annual post-championship airing out, this year's Wimbledon winners, John McEnroe, 24, and Martina Navratilova, 26, were being toasted during the post-tournament dinner at London's Savoy Hotel. McEnroe, who crunched New Zealand's Chris Lewis in the straight set men's finals, had even worked on his backhanded temperament, going so far as to shake hands with the umpire and referee after one match. "I think I've made a conscious effort to get along," said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 18, 1983 | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

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