Sampras dans le senior tour en 2007 ?

D'apres un article de courier, il y a de fortes chances que cela arrive .
Et comme tout le monde, il espere qu'Agassi sera de le fête dans quelques années :

Courier Gives Greatest Generation New Life
Tennis

By TOM PERROTTA
October 9, 2006


When Andre Agassi retired at this year's U.S. Open, the finest era in the history of American tennis officially came to a close. Agassi, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, and Michael Chang won 27 Grand Slam titles among them. Three of them reached no. 1 in the world, and Sampras stayed there for a record 286 weeks. No country has ever produced such a surplus of tennis talent at one time.

Sad as it was to see that generation's final hours, if Courier has his way, all four of these stars will entertain fans for years to come. Last November, Courier and longtime friend Jon Venison resurrected the senior's tour that died in the United States in 2002. It's now called the Champions Series and features Courier, Chang (who is injured), John McEnroe, Mats Wilander, Pat Cash, Goran Ivanisevic, and Todd Martin, among others. Agassi might need a few years to unwind and mend his ailing back before he returns to competition, but Sampras played a few exhibitions this year and seems ready to join the Champions Series in 2007.

"I think the chances of getting Sampras for next year are very good," Courier said in an interview last week. "Pete's enjoying the game, and he knows he's welcome. We've been in extensive discussions to that effect, but no announcements yet."

Courier, 36, has known Venison since he was a 15-year-old pounding forehands at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Florida.Courier was that rare player who kept improving and winning as the competition became increasingly fierce; Venison spent three years on the fringes of the tour before beginning a career in business and finance at Bear Stearns & Co. and later SFX Entertainment, which was acquired by entertainment behemoth Clear Channel Communications. Together, the two founded InsideOut Sports & Entertainment (the name is a nod to Courier's deadly forehand) in 2004.

It's no surprise that Courier has adapted well to the business world. His tennis was organized and tenacious rather than flashy, and required unsurpassed fitness and concentration. He trained harder than his peers, and that ethic seems to have carried over to his new line of work — negotiating television contracts, meeting with sponsors (the chief sponsor of the series, Outback Steakhouse, is signed through 2008), poring over attendance figures (about 15,000 a week at four events this year, he said), and finding a sixth city for next year's series (this year the series has traveled to Naples, Fla.; Boston; Charlotte, N.C.; and Memphis, Tenn.; and it concludes next month in Houston). Courier never seems to stray far from his e-mail, whether he's in New York, now his home city, or on the road playing, ironing out a deal, or working as a commentator.

Once Courier gets on the court, though, he leaves the business to Venison and the rest of his team. Despite his loss to McEnroe in Memphis this weekend, 6–4, 6–3, he remains in first place for the season. While that obviously does not compare to the satisfaction of being no. 1 in the world, he said his relationship with tennis is a lot healthier than it once was.

"I own my tennis now, it doesn't own me," he said. "When you are a young player and you are scrapping and fighting every week on the tour, tennis owns you. It overwhelms you, and you can really only do it so many years mentally as well as physically. I was the fittest guy on tour. I know what the commitment is. And I also know that my body can't sustain that anymore. Perspective allows this to be more fun.The wins feel about 90% as good as they did, and the losses feel about 10% as bad."


Though the last senior's tour died in the United States in 2002, it continues on in Europe. Courier believes there is no reason it cannot succeed again in the States. So far, he has targeted cities that don't host professional tennis events, or once did, like Boston. Champions Series competitors must have won or appeared in a Grand Slam final, or been ranked inside the top five, or played singles on a winning Davis Cup team. Each event donates to a charity; so far this year, the series has raised more than $500,000, Courier said. Stadiums for Champions Series tournaments typically hold 2,500 to 3,000 people, and tickets sell for as little as $15 for early week action.

"Every seat in our stadium would be inside the lower-level fishbowl of Arthur Ashe," Courier said.

As much as Courier would like to add Sampras and Agassi to the mix, he already has a phenomenal draw in McEnroe. The master volleyer's temper tantrums are delivered for comic effect these days, but his game is no joke. McEnroe is in second place this year, and has defeated Martin, Wilander, Cash, and Ivanisevic (and now Courier). He and Courier often practice at Tennisport in Long Island City, and McEnroe has been known to drub local pros who are half his age.

"He's so sneaky with his movement, and he's added an inside-out forehand in the last few years," Courier said."I don't think anyone has ever played tennis as well as John is playing it at 47 years old."

At the moment, the Champions Series has limited availability to New Yorkers. It appears on regional Fox Sports cable channels, and the Tennis Channel rebroadcasts a week later. New Yorkers already have the U.S. Open, but Courier would not mind giving them another week of tennis.

"We'd love to have something in New York City, but things have to fall in the right way,"he said."These things are not cheap — marketing costs, venue costs, and the player costs."

A businesslike answer from a tennis player who now puts business first.

Ca fait longtemps que Courier travaille Sampras à ce sujet. Il en avait parlé à Jean Bouin en 2005. Je trouve que ce que fait Courier pour son sport est très bien. Jim est un exemple pour tous les champions d'aujourd'hui je trouve. Décidemment ce gars ne me décevra jamais.

vdd a écrit:

Ca fait longtemps que Courier travaille Sampras à ce sujet. Il en avait parlé à Jean Bouin en 2005. Je trouve que ce que fait Courier pour son sport est très bien. Jim est un exemple pour tous les champions d'aujourd'hui je trouve. Décidemment ce gars ne me décevra jamais.

Je suis tout à fait d'accord avec toi. C'est vraiment super le travail que fait courier , et j'espère qu'il va reussir à convaincre Sampras de venir sur le senior tour, ainsi qu'Agassi dans quelques temps .

Oui comme ça on pourra encore avoir ces délicieux duels Sampras-Agassi!!!

champignon horrifique a écrit:

Oui comme ça on pourra encore avoir ces délicieux duels Sampras-Agassi!!!

j'en salive deja par avance

ah ouais????????????? mais qu'il accepte là Sampras!!!!!!!
ça serait mortel c'est dommage que ça ne soit pas diffusé à la télé

Jean Bouin c'était retransmis en 2004 et 2005. Cette année j'ai pas fait gaffe.

j'ai pas fais gaffe non plus si c'etait retransmis . ça devait être sur paris premiere encore a mon avis

champignon horrifique a écrit:

Oui comme ça on pourra encore avoir ces délicieux duels Sampras-Agassi!!!

comme au bon vieux temps

ahhhhhhhhh les mecs, j'ai entendu que SAMPRAS serait au senior tour l'année prochaine !!!!!!!!je ne retrouve plus l'article j'ai cru que vous étiez dejà au courant et c'est COURIER qui lui aurait pris la tete!!!!!!!!!!!!

nat a écrit:

ahhhhhhhhh les mecs, j'ai entendu que SAMPRAS serait au senior tour l'année prochaine !!!!!!!!je ne retrouve plus l'article j'ai cru que vous étiez dejà au courant et c'est COURIER qui lui aurait pris la tete!!!!!!!!!!!!

bah y'a entre autre l'article de ce topic qui date un peu mais où c'etait déjà abordé.

mais c'est si officiel, c'est génial .

non non c'est tt récent attends.......

Sampras' game may be ready for US senior circuit

bon c'est may be mais bon.....

"A man's got to work," he said. "I still have a passion for the game. Playing tennis adds structure to my life."
Hearing that Andre Agassi has been seen on the tennis courts only so shortly after his retirement at this year's U.S. Open, Sampras was taken aback. "I was shocked. After I retired, I didn't want to pick up a racket for months. … I've got to talk to [Agassi] in the next few months.”

Sampras brought a steady and confident game here, delivering booming aces, well-placed spin serves and razor-sharp returns. Of course, he was helped by the glossy super-fast SportCourt surface that played like the basketball court it was covering up. On one down-the-middle winner, Ginepri didn't have enough time to move five feet to get his racket on the ball. In his fifth set on both sides of the continent in 24 hours, Sampras did not seem winded in the least.

Though his backhand got a little loose in the second set, it was Sampras' personality and wit that was loose throughout the evening. When Ginepri couldn't run down a drop shot, he tossed his racket across the net. Pete didn't return it, but picked it up and tossed it deep into the crowd.

There is no doubt the sold-out crowd had one thing on its mind: throwing down its love on Sampras. MC Wayne Bryan boomingly announced him as "the greatest player ever" and the Atlanta fans showed their appreciation for his accomplishments as much as for his legendary running forehand.

Few interviews with Sampras don't include the questions about how he would stack up against Roger Federer. Sampras admitted that Federer is well on his way to breaking all the Californian's records. "Federer's a tremendous player. He's won Wimbledon and he stays back."

Sampras seemed upbeat on the state of men's American tennis, citing the success of Andy Roddick, James Blake and Ginepri. But, he conceded, the glory days of the 1990s – Sampras, Agassi, Courier and Michael Chang – will be hard for the US to repeat.

The Slam that eluded Sampras – Roland Garros – is still a subject he thinks about. "I should have tried a bigger racket. I'm a stubborn guy and I didn't want to change. There are some places where you feel comfortable and ones where you feel a little bit extra pressure."

Often criticized for not playing enough preparatory European clay-court tournaments, he said he tried playing just a few in some years and numerous ones in others. "But, neither strategy worked," he added a bit glumly about the only jewel missing from this champion's crown.

sauf probleme visuel de ma part, je ne vois pas dans l'article que tu as posté, où sampras parle du senior tour

mais bon la raquette le démange, et je suis persuadé qu'il sera sur le senior tour en 2007 !

Je savais pas ou les mettre

Sampras plans to play in Charlotte
RICK BONNELL
rbonnell@charlotteobserver.com
Posted on Mon, Jan. 29, 2007
Look for Pete Sampras, the winningest male tennis player in Grand Slam history, to play in Charlotte this fall.

Sampras and Jim Courier will announce today that Sampras will join Courier's senior tour this season. That tour has a September stop at The Palisades, near Lake Wylie.

A source close to the senior tour confirmed Monday that Sampras plans to play the Charlotte event. However, that might not be divulged in today's conference call.

Sampras would headline a strong field in the 30-and-older round-robin event. Last September's group included Courier and John McEnroe, both former world No. 1s. Courier beat Todd Martin to win that tournament, which drew sellout crowds in its Charlotte debut.

Sampras, 35, won a record 14 Grand Slams, his last the 2002 U.S. Open. He's being pursued by current No. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland, who won his 10th Grand Slam Sunday by beating Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in the Australian Open final.

The local tournament hasn't announced dates for this September or when tickets go on sale.

j'espere qu'il y jouera
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Sampras returns on over-30s tour
Monday, 29 January 2007, 19:33 GMT
Sampras's Grand Slam haul remains a record
Pete Sampras is to play on the Outback Champions Series for over-30s, with his first event in Boston in early May.
Sampras, 35, retired after winning the US Open in 2002, and appeared in the World Team Tennis competition in 2006.

"I still love the sport, and I want to see how I feel and play a match I really want to win," he said.

"I will catch up with old competitors, old friends, and see if I still have a few things left in the bag," added the 14-time Grand Slam singles winner.

"The stakes are a little bit higher playing in a tournament and against some former greats.

"There's a sense of satisfaction in that. Not like it used to be, but you want to win and play well."

John McEnroe and series co-founder Jim Courier also will be in the eight-man field in Boston, where there will be $142,000 in prize money.

Michael Chang, Goran Ivanisevic and Mats Wilander are other players who have participated in the series, which is entering its second full season.

Sampras won seven Wimbledon titles, five US Opens, two Australian Opens, and spent a record 286 weeks ranked world number one.

He is due to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July.


c'est le senior tour???? j'ai pas tres bien compris

Le Tennis Hall of Fame est le musée interlational du tennis. il se trouve à Newport. Il regroupe les palmarès de nombreux grands joueurs.
Sampras sera donc intronisé en juillet prochain. c'est complètement mérité.

En passant par L.A. en attente d'IW, Federer est allé s'entraîner 2 jours de suite avec Sampras.

Une preuve de plus du respect de Roger pour les Grands anciens. Il raconte d'ailleurs avoir été tout excité par cette confrontation.

http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/1/news/federer1.asp

:hello:

C'est tout ce que ça inspire ?

Ah oui, j'oubliais que le WE, c'était relâche sur le forum!

Ok, à lundi tout le monde, alors!

Oui je viens de lire ça. Moi aussi j'étais tout excité. J'espère que Federer lui a laminé la tronche chez lui et s'est moqué après. Sans Pete, combien Jim aurait eu de GC? Non je rigole j'aime bien Sampras. Ca serait cool de voir des images de ça.

alalaaaaaaaaaaaaa moi quand je l'ai appris,j'ai sauté comme une dingue je suis TROP MAIS TROP CONTENTE!!!!!!!!!

j'attends l'exib maintenant

Sampras a rejoué en participant a la CHAMPIONS CUP, circuit de tournoi vétérans géré par jim COURRIER. Et pour son 1 er match, il a mis un taule à Petr KORDA, balayé 6/1 6/2. Réactions des autres participants :

KORDA : "De la manière où il a servi aujourd'hui, il n'y a pas beaucoup de gars du circuit qui auraient retourner"

Tim MAYOTTE : "Il pourrait (encore) gagner le trounoi du Queen's"

Meme s'il se montre tres entousiate au fait de rejouer ("C'est vraiment bon de rejouer en compétition" ) il a toutefois dementis la chimère de sa réappatition a Wimbledon : "Je serais curieux de vois ce que je pourrais faire, surtout contre les joueurs actuels qui restent au fond. Mais je ne pourrais revenir qu'avec en tete l'idée d'essayer de gagner. cela nécéssaiterait un travail énorme. Il faudrait que je me trouve une raison pour revenir, or, il n'en existe aucune. Un retour pour un tournoi serait fou"

Y'a pas quelqu'un ici qui voudrai lui trouver une bonne raison !!!!

Eh bien la raison il l'a deja trouvée !! C'est justement qu'il se mesure à des joueurs de la nouvelle generation, et qu'est ce que ca pourrait donner? Il en serait tres curieux...

Allez Sampras! on sort ses doigts de son derriere en se donnant toutes les chances de son coté, ca apporterait du piment un petit come-back ! N'est ce pas VDD?

arabem a écrit:

N'est ce pas VDD?

Non ça me ferait chier que Sampras aille chercher une défaite alors qu'il est le seul à être parti sur une victoire. Après moi ce que j'aimerais c'est un match entre le grand Sampras et le grand Federer sur gazon. Je suis sûr que Sampras 94 il ruine Roger 2005.

vdd a écrit:

arabem a écrit:

N'est ce pas VDD?

Non ça me ferait chier que Sampras aille chercher une défaite alors qu'il est le seul à être parti sur une victoire. Après moi ce que j'aimerais c'est un match entre le grand Sampras et le grand Federer sur gazon. Je suis sûr que Sampras 94 il ruine Roger 2005.

Sur le gazon des années 90 je le pense aussi mais sur le gazon actuel j'ai plus de doutes...

AGASSI 91 a écrit:

Sur le gazon des années 90 je le pense aussi mais sur le gazon actuel j'ai plus de doutes...

Je sais pas. Son service et sa volée étaient des armes incroyables sur gazon qui n'ont jamais vraiment été décryptées. En plus, sur le match de 2001, Federer a beaucoup de réussite sur la fin.

vdd a écrit:

arabem a écrit:

N'est ce pas VDD?

Non ça me ferait chier que Sampras aille chercher une défaite alors qu'il est le seul à être parti sur une victoire. Après moi ce que j'aimerais c'est un match entre le grand Sampras et le grand Federer sur gazon. Je suis sûr que Sampras 94 il ruine Roger 2005.

C'est sans doute pour cela que sampras ne veut pas faire un come-back meme si ca le demange apparement...

Et puis le coup de croire que federer perderait face à un sampras de 1994, c'est difficile à savoir, quand je vois federer à son top je me dis toujours est ce que quelqu'un est capable d'aller le chercher?
Toi meme tu sais vdd que federer à son top il est invincible... Meme un sampras à son top, le suisse aurait des solutions pour battre un grand sampras, et puis ils se sont deja affronté... meme si il est vrai c'est pas une grande reference...

Parce que comme dit Andre Agassi, federer a cette capacité de te mettre sous pression sur chaque balle, te forçant à surjouer