Zoom Gallery: 2007 U.S. Open Tennis Week 1

High res photos of week 1 of the 2007 Tennis U.S. Open.

Which players are destined to have breakout seasons in 2009?

Last year we had Juan Martin Del Potro and Agnieszka Radwanska. So which players have the deftness, desire and requisite skills to break through in 2009? Ravi Ubha looks at the most likely candidates.

Forecasting the market for 2009

Economists can't say for sure whether there are values to be found in the beaten-down U.S. stock market now that we are officially one year into a rec...

Martina Hingis

Henin leads pack of players who called it quits in 2008

Having survived the big babe era to earn seven Grand Slam titles, Justine Henin sent shock waves through the WTA Tour when she retired in May. But she wasn't the only star to hang up her racket in 2008.

Nadal's great year tip of big iceberg

Rafael Nadal has received his share of accolades for a historic 2008 campaign. But his performance pales in comparison to the raw dominance and brilliance displayed by others during the Open era.

Year-end Championships: Super Bowl or All-Star Game?

The top players in the world are gathering at the tours' year-end championships. But what's really at stake? The pageantry of the events cannot be denied, but the outcomes will do little to alter tennis' pecking order.

Don't be fooled, Jankovic earned the No. 1 ranking

Like it or not, Jelena Jankovic will stroll away from this season as the world's No. 1 player. Despite a glaring title oh-fer during the coveted Grand Slam campaign, rankings simply don't lie, writes Greg Garber.

Good To A Fault

Elena Dementieva's tennis game is a thing of beauty. But her serve-well, her serve is a struggle. And maybe she likes it that way

Change Over

Martina Hingis was once the young queen of tennis. As she mounts her comeback, will anything less than the throne be good enough?

How the realization Federer is human boosted his appeal

Federer's historic career earned him plenty of respect in his native Switzerland, but it took this year's tumultuous summer for them to truly appreciate him. He returns to play his hometown event in Basel this week not just as a tennis champion, but a national hero.

Forgotten moments of the Open era

...Stich lost the first set and then won the next three, all in tiebreakers. • Martina Hingis laid claim to the Greatest Missed Opportunity of the Open Era title when she fell just...

Graf's "Golden Slam" arguably the greatest season in history

Pete Sampras led a quartet of American players who would all leave an indelible mark. But the third decade of the Open era was highlighted by a thoroughly dominating Steffi Graf, writes Joel Drucker.

After the Fall

Who won when Lindsey Jacobellis tumbled in the Olympic boardercross final? Swiss rider Tanja Frieden. Who lost? Possibly you and everyone else hoping to see them face off in Aspen

7 Sep 1997: Martina Hingis of Switzerland holds a trophy in the air after her match against Venus Williams of the...