Throwback SNOWday: Top 20 Rewind
It all started with a tweet.
The WTA rankings on the day I became a hardcore fan. Over half of the top 25 don't play singles now or have retired http://t.co/zURgpU0apO
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Mark McGee (@markmcgee91) January 27, 2015A tweet turned into a call.
Snow Day idea via @markmcgee91: tweet us the ATP/WTA rankings from when you got into tennis! Here's @ovafanboy's: http://t.co/RWbiPiFoi5
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The Tennis Island (@thetennisisland) January 27, 2015And that call, dear readers, was met with – say it with me – aplomb!
With TTI still buried beneath January’s Juno Blizzard, we wanted to know: when did you get into tennis? Was it at the height of rivalries between Martina and Chrissie or Pete and Andre? Was it when two sisters named Williams took over the women’s game? Or was it when a man named Roger hit his way into the history books?
The ATP and WTA websites allow for instant nostalgia on days like these, archiving their weekly rankings as far back as the eye can see.
What did the game look like when you dropped in? While you think back, check out the tennis world as it first existed by our staff and faithful viewers:
@thetennisisland He was 11 year old and didn't know what he got himself into. http://t.co/lUQVazU5yo
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René (@Renestance) January 27, 2015. @thetennisisland @markmcgee91 @ovafanboy here is mine. i guess its not too difficult to guess the year. http://t.co/w227oFQQcK
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SB (@SamsBiceps) January 27, 2015When content and stats guru Kevin Fischer joined the WTA, which Russian woman was at a career-high?
@thetennisisland No Snow here in FL, but a look back at the ATP/#WTA Rankings When I started at @WTA: http://t.co/X9BK0bMW4S
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Kevin Fischer (@Kfish_WTA) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland @markmcgee91 @ovafanboy Here we go. There was a Wimbledon QF for @gugakuerten! http://t.co/U8iuTuyqdr
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Andrew Moss (@mossoire) January 27, 2015Who was in the midst of a comeback when our own Victoria Chiesa got in on the act?
.@thetennisisland She was 12. If only she knew. http://t.co/DWDXv8xQqG
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Victoria Chiesa (@vrcsports) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland probably dating myself but here is mine http://t.co/fjp1l3sSie
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The Spin (@bridgepea) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland http://t.co/MxsmnOiyRr
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(@Backstop5) January 27, 2015Stephanie Neppl, the Twitterverse’s resident Nostalgia Chick, first tuned in at the start of something special:
. @thetennisisland Now I feel very, very old - the Top 20 back in 1990, my first year of tennis nerddom. http://t.co/FkTQMN6QVF
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Steph (@StephintheUS) January 27, 2015Rankings when I got into tennis. #Old @thetennisisland http://t.co/bdm5yY3i7I
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The Overrule (@theoverrule) January 27, 2015A simpler time, long before “servebot” was a four-letter word…
@thetennisisland That was ages ago for me. http://t.co/7pDZBaElS2
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nick (@BraveThinkSol) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland Had my tonsils out, had to stay inside for 2 weeks, coincided with Wimbledon.. http://t.co/oAEb0cCBky
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S (@TheShiftyShadow) January 27, 2015The original ATP Golden Age:
@thetennisisland @Renestance @markmcgee91 @ovafanboy couldnt get the wta ranking list http://t.co/QkmkQkPVhC
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Whatever you want (@Gingertennisnut) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland http://t.co/jWPHXmQSfU
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Piotr (@StatsWTA) January 27, 2015A time for rivalries…
@thetennisisland @markmcgee91 I was a wee bairn playing with a miniature racquet and nerf balls. http://t.co/k0oQK5IqyH
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On Match Point (@OnMatchPoint) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland http://t.co/wP4jS1ELTM
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Tumaini (@tumcarayol) January 27, 2015…or a time on the precipice of great change…
@thetennisisland A lifetime ago. http://t.co/p65EKXTsee
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Michal Gradziel (@MichalGradziel) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland there's snow here, but we're used to it. Rankings from way back when I was 13... http://t.co/KWiFlltNWh
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Jessica (@codeanders) January 27, 2015…or even a time of great uncertainty…
@thetennisisland @markmcgee91 @ovafanboy Mine...though tbh I was all about WTA, I ignored ATP back then. http://t.co/bOitwgdQH3
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Rhian (@rosso_neri) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland WTA Rankings for me! Remember when Kim was killing it at the time. http://t.co/hAGvIYAy57
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Dry Volley Tennis (@dryvolley) January 27, 2015@thetennisisland Here are mine! http://t.co/0IzIWaCYuv
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Andrew Eccles (@BackSwings) January 27, 2015…but most importantly, a time that makes you feel young again!
@thetennisisland the ITF yr end junior rankings the year I covered my 1st slam: http://t.co/PFsggoJA5A
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Colette Lewis (@zootennis) January 27, 2015Continue tweeting TTI the rankings from when you first became a fan, and have fun trying to guess the years from which rankings come!
Many thanks to @markmcgee91 for starting something very cool!
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