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TENNIS:                                                                                                                                                                                     [back to top]

• First Professional Match                                                    :   Philadelphia (Ebel US Pro Indoor Championships). Played on carpet,
                                                                                                      he lost to Sammy Giammalva, Jr. , 6-4 6-3.    
  
• First Professional Match Win                                           :    Indian Wells 1988 (his second professional tournament) against then
                                                                                                      No. 37 Ramesh Krishnas. He was ranked No. 833 at that time. In the
                                                                                                      same event, he beat Eliot Teltscher (No. 25) in the second round
                                                                                                      before losing to Emilio Sanchez (No. 14) in the next round.
  
• First Professional Title                                                        :   Philadelphia 1990, February 25
  
• First Grand Slam Title                                                          :   US Open 1990, September 9
  
• Has Highest Ranking Points Total                                    :   5,774 (January 26, 1997)
  
• Held biggest lead in ranking points over no.2 player    :   2,220 points separated him and Goran Ivanisevic (then the no.2 player)
                                                                                                      on August 29, 1994
  
• First player to surpass $5M prize money earned in a year ($5,415,066.00 in 1995)
  
• First (and so far only) player to surpass $6M prize money earned in a year ($6,498,311.00 in 1997)
  
• Reached no.1 on Apirl 12, 1993 at age 21 years, 8 months (4th youngest no.1)
  
• Was named Most Improved Player in 1990
  
• Was named Jim Thorpe Tennis Player of the Year in 1993
  
• Was named ATP Player of the Year for 6 consecutive years (1993-1998)
  
• Was named USTA Athlete of the Year in 1994, 1995, and 1997
  
• Was named US Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year in 1997
  
• Was voted Best Player of the Last 25 Years by fellow players, tournament directors, and journalists in 1997

• Was named USOC Athlete of the Month for July 1998

• In 1998, Became the first player to end the year ranked no.1 for six consecutive years (1993-1998)
  
• Won the ESPY Tennis Player of the Year for five consecutive years (1994-1998)

PERSONAL:                                                                                                                                                                                [back to top]

• BIODATA (some info taken from ATP tour site):

                       Birthday : August 12, 1971
                       Birthplace : Washington, D.C.
                       Residence : Orlando, Florida
                       Height : 6'1" (185 cm)
                       Tourned Pro : 1988

• Won Celebrity Long Drive Contest (332 yards) in a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe on July 1996
  
• Favorite Basketball team is Los Angeles Lakers
  
• Favorite Football team is the Dallas Cowboys
  
• Fan of Formula I racing

CHARITIES:                                                                                                                                                                               [back to top]

• Member of the American Cancer Society's Public Awareness Council
  
• Served as Chairman of the ATP Tour Charities program in 1992
  
• Was the first captain of the ATP Tour SMASH Tennis Weekend in Key Biscayne of March 1995
  
• Started ACES FOR CHARITY in 1997 where he donates $100 for each ace he serves
  
• Board Member of the Tim & Tom Gullikson Foundation which helps fund cancer research

email me at: tovariche@aol.com	

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background photo: Australian Open 1997