When Martina is tense it helps her relax.

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.

— Yannick Noah

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

— Elliott Chaze

These ball boys are marvellous. You don't even notice them. There's a left handed one over there. I noticed him earlier .

— Max Robertson

It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.

— Pete Sampras

When the Williams sisters play tennis, it gets pretty hot. When they start grunting, I'm in.

— Robin Williams

Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.

— Goran Ivanisevic

We haven't had any more rain since it stopped raining.

— Harry Carpenter

What rivalry? I win all the matches.

— Martina Hingis

If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.

— Max Robertson

The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.

— Dan Maskell

It's quite clear that Virginia Wade is thriving on the pressure now that the pressure on her to do well is off .

— Harry Carpenter

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

— Goran Ivanisevic

Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys.…

— Billie Jean King

The serve was invented so that the net could play.

— Bill Cosby

An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

— Rod Laver