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Tournament Profile: US Open

Basic facts about the US Open tennis tournament and which types of players tend to do best on its hard courts.

Tournament Profile: Australian Open

Basic facts about the Australian Open tennis tournament and which types of players tend to do best there.

Tournament Profile: Wimbledon

Basic facts about Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament, and how its grass courts favor serve-and-volley and chip-and-charge tennis as played with great success by Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, and Billie Jean King.

Roland Garros - The French Open

Roland Garros, The French Open, is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments. Played on slow red clay, the French Open favors baseline players with heavy topspin groundstrokes.

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