Richard Krajicek
Richard Krajicek
Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicekis a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the only Dutch player to have done so. In the quarterfinals of that tournament, he defeated Pete Sampras in straight sets. This was Sampras' only singles defeat at Wimbledon between 1993 and 2000. Since 2004, Krajicek has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. He is also the author of various sports books. Krajicek...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth6 December 1971
If you're not playing well and you're a little bit edgy and people aren't behaving the way you're used to, you could lose it a little on the court.
I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to say was 75 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs
Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995
Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.
But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest
But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things
You know, you're smelling the hot dogs and people were shouting during the points to each other or something,
But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally.
Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.