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  1. Clay queensRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday May 25 | Sporting Life

    ... singles trophy named after her. She is one of just eight French women to win in Paris, the last of which was Mary Pierce in 2000. The appropriately-named Court boasts a stunning 62 Grand Slam titles to her name - 24 singles, 19 women's doubles and ...

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  2. Rich Klein's Ramblings: The Puerto Rico Show?Read the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 22 | Sports Collectors Daily

    ... Beckett ever went back to Puerto Rico. In those days we were also writing show reports so I dropped a line about Mary Pierce's dad into the report and no one really caught what I was saying there either. Mary Pierce was a very fine tennis player-- ...

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  3. 16 because of the CONCACAF Champions LeagueRead the original story

    May 15, 2013 | GadgetSpeak

    ... Errani faces Maria Sharapova on Saturday in the singles final and is bidding to become the first woman since Mary Pierce in 2000 to win both championships at the French Open. Cheap NFL Jerseys . 16 because of the CONCACAF Champions League. The ...

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  4. Paul Lewis: Tennis parents' roll of shameRead the original story

    May 11, 2013 | The New Zealand Herald

    ... his Serbian daughter gaining Australian nationality. Jim Pierce, the Canadian ex-convict father of majors winner Mary Pierce, was said to have emotionally and physically abused his daughter in support of her rise up the rankings - and had several ...

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  5. John Tomic delivers an apology for his recent behaviour.Read the original story w/Photo

    May 10, 2013 | The Age

    ... sport, but tennis has a prominent, if not unique, capacity to bring homicidal impulses to the surface: here's Mary Pierce's father Jim screaming, ''Kill the bitch!''; there's Yuri Sharapov, slitting his throat towards a rival of Maria's. If not ...

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  6. Who is sport's greatest coach?Read the original story w/Photo

    May 8, 2013 | NEWS.com.au

    ... Bollettieri is credited with developing the skills of tennis stars Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce along with the Williams sisters, Boris Becker, Martina Hingis and Maria Sharapova. The man to end the All Blacks 24-year wait ...

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  7. Aussie media and players urge Tomic to dump his dadRead the original story

    May 7, 2013 | The Star Online

    ... tennis parents, including Damir Dokic, father of Jelena Dokic who ended up in jail, and Jim Pierce, father of Mary Pierce who was banned by the WTA. 'John Tomic's conduct has raised concern for years, despite local officials using a mixture of both ...

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  8. Australian media, players urge ...Read the original story

    May 7, 2013 | The Peninsula

    ... tennis parents, including Damir Dokic, father of Jelena Dokic who ended up in jail, and Jim Pierce, father of Mary Pierce who was banned by the WTA. "John Tomic's conduct has raised concern for years, despite local officials using a mixture of both ...

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  9. Australia media, players urge Tomic to dump dadRead the original story w/Photo

    May 7, 2013 | Football.co.uk

    ... tennis parents, including Damir Dokic, father of Jelena Dokic who ended up in jail, and Jim Pierce, father of Mary Pierce who was banned by the WTA. "John Tomic's conduct has raised concern for years, despite local officials using a mixture of both ...

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  10. Australia media, players urge Tomic to...Read the original story w/Photo

    May 6, 2013 | Bangkok Post

    ... tennis parents, including Damir Dokic, father of Jelena Dokic who ended up in jail, and Jim Pierce, father of Mary Pierce who was banned by the WTA. "John Tomic's conduct has raised concern for years, despite local officials using a mixture of both ...

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  11. Place in tennis dads' hall of shame awaits TomicRead the original story w/Photo

    May 6, 2013 | The Age

    ... doesn't really work. There's a long list." Jim Pierce, the father and coach of the former French Open champion Mary Pierce, was banned from the WTA tour in 1993 after a series of incidents, including a fistfight with Dutch spectators. After ...

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  12. Tomic 'needs new mentor'Read the original story w/Photo

    May 6, 2013 | The Age

    ... of the game, the parent/coach syndrome has ended poorly in a lot of cases. Look at Jelena Dokic and her father; Mary Pierce and her father; and Andrea Jaeger and her father.'' Rosewall expects that John Tomic will remain an influential figure in his ...

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  13. Star urged to seek new coach after father's alleged assaultRead the original story w/Photo

    May 6, 2013 | The Age

    ... of the game, the parent/coach syndrome has ended poorly in a lot of cases. Look at Jelena Dokic and her father, Mary Pierce and her father and Andrea Jaeger and her father.'' Former Australian, US and French Open winner Ken Rosewall said he expected ...

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  14. 'Ban Tomic Sr for life'Read the original story w/Photo

    May 5, 2013 | NEWS.com.au

    ... is over. The Women's Tennis Association initiated a similar move against Australian Open and French Open winner Mary Pierce's father Jim, a nasty thug with a criminal history. Damir Dokic, another infamous graduate from the Tennis Parents School For ...

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  15. Straight Sets: On an Unhappy Anniversary for Seles, Wondering What Might Have BeenRead the original story w/Photo

    Apr 30, 2013 | The New York Times

    ... Seles stayed away from tennis in 1994 and 1995, Graf racked up more Grand Slam titles while Conchita Martinez, Mary Pierce and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario notched much-coveted majors. Perhaps. It is easy to wonder how the game would have played out in ...

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  16. Hibernians celebrate Irish cultureRead the original story w/Photo

    Mar 17, 2013 | toledoblade.com

    ... about the challenges her Irish great-great grandfather had faced when he immigrated to the United States. Mary Pierce applauds the entertainment at the festival. The Hibernians order was formed to fight persecution in the United States and ...

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  17. Hingis to join WTT's Washington Kastles in JulyRead the original story

    Mar 11, 2013 | USA Today

    ... 2 hours, 49 minutes to win the season-ending tournament. Hingis celebrates her first Grand Slam title, defeating Mary Pierce 6-2, 6-2 in the 1997 Australian Open final. Hingis, at right, with her Swiss Fed Cup teammates, Emanuelle Giaglia, left, and ...

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  18. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Piotr?Read the original story w/Photo

    Feb 14, 2013 | TennisGrandstand

    The WTA has had its share of infamous parents, particularly fathers, over the years. First there was Jim Pierce, Mary Pierce's father, who was physically and mentally abusive to Mary for the majority of her formative years. In November of 1992, the ...

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  19. Dow Corning Tennis Classic champion Lauren Davis finds the motivation for another fantastic finishRead the original story w/Photo

    Feb 10, 2013 | MLive.com

    ... another step to where I want to go." If Davis wants to join the ranks of Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova and Mary Pierce - players who used the Dow Corning Tennis Classic as a springboard to Grand Slam singles titles - Davis would do well to talk the ...

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  20. Midland Challenger still going strong at 25Read the original story w/Photo

    Feb 5, 2013 | USA Today

    ... big names have used the tournament as a springboard to greater success, including stars such as Justine Henin, Mary Pierce, Li Na, Maria Sharapova and Anna Kournikova. In some ways, organizers have used Midland's drawbacks - a dead-of-winter ...

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