Sports
Ted Tinling, the English tennis couturier who once shocked the Establishment with his racy designs and later earned notoriety as the pre-eminent historian of women’s tennis, has died in his sleep in Cambridge, England.
May 24, 1990
Television
The world of women’s tennis is without a fashion star, moans Ted Tinling, the sport’s legendary fashion designer and chief of protocol for the Virginia Slims circuit.
Aug. 21, 1987
In his story on how Martina Navratilova blew the U.S.
Sept. 23, 1989
The sun will play hide-and-seek behind white, inoffensive clouds. -- Weather report for Day 4 of the French Open On Day 5, those clouds got downright offensive.
June 3, 1989
The best indication as to how Tracy Austin felt about her long-awaited comeback came when Ted Tinling was making the pre-match introductions Wednesday night at the San Diego Tennis and Racquet Club.
Aug. 4, 1988
They made the women’s draw for this week’s U.S.
Aug. 29, 1988
In what may be the most famous breakup of a successful act since Sonny and Cher, Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver are no longer a doubles team.
Aug. 9, 1989
Pam Shriver and Elise Burgin have been friends since they were 8 years old, so right after Shriver put her racket down following her match Thursday, she phoned Burgin in Baltimore.
March 10, 1989
Eighteen-year-old Brenda Schultz is 6-foot-1 and weighs 170 pounds, which may make her the Netherlands’ biggest export.
March 7, 1989
If the 1987 Virginia Slims of Los Angeles was remembered as the final step of Steffi Graf’s ascendancy to the No. 1 spot in women’s tennis, then this year’s event may well be known as the second step of a comeback.
Aug. 8, 1988