2015 Milestones

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The Wedding Of Andy Murray And Kim Sears : News Photo

MARRIED: Novak Djokovic; Andy Murray; Tomas Berdych; David Ferrer; Feliciano Lopez; and Lukas Rosol.

ENGAGED: Petra Kvitova and hockey player Radek Meidl.

SEPARATED: Maria Sharapova and Grigor Dimitrov; Stan Wawrinka and Ilham Vuilloud.

BORN: Richie Bryan, to Bob and Michelle Bryan; Stefan Djokovic, to Novak and Jelena Djokovic; Hank Wade Roddick, to Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker; Aaron Mauresmo, to Amelie Mauresmo and Sylvie Bourdon.

RETIRED: WTA chief Stacey Allaster, Mardy Fish, Jarkko Nieminen, Flavia Pennetta, Lisa Raymond, Robin Soderling.

HIRED: Dave Haggerty as ITF President; Steve Simon as WTA CEO; Martin Blackman as head of the USTA’s Player Development program.

HONORED: Serena became tennis’ first Sportsperson of the Year since Arthur Ashe in 1992…The US Open media center was named after Bud Collins…Amelie Mauresmo, David Hall and Nancy Jeffett were inducted into the Hall of Fame…Peter Burwash was inducted into the Tennis Industry Association Hall of Fame.

IN MEMORIAM: Stefano Capriati, Jimmy Evert, Mike Davies, Whitney Reed, Jim Westhall.