Tennis birthdays for the week of March 2-8.
March 2
South Africa's Kevin Curren, a four-time Grand Slam doubles winner, turns 56. Curren won the men's doubles crown at the US Open in 1982, and the mixed doubles crown at the US Open in 1981 and 1982. He won 26 doubles titles in his career, reaching No. 3 in the world in 1983. He was nearly as good in singles, reaching the finals of two Slams and topping out at No. 5 in the world in 1985.
March 3
Australia's Malcolm Anderson, three-time Grand Slam champion and Class of 2000 admission to the International Tennis Hall of Fame turns 79. Anderson won the US Open in 1957 as a singles player at age 22. Remarkably, he would make another singles Slam final in 1972 at age 36, losing the Australian Open title to Ken Rosewall. He helped Australia to Davis Cup titles in 1957 and 1973, and won three doubles Grand Slam titles - the Australian Open men's in 1973 and mixed in 1957, and the French men's in 1957.
March 5
Former Russian top five women's player Anna Chakvetadze turns 27. An eight-time WTA singles champion, Chakvetadze was forced into early retirement by a chronic back injury.
March 6
Current WTA No. 3 player Agnieszka Radwanska turns 25. A native of Poland, Radwanska has been ranked as high as No. 2 in the world and reached the 2012 Wimbledon finals. She is the first Polish player to ever reach a Grand Slam final.
March 7
Former men's No. 1, eight-time Grand Slam singles winner and 2001 inductee to the International Hall of Fame Ivan Lendl turns 54. Lendl won 94 ATP titles in his career, second-most in ATP history. Lendl missed winning the career singles Grand Slam by way of losing the Wimbledon final twice, both times to Boris Becker. He won the US Open three straight years (1985-1987), one of just three players along with John McEnroe and Roger Federer to accomplish that feat. Lendl began coaching the UK's Andy Murray for the 2012 season, with Murray breaking through for his first two Grand Slam titles in 2012 and 2013.
March 8
Current world No. 6 Petra Kvitova turns 24. Kvitova won the 2011 Wimbledon title and reached No. 2 in the world later that year.