By Nick Georgandis
May 15 - Scotland's Andy Murray, the 2012 US Open winner and Olympic gold medalist, is 26. Murray is ranked No. 3 in the world and has been as high as No. 2. After losing his first five Grand Slam finals, he broke the UK's 77-year drought by defeating Novak Djokovic in the final at Flushing Meadows. In 2011, he became just the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semifinals of all four Grand Slams in the same year.
May 16 - Two-time Grand Slam winner Gabriela Sabatini turns 43. Sabatini won the US Open singles title in 1990 and the Wimbledon doubles crown in 1988. She also won a pair of silver medals - for women's singles and doubles - at the 1988 Olympic Games. Her US Open title came at the expense of Steffi Graf, 6-2, 7-6, her lone win over the all-time great in Grand Slam play in 12 tries. Overall, Sabatini had an 11-29 record against Graf.
May 17 - Australian Tony Roche, who won 16 Grand Slam titles and coached four No. 1 players, turns 68. The native of Wagga Wagga reached No. 2 in the world in 1969 and won the 1966 French Open and reached the finals of three other Grand Slam events. He won 26 singles and 18 doubles titles overall and reached No. 1 in the world in doubles in 1965. He won the career Grand Slam in men's doubles with 13 titles total. He won the Australian Open doubles title five times - 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976 and 1977; the French Open twice (1967, 1969); the US Open once (1967) and Wimbledon five times (1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974). He also won two mixed doubles Grand Slams - the 1966 Australian Open and the 1976 Wimbledon.
May 18 - Yannick Noah, the last Frenchman to win at Roland Garros, turns 53. Noah was the sixth seed entering the tournament. Noah upset third-seeded Ivan Lendl in the quarterfinals, then destroyed countryman Christophe Roger-Vasselin in the semifinals after Vasselin had shocked No. 1 Jimmy Connors in the quarterfinals.In the final, he swept fifth-seeded Mats Wilander to take the title. He reached No. 3 in the world in singles and No. 1 in doubles, winning 23 singles titles and 16 doubles titles overall. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.
South African men's player Kevin Anderson turns 27. Anderson has won two career titles and been ranked as high as No. 36 in the world. He attended the University of Illinois and was a five-time all-American (thrice in singles, twice in doubles). At 6-feet, 8-inches, he is the third-tallest man to ever play pro tennis, trailing only 6-10 Ivo Karlovic and 6-9 John Isner.