This should have been done years ago . The top man at the Open who created the atmosphere and theatre that made the tournament what it is today.#legend
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Alejandro Navarro Trell
10 years ago
I think the stadiums names or venues, arenas , should be aim to those people who are unknown and are suffering in this life, people in the streets, people with diseases, people who nobody cares the only one who cares and love these people a lot is GOD.
I would ask to Jimmy Connors, with all my respects, that give the name of the stadium granstand to those people and put a commemorative paragraph for them.
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Nancy Lally
10 years ago
Best entertainer on court of all!
Intensity to the max!
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Jeff Mitchell
10 years ago
Jimmy deserves this honor. He made it very clear that winning the U.S. Open, his national championship, was the most important thing to him. He put his soul on display year after year in New York!!!
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Dan Martin
10 years ago
Mr. US Open as Stefan Edberg called him in 1991.
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Marco Lo Presti
10 years ago
He simply deserves it !!!
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Jimmy Roland
10 years ago
The main stadium should have been named after him! End if discussion. If they would have asked tennis fans or New Yorker's for that matter, it would have not been named after Arthur Ashe. Typical politics. What a shame. Naming the Grand Stand after Jimmy would be nothing more than an attempt to correct that mistake. But the USTA does not even have the integrity to do that.
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Scott
10 years ago
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This would be a nice gesture to a player that changed the way people looked at tennis as well as someone who did so much for the US Open.
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Govan Martin
10 years ago
Jimmy Connors absolutely deserves the honor of having the new stadium named after him. Passion, energy, and tenacity like no other that tennis, especially the US Open, has ever seen. Jimmy is a legend and is still talked about today.
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Laurie Schuster
10 years ago
Jimmy Connors Grandstand Stadium!
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gary oxley
10 years ago
Commonsense move. He gave American tennis to the world. A grandstand in his honor is required.
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Ralph giordano
10 years ago
Jimmy is the most important figure in men's tennis in the open era in New York's US open
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Zoe McGibbon
10 years ago
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His name is synonymous with the US Open. He was the first men's winner at Flushing Meadow. His '91 against-all-the-odds run has transcended even his five titles in popular memory. For all these reasons, he is legendary. But, above all of that, he connected with the US Open crowd more than any other player in history.
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Neil Weingarten
10 years ago
Yes, it's fitting for Jimmy to have a stadium named for him. Let's do it!
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Matthew Harris
10 years ago
would be so fitting to name this new stadium after him
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Jana Gustafson
10 years ago
Jimmy Connors's name is practically synonymous with the U.S. Open. He deserves to be honored in this way.
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monville
10 years ago
Flushing Meadows is his tournament
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Clive parkinson
10 years ago
Thoroughly deserved!
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peter mountford
10 years ago
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hes American, hes won more tournaments than anyone else, he is the most charismatic player ever to play at flushing meadows, he is the new york spirit . he is a legend...
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onno alixanian
10 years ago
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Nobody deserves it more than Jimmy .. he has done so much for the game ..and he is an icon ...he also holds the record of most tournaments won .. that will never be broken ...!!
This should have been done years ago . The top man at the Open who created the atmosphere and theatre that made the tournament what it is today.#legend
I think the stadiums names or venues, arenas , should be aim to those people who are unknown and are suffering in this life, people in the streets, people with diseases, people who nobody cares the only one who cares and love these people a lot is GOD. I would ask to Jimmy Connors, with all my respects, that give the name of the stadium granstand to those people and put a commemorative paragraph for them.
Best entertainer on court of all! Intensity to the max!
Jimmy deserves this honor. He made it very clear that winning the U.S. Open, his national championship, was the most important thing to him. He put his soul on display year after year in New York!!!
Mr. US Open as Stefan Edberg called him in 1991.
He simply deserves it !!!
The main stadium should have been named after him! End if discussion. If they would have asked tennis fans or New Yorker's for that matter, it would have not been named after Arthur Ashe. Typical politics. What a shame. Naming the Grand Stand after Jimmy would be nothing more than an attempt to correct that mistake. But the USTA does not even have the integrity to do that.
This would be a nice gesture to a player that changed the way people looked at tennis as well as someone who did so much for the US Open.
Jimmy Connors absolutely deserves the honor of having the new stadium named after him. Passion, energy, and tenacity like no other that tennis, especially the US Open, has ever seen. Jimmy is a legend and is still talked about today.
Jimmy Connors Grandstand Stadium!
Commonsense move. He gave American tennis to the world. A grandstand in his honor is required.
Jimmy is the most important figure in men's tennis in the open era in New York's US open
His name is synonymous with the US Open. He was the first men's winner at Flushing Meadow. His '91 against-all-the-odds run has transcended even his five titles in popular memory. For all these reasons, he is legendary. But, above all of that, he connected with the US Open crowd more than any other player in history.
Yes, it's fitting for Jimmy to have a stadium named for him. Let's do it!
would be so fitting to name this new stadium after him
Jimmy Connors's name is practically synonymous with the U.S. Open. He deserves to be honored in this way.
Flushing Meadows is his tournament
Thoroughly deserved!
hes American, hes won more tournaments than anyone else, he is the most charismatic player ever to play at flushing meadows, he is the new york spirit . he is a legend...
Nobody deserves it more than Jimmy .. he has done so much for the game ..and he is an icon ...he also holds the record of most tournaments won .. that will never be broken ...!!