"Hey, obviously I lost to the best player in the world," she said about her favorite doubles partner.

As doubles partners, they won two tournaments last year, reaching the final in seven others.

Philip and his cousin Howard were once tennis doubles partners.

In 1922, Clifford and Martin were tennis doubles partners on the school's team.

But she fell apart after hitting one poor volley, thus losing for the 31st time in 34 matches against her friend and doubles partner.

King said she was thrilled by the family's request that she be Capriati's first doubles partner.

There is a feeling that once Sabatini defeats her contemporary and doubles partner, the rivalry will be in full flower.

Bueno and King were rivals in singles and, on occasion, doubles partners.

That would only be natural, said Shriver, Navratilova's friend and doubles partner, when a player has not won a tournament in seven months.

She was a hospital visitor, sitting next to a close friend and doubles partner, who was on an IV drip.