Where The Boys Aren't - 07.09.12

	July 09, 2012 Where The Boys Aren't S.L. PRICE

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YEAR	AVERAGE AGE	NUMBER OF PLAYERS OVER 30	NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN TEENS
1990	24.8	11 John McEnroe, 31, is seeded fourth.	15 Pete Sampras (left), 18, is seeded No. 12. Among other teenagers in the draw: Michael Chang, Jim Courier, Goran Ivanisevic.
1991	24.9	9	7
1992	24.9	9	5
1993	24.9	11	5
1994	25	6	6 Tim Henman, 19, makes his Wimbledon debut.
1995	25.3	13	5
1996	25.4	15	5
1997	25.2	9	5
1998	25.3	10	2
1999	25.5	12 Boris Becker, 31, plays his final Wimbledon.	3
2000	25.6	13	6
2001	25.6	18	8 Roger Federer, 19, eliminates defending champion Sampras, 29, in the fourth round.
2002	25.5	15	4
2003	25.4	14	5
2004	25.7	20	4
2005	25.8	23	8
2006	26	17 Andre Agassi, 36, is seeded 25th at his last Wimbledon.	4 Novak Djokovic, 19, reaches the fourth round.
2007	26.2	19	7
2008	25.9	18	5
2009	26.5	19	2
2010	26.5	20	2
2011	26.9	24	2
2012	27.3	34	2 Bernard Tomic, 19, seeded No. 20, loses in the first round.

The graying of men's tennis since 1990 was evident during Week 1 of Wimbledon, where the average age and the number of players over 30 were record highs and the number of teenagers tied the alltime low.

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Source: HeavyTopspin.com

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	ARTICLES	GALLERIES	COVERS
Wimbledon	531	0	20
Tennis	2333	0	74
Pete Sampras	121	0	3
Boris Becker	61	0	2
Andre Agassi	147	0	3

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