NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- SiriusXM
announced today that International Tennis Hall of Famer
Jimmy Connors, a five-time US Open
Men's Singles Champion and one of the greatest to ever play the
game, will host a series of US Open specials airing on SiriusXM's
Mad Dog Sports Radio, channel 82.
Connors will broadcast live from the SiriusXM studios in
Manhattan alongside Christopher
"Mad Dog" Russo on Tuesday, September
8 (5:00 pm ET) and on
Thursday, September 10 (4:00 pm ET). On Saturday, September 12, Connors and SiriusXM's
Dan Graca will broadcast live
(9:00 am to noon ET) from the USTA
Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY, where they will preview that
day's Women's Singles Final and Men's Doubles Final, as well as the
next day's Men's Singles Final.
Connors will offer an unparalleled perspective on the US Open,
where he won five of his eight Grand Slam Singles Championships, as
well as a Men's Doubles title in 1975. He is also the only
player to win the US Open on three different surfaces.
"I'm very excited about entering this new chapter of my life,"
said Connors. "I look forward to sharing my background on
SiriusXM whilst tying it in and assessing the talent and tantrums
of today's players."
"Very few have had the extraordinary success in tennis, and in
the US Open in particular, that Jimmy has. He's also never
been one to hold back with his opinions," said Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's President and Chief
Content Officer. "As the tournament revs up in its second
week, we're very excited to have him on Mad Dog Sports Radio to
share his insight and experiences. Listeners should expect a
candid view of the competitors and their chances, as well as
Jimmy's thoughts on the state of the game today."
In a career that saw him competing against many of the game's
all-time greats – Bjorn Borg,
Ilie Nastase, Ivan Lendl and
John McEnroe among them – Connors
won a men's record 109 singles titles and won more matches than any
other male professional tennis player in the Open Era.
Connors reached the semifinals or better of a tennis major a total
of 31 times, a record recently surpassed by Roger Federer. Of the 31 major semifinals
Connors contested, he managed to win 15 of them and progress to the
final. Connors was inducted into the International Tennis
Hall of Fame in 1998 and Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA)
Hall of Fame in 1986.
SiriusXM is offering listeners nationwide live coverage of the
2015 US Open Tennis Championships through the Men's and Women's
Finals on September 12 and 13.
The daily coverage, airing courtesy of ESPN Audio, airs on Sirius
channel 219 and XM channel 205. Listeners will hear the
official US Open Radio call, presented by American Express.
SiriusXM listeners will get play-by-play broadcasts from
Arthur Ashe Stadium at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
Center in Flushing, plus
highlights from the outer courts, daily tournament analysis and
player interviews.
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