''Tennis on TNT'' is a television program produced by the basic

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network

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that broadcasts the main professional tennis tournaments in the United States. From

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- 2002, TNT alongside

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(and CNNfn in 2002 due to the former shutting down operations earlier in the year) broadcast same day, weekday coverage (approximately 89 hours of programming with TNT covering about 61 hours in prime time) of Wimbledon, replacing sister network HBO. TNT was ultimately replaced by

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while

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still handled the American broadcast television portion of Wimbledon coverage.

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would eventually gain exclusive rights to Wimbledon, starting with the 2012 tournament.

Commentators

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(men's play-by-play) *

Mary Carillo Mary Carillo (born March 15, 1957) is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is an analyst for '' Tennis on NBC'' and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts. Career Tennis Carillo played on the women's professional ...

(analyst/reporter/women's play-by-play) *

Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of ...

(men's analyst) *

Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison (born November 16, 1963) is an American former professional tennis player. Garrison was the runner-up in singles at the 1990 Wimbledon Championships, a three-time major mixed doubles champion, and an Olympic gold and bronze m ...

(women's analyst) *

Jim Huber Jim Huber (August 28, 1944 – January 2, 2012) was an American sports commentator, writer, and essayist. He worked as a sports anchor for the former CNN Sports Illustrated, before joining Turner Sports in 2000. Huber was raised in Ocala, Flor ...

(essayist) *

Ernie Johnson, Jr. Ernest Thorwald Johnson Jr. (born August 7, 1956) is an American sportscaster for Turner Sports. Johnson is currently the television voice and a studio host for Major League Baseball on TBS, hosts ''Inside the NBA'' for NBA on TNT, TNT, and N ...

(studio host) * Phil Jones (reporter) * Barry MacKay (women's play-by-play) * Martina Navratilova (women's analyst)

References

External links

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