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Historic Wimbledon allows for lesser-known players to take the stage

• Sam of San Diego: If Sergiy Stakhovsky does not eventually win the Wimbledon champion's trophy, his older brother, Academy Award winning actor Roberto
Jon Wertheim|
Historic Wimbledon allows for lesser-known players to take the stage
Historic Wimbledon allows for lesser-known players to take the stage

• Sam of San Diego: If Sergiy Stakhovsky does not eventually win the Wimbledon champion's trophy, his older brother, Academy Award winning actor Roberto Benigni should be able to spare one of his Oscar trophies.

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Jon Wertheim
JON WERTHEIM

Jon Wertheim is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and has been part of the full-time SI writing staff since 1997, largely focusing on the tennis beat, sports business and social issues, and enterprise journalism. In addition to his work at SI, he is a correspondent for “60 Minutes” and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He has authored 11 books and has been honored with two Emmys, numerous writing and investigative journalism awards, and the Eugene Scott Award from the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Wertheim is a longtime member of the New York Bar Association (retired), the International Tennis Writers Association and the Writers Guild of America. He has a bachelor’s in history from Yale University and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He resides in New York City and Paris with his wife, who is a divorce mediator and adjunct law professor. They have two children.

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