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Putting the GOAT to rest, early French Open favorites, more mailbag

Yet today, Hewitt makes the short list of players we ought to admire the most. For all the prattling about "love of the game," here's a guy whose fondness
Jon Wertheim|
Putting the GOAT to rest, early French Open favorites, more mailbag
Putting the GOAT to rest, early French Open favorites, more mailbag

Yet today, Hewitt makes the short list of players we ought to admire the most. For all the prattling about "love of the game," here's a guy whose fondness (addiction?) for competition is such that he is still out there at age 33, treating his business with maximum professionalism, able to recalibrate his goals and continue to find fulfillment.

• And a second submission for long-lost siblings: Eugenie Bouchard and actress Maggie Grace.

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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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