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	Philippines Today - Sports/Fitness
		When you’re a realist, Henmania is a bit irritating and definitely reflects the sad state of British tennis.
		Henmania would soon be over, for me at least.
		The big Aussie is a real talent but is down two sets to one at the moment but he has to come bank from the brink to at least silence Henmania in the semifinals.
	www.philippinestoday.net /2003/July/sports1_703.htm (862 words)

	The Hindu : It's Henmania time once again
		Prince William turned 21 today and his handsome, smiling face dominated the front page of every single newspaper on the day of summer solstice, the longest day of the year, a day when the sun rose at 4.43 a.m.
		And, yes, the grass is lush green in the most famous piece of real estate where tennis is played _ the All England Lawn Tennis Club _ and Wimbledon is round the corner.
		That's a good piece of luck for Henman who needs all the luck in the world if he is to get the monkey off his back and realise a whole nation's great dream.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/2003/06/22/stories/2003062204431700.htm (751 words)

	March 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		At a guess, Henmania and Morgan had been a double act ever since the child said its first word, karma.
		Henmania stood behind her empowered one, folding her arms lovingly round the brat.
		Henmania looked at us slowly, one by one.
	www.wyverndowsing.freeserve.co.uk /Newsletters/mar04/march_2004.htm (3331 words)

	Henmania fizzles out in Wimbledon drizzle - Wimbledon 2003 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Put away the Union Jack hats and take down the "Tiger Tim" posters -- Britain's annual bout of "Henmania" is over for another year.
		For this island nation starved of sporting heroes, Tim Henman's pursuit of the ever elusive Wimbledon crown is one of the great rites of summer.
		For two weeks of the year, Henman ranks alongside England soccer captain David Beckham as a national icon and Becksmania battled Henmania for attention.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jul/10/6396_298076,001600200005.htm (515 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Brian Viner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A year from now he will be 30, which in tennis terms is pretty much time to find some good pipe tobacco, a pair of comfortable slippers and draw up a footstool.
		There is the new craze of Roomania, of course, but middle-aged ladies from Camberley in floral print dresses will never be able to embrace a Wayne as they have embraced a Tim. Paradoxically, I fear for them even if Henman does win the men's singles title this year.
		Henmania is a phenomenon based on hope, anticipation and optimism.
	comment.independent.co.uk /columnists_m_z/brian_viner/article43980.ece (644 words)

	Spectator, The: Henmania expects... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I was covering that match for the Times - one of those exciting occasions when your deadline dictates that you write 95 per cent of the piece without knowing who won.
		His easy charm and quintessential middle-class English diffidence were a natural part of Henmania -- except that Henman's particular diffidence is about as convincing as the diffidence of Vlad the Impaler.
		He has ended the debates we all had in the first year of Henmania: I think he'll be a top-20 player; I think he might make the top ten.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_199906/ai_n8862848 (616 words)

	Henmania - Tennis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Surely I'm not the only Brit that is totally baffled by so called "Henmania".
		Re: Henmania - Tennis - Stradling, Ed "Chris or Shell" wrote > To all you non-Brits reading this group it's been absolutely hilarious the > past week or so (as it is every year) in the British press.
		I am pretty confident now that a British tennis player will not win a grandslam in the next 25 years and I would bet all the money in the world on that....short of the UK importing players that is.
	www.greatsportstalk.com /Henmania-1237431-207-a.html (13916 words)

	spiked-life \| Column \| Offside, 13 July
		As 'Tiger' Tim roared into the Wimbledon semi-finals I was struck by the distinct lack of enthusiasm among my friends and workmates for the British number one.
		Admittedly, the respondents - all 26 of them - are not representative of the entire British population, but they do reflect a cross-section of young-ish metropolitan professionals (plus a few slackers).
		Henmania appears to have generated an equal and opposite reaction - 'Henphobia', if you like.
	www.spiked-online.com /Articles/00000002D18D.htm (703 words)

	Print Article: Henmania outbreak has the Poms crowing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Australia has some of the world's toughest quarantine regulations, and doubtless the Australian authorities have taken every possible precaution.
		In fact, this was 2 hours of such tedium that the only source of entertainment came from the line judges who appeared to have fallen asleep on their chairs.
		The crowd were bored, too, and by the end Henmania had been reduced from a fever to something more like a runny nose.
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/01/24/1074732655607.html (472 words)

	WTAworld.com - BBC Sport's Top tips for Wimbledon
		The women's draw is open and if Serena is playing at her best she should be too powerful for the other ladies.
		Henmania or Henmisery: Given his performance at Queen's and his service problems the third round looks a good bet.
		Henmania or Henmisery: It all depends on the draw.
	www.wtaworld.com /showthread.php?p=5627212 (1533 words)

	Britain gears up for annual outbreak of Henmania - Wimbledon 2003 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It has become as much a part of a British sporting summer as fruit-laden hats at Royal Ascot: Tim Henman raising hopes of a home triumph at Wimbledon to fever pitch.
		Four times in the last five years, the British number one has taken his fans on a rollercoaster ride from hope to heartache by advancing to the semi-finals only to stumble just as the biggest prize in tennis appears to be within his grasp.
		It normally only takes a couple of wins to get the juices flowing among Henman's most fervent supporters -- the bulk of them, it seems, middle-aged, middle-class women seduced by their hero's blend of considerable ability with an old-fashioned, understated Englishness.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Jun/11/6396_287295,001600200005.htm (646 words)

	Guardian \| Last throw for Henmania
		The British public has grown tired of vastly paid sportsmen - it is nearly always men - claiming cups and titles are within their grasp, only to see them slump to abject failure.
		Henmania began in 1996, when he reached his first quarter-final, and has been drummed up every year since.
		Two Wimbledon quarter-finals and two semi-finals have fuelled the vainglory, with Henman doing nothing to dampen the expectations.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4036999-104591,00.html (506 words)

	Macmillan Essential Dictionary Resource Site - Word of the Week - henmania
		The term Henmania was coined in the same year, when Tim reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals, the first British man to do so since Roger Taylor in 1973.
		It is sixty-seven years since Britain had a men's singles champion; Fred Perry was the last to win the Wimbledon title in 1936, before the Second World War.
		The term Henmaniac quickly followed Henmania as a description of someone 'suffering' from the condition, used as a countable noun or an adjective.
	www.macmillandictionary.com /essential/resources/new-words.htm (509 words)

	sport.iafrica.com \| today's news Henmania ready to explode
		Four times in the last five years, the British number one has taken his fans on a roller coaster ride from hope to heartache by advancing to the semifinals only to stumble just as the biggest prize in tennis appears to be within his grasp.
		Few would bet against a fresh outbreak of Henmania this year.
		It normally only takes a couple of wins to get the juices flowing among Henman's most fervent supporters — the bulk of them, it seems, middle-aged, middle-class women seduced by their hero's blend of considerable ability with an old-fashioned, understated Englishness.
	sport.iafrica.com /news/247218.htm (725 words)

	Henmania's just not cricket - smh.com.au
		If the British No.1 did not have enough on his shoulders with the weight of the nation's hopes of its first Wimbledon champion since 1936, his fans are being criticised for tarnishing the Championships.
		Henmania, the British broadsheets have decided, is just not dignified.
		The Times devoted part of its editorial yesterday to the Americanisation of the great English tournament, while letter writers have criticised the crowd for yelling "c'mon", "go Tim" and becoming excited when Henman looked like winning.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/05/1025667050292.html (340 words)

	rediff.com: sports channel - Henmania reigns but fans suffer agonies
		And he almost spoiled the script for a sports-mad country gripped by its annual attack of "Henmania".
		With the weight of the whole nation on his shoulders, Henman seized up with victory in sight on Wednesday but hung in there to win 7-5 7-6 2-6 7-6.
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	www.rediff.com /sports/2001/jul/05hen.htm (363 words)

	The Pitch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The spread of the disease is expected to peak later this month.
		Fortunately Henmania is instantly curable, usually vanishing without trace as soon as British interest in Wimbledon ceases.
		In the majority of cases Henmania sufferers will revert immediately to talking about house prices, playing golf or knitting.
	www.the-pitch.co.uk /henmania.html (303 words)

	spiked-life \| Column \| Offside, 10 July
		The Church of Henmania appears to be suffering from a CofE-style crisis of faith.
		My main gripe with Henmania, apart from the shocking taste in clothes of its adherents, is that it has turned the men's tournament aprés-Henman into a sideshow.
		In fact, his rather dismal record in the other Grand Slams, in which he has never reached the quarter-finals, indicates that he cannot raise his game without the shrill cries of 'Come on Tim!' ringing in his ears.
	www.spiked-online.com /Articles/00000006DE4D.htm (761 words)

	PR Newswire: "Henmania" symptoms demand official medical recognition.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		PR Newswire: "Henmania" symptoms demand official medical recognition.@ HighBeam Research
		London -- London, June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wimbledon is fast approaching and with it we are already starting to see the onset of "Henmania" symptoms and those tennis fans amongst you will recognise the signs instantly.
		Following a dramatic increase in "Henmania" sufferers (known as "Henmaniacs") over recent years finally, this year Robinsons is campaigning to have the condition officially recognised by the British Medical Association.
	static.highbeam.com /p/prnewswire/june172003/henmaniasymptomsdemandofficialmedicalrecognition (203 words)

	Scotsman.com Sport - Henmania starts early in Rotorua
		The unpleasant odour emanates from its famous natural spa and hot springs, although it will take more than a stomach-churning smell to put Sir Clive Woodward's Lions off their stride.
		We may have to wait a couple more weeks for this year's outbreak of Henmania at the All England Club - but a new strain of the fever has taken hold in New Zealand.
		Gavin Henson was virtually engulfed by reporters in Auckland, even making a TV newsgirl blush when he discussed the groin injury that ruled him out for the last two months of the season.
	sport.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=608262005 (1171 words)

	Evening Standard (London): Henmania rages as three ousted seeds make it advantage Tim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Henmania rages as three ousted seeds make it advantage Tim
		HENMANIA headed for fever pitch today as Britain's top tennis player prepared to appear at Wimbledon after yesterday's dramatic defeat of three top seeds.
		Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, who have won the men's single title between them for eight of the past 10 years, and the tournament's No2 seed Marat Safin were knocked by relatively unknown players.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4153/is_20020627/ai_n12008157 (571 words)

	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, ATP Tour - CBS SportsLine.com
		At this point, Henmania is not to be taken seriously.
		Aside from his one-word outburst, the atmosphere for the match was strangely subdued, perhaps because fans know Henmania perennially ends in heartbreak.
		The biggest ovation came at the end, and Henman returned the applause as he walked off the court.
	www.sportsline.com /tennis/story/7441901 (668 words)

	Henmania is really a big delusion - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		Henmania is really a big delusion - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		WIMBLEDON, for long associated with strawberries and cream, has in recent years become just as linked with "Henmania" which many consider as "Henmadness".
		This condition involves the worst affected sufferers marching up a hill known as Henman Hill and then after, invariably, the men's quarter finals, marching down again because Tiger Tim is once again not going to roar any more.
	archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2004/7/3/243876.html (159 words)

	The Hindu : Sport / Tennis : From Henmania to `Henmoania'
		Tim Henman had the home-court advantage on Wednesday, with Centre Court fans even violating Wimbledon etiquette by cheering his opponent's double-faults.
		There were not nearly enough of those, and `Henmania' turned to `Henmoania' when he lost to unseeded Mario Ancic 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-2.
		The defeat ended Henman's latest bid to become the first Briton to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/07/02/stories/2004070206802100.htm (434 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Wimbledon: Philippoussis ends Henmania
		Wimbledon will be a much quieter place today after Mark Philippoussis put an end to 'Henmania' for another year.
		The big serving Australian silenced the crowd by serving four aces to take the deciding game.
		Sixth seed Monica Seles advanced to the quarter-finals with a straight-sets win over Spain's Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario while the defending champion Lyndsay Davenport was also a straight sets winner over Jennifer Capriati.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/0704/tennis.html (224 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2000 Wimbledon - On the Court: Henmania runs wild in England - Tuesday July 04, 2000 07:04 PM
		Against that backdrop, the bizarre and vaguely disturbing national phenomena known as Henmania becomes slightly more understandable.
		With each round "our Tim" wins, Henmania accelerates by a power of 10.
		He came to Wimbledon in the throes of a mediocre year, having lost his previous two matches on grass.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/2000/wimbledon/news/2000/07/03/on_the_court (817 words)

	Tim deserves the outbreak of `Henmania' - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		Tim deserves the outbreak of `Henmania' - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		HOW does Richard Lamb dare to condemn `Henmania' as madness and imply that Tim is not worth this sort of popularity (Letters, July 3)?
		Any person who can bring the public together for a good cause, in Tim's case winning tennis matches, is well worth any amount of fan worship.
	archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2004/7/7/243711.html (190 words)

	WTAworld.com - Henmania has begun
		Jun 20th, 2002, 12:20 PM Henmania has begun.
		Jun 20th, 2002, 03:10 PM The British media should try not saying one word about Tim Henman in the lead up to Wimbledon and see if he wins, coz right now this hype and pressure isnt doing him any good.
		Jun 21st, 2002, 12:20 AM Henmania is purely for Sue Barkers...pleasure.
	www.wtaworld.com /archive/index.php/t-28007 (790 words)

	BigSoccer Boards - Henmania
		Oh Tim, this is gonna be your year, I can feel it in my toenails.
		I think this will be the year when i queue overnight for centre court tickets.
		When he arrives ask him if he's sleeping properly and would you like to prescribe him some punctuality.
	www.bigsoccer.com /forum/printthread.php?t=211326 (429 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2001 Wimbledon - Notebook: Britain is caught up in 'Henmania' again - Wednesday July 04, 2001 ...
		Posted: Wednesday July 04, 2001 4:49 PM English fans pack Aorangi Park to watch Tim Henman on a big screen TV.
		WIMBLEDON, England (AP) -- Britain is caught up in "Henmania" again.
		The land that gave the world tennis on grass hasn't won the Wimbledon men's title since Fred Perry in 1936.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /tennis/2001/wimbledon/news/2001/07/04/wednesday_notes_ap (896 words)

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