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1957 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall were the defending champions, but Rosewall was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Gardnar Mulloy and Budge Patty defeated Hoad and Neale Fraser in the final, 8–10, 8–6, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championship. Seeds Neale Fraser / Lew Hoad ''(final)'' Ham Richardson / Vic Seixas ''(third round)'' Mal Anderson / Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper ''(quarterfinals)'' Nicola Pietrangeli / Orlando Sirola ''(semifinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1957 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles 1957 Wimbledon Championships, Men's Doubles Wimbledon Championship by year – Men's doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C., and centenarian, turned 100 in November 2013. During his career he won five Grand Slam doubles tournaments and was a member of the winning Davis Cup team on three occasions. Mulloy played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Tennis career While he was the tennis coach at the Miami Hurricanes, University of Miami, Mulloy recruited Pancho Segura for the Miami Hurricanes men's tennis, tennis team. Segura won three straight NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championship, NCAA singles titles in 1943, 1944, and 1945. Segura went on to enjoy a successful professional tennis career, competing against the top touring professional players from 1947 until his retirement in 1962. Mulloy was inducted into the University of Miami Spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Becker
Roger Becker (6 February 1934 – 6 November 2017) was a British tennis player. Becker also played in cricket, football, and golf before pursuing tennis competitively in 1949. In 1952, Becker played in the Davis Cup when he was 18, the youngest British player to ever play in the tournament. His record stood until 2005, when it was defeated by 17 year old Andy Murray Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio .... Becker later served as Paul Hutchins' coach for a time. References External linksGuardian article 1934 births 2017 deaths English male tennis players British male tennis players People from Croydon Tennis players from the London Borough of Croydon Professional tennis players before the Open Era 20th-century English sportsmen {{UK-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrés Gimeno
Andrés Gimeno Tolaguera (3 August 1937 – 9 October 2019) was a Spanish tennis player. His greatest achievement came in 1972, when he won the French Open and became the oldest first-time Grand Slam champion in the Open era at 34 years of age. Early years Andrés came from a family which loved tennis, and his father Esteban supported his efforts to play the game. Esteban had been a good tennis player and he became Andres' coach. They practiced at Real Club de Tenis Barcelona. At an early age Andres started to become a really good tennis player, winning some important tournaments in his region. At age sixteen, he won the U-18 Championship of Spain. In 1954, he won the Championship of Spain in the doubles category playing with Juan Manuel Couder. At the same time, he stopped studying to focus on his tennis career. He was not only a successful tennis player in Spain, but also represented his country throughout Europe. He played in the Galea's Cup, the European Championship U21, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Hann
Michael Preston Hann (born 24 August 1937) is a former British tennis player who won the Wimbledon Boys' singles title in 1955. Tennis career In 1955 Hann won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles title when he beat Jan-Erik Lundqvist in the final. Hann competed on the amateur circuit during the 1950s and 60s and won 12 titles, all in the United Kingdom. In June 1953, two months before his 16th birthday, Hann won the Chapel Allerton Gentleman's Singles Championships in Leeds. He also won this Championship in 1954 and 1956. Hann participated at the Wimbledon Championships, in the singles and/or doubles, for a period of 13 years from 1955 to 1967. His best results were to reach the third round in the singles on three occasions and the fourth round in doubles once, in 1963 when he and his partner, Roger Taylor lost to Gordon Forbes and Abe Segal Alan Abraham Segal (23 October 1930 – 4 April 2016) was a South African tennis player. Early life and career He was born in Johannesbu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg Bennett (tennis)
Reginald D. Bennett (born 18 August 1937) is a former British tennis player. Bennett was raised in the town of Bexhill-on-Sea in Sussex. He won the singles titles at the Scottish Championships, South of England Championships and Harpenden Open in 1957. In 1958, he won the Carmarthenshire Championships. In 1960 he was a finalist at the Western States Championships. He played collegiate tennis in the United States for Lamar Tech and was the 1959 NAIA singles champion. One of his career best wins came over the American top 10 player Gil Shea in Manchester and he beat Gene Scott in the first round of the 1961 Wimbledon Championships The 1961 Wimbledon Championships took place on the outdoor grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. The tournament ran from 26 June until 8 July.2010 Wimbledon Compendium, by Alan Little ( .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Reg 1937 births Living peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaías Pimentel
Isaías "Iyo" S. Pimentel (16 February 1933 – 26 June 2017) was a Venezuelan international tennis player. He was a quarter finalist in singles at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships. He was active from 1952 to 1974 and won 6 career singles titles. Playing career Born on the Dutch island of Curaçao in 1933, Pimentel was three times Curaçaoan champion. He played his first senior tournament at the Colombian International in 1952. In 1955 whilst on tour in Great Britain he won his first singles title at the Worcestershire Championships on grass against Arsenio Motolko. In 1956 he won the singles title at the Santander International in Spain against Juan Manuel Couder. In 1958 he won the singles title at the Hoylake and West Kirby Open in England against Roy Stilwell. In 1965 he won the singles title at the Campeonato Bolivariano (Bolivian Championships) against Miguel Olvera. In 1971 he won his final singles title at the Centro Italiano-Venezolano Championship against Ismael S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando H
Orlando commonly refers to: * Orlando, Florida, a city in the United States Orlando may also refer to: People * Orlando (given name), a masculine name, includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (surname), includes a list of people with the name * Orlando (Frankish warrior) (died 778), the military leader best known as Roland who inspired the Italian medieval icon "Orlando" Fictional characters * Orlando (character), the central character in a sequence of Italian verse romances from Dante, Ariosto and others * Orlando (''As You Like It''), a character in William Shakespeare's ''As You Like It'' * Orlando, the title character of '' Orlando: A Biography'', a novel by Virginia Woolf, and its film and stage adaptations * Orlando (fictional cat), central figure in Katherine Hale's ''The Marmalade Cat'' 1938–1972 series of children's books * Orlando, a character from the comic book ''The Invisibles'' * Orlando, a character from a comic book series ''The League of Extraordi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Pickard
John Anthony Pickard (born 13 September 1934) is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg. Career Pickard won the 1959 Newport Casino Invitational tournament on grass with long best-of-five sets match wins against Noel Brown, Donald Dell, and Ron Holmberg in the final. Pickard won the 1961 British Covered Court Championships in London defeating Manuel Santana in the final. He also won the 1962 London Hard Court Championships on clay at The Hurlingham Club defeating Roger Becker and Warren Jacques in the last two rounds. Pickard captained the Great Britain Davis Cup team led by Tim Henman, and was Greg Rusedski's coach in 1997–98. Has also coached Anne Keothavong Anne Viensouk Keothavong (born 16 September 1983) is a British former tennis player. In her career, she won a total of 28 titles on the ITF Women's Circuit, and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 48 (achieved F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Knight (tennis)
William Arthur Knight (born 12 November 1935) is a former tennis player from Great Britain who competed on the amateur tour in the 1950s and 1960s. He was active from 1951 to 1968 and won 47 career singles titles. a quarter finalist at the French Championships in 1959 and a clay court specialist where most his titles came, but also won titles on grass and wood indoor courts. His biggest wins were winning the British Hard Court Championships (1958, 1963–1964), British Covered Court Championships (1960), German International Championships (1959) Tennis career Juniors Before focusing on tennis Knight also played table tennis and won the English singles title in 1951. As a tennis junior he won both the 1953 Wimbledon and 1954 Australian Championships Boys' Singles tournaments. Amateur tour He played and won his first tournament at the Bude Open in 1951. Knight's best slam performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1959 French Championships. He won the mixed doubles a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Saiko
Franz Saiko (16 February 1931 – 28 August 2012) was an Austrian tennis player. A native of Vienna, Saiko was a regular fixture in the Austria Davis Cup team from 1954 to 1962, winning a total of 22 rubbers. His best win came against Britain's Mike Sangster in a 1962 tie in Vienna. Saiko was not known to tour much overseas but made several appearances at the Wimbledon Championships. In 1954 he reached the doubles round of 16 with Hans Redl Hans Redl (January 19, 1914 – May 26, 1976) was an Austrian tennis player and administrator who played at the highest level despite the loss of his left arm in World War II. Biography Born in Vienna on January 19, 1914, he rose to become o .... Outside of tennis he worked as a pharmacist. See also * List of Austria Davis Cup team representatives References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saiko, Franz 1931 births 2012 deaths Austrian male tennis players Tennis players from Vienna 20th-century Austrian sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Huber (tennis)
Alfred "Freddie" Huber (15 May 1930 – 25 May 1972) was an Austrian tennis and ice hockey player. He began his tennis career in 1946. He won the British Covered Court Championships in 1956. He competed at Wimbledon in 1949–57, but never advanced through the third round. He competed in the hockey tournament at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (; ; ; ) and commonly known as St. Moritz 1948 (; ), were a winter multi-sport event held from 30 January to 8 February 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the .... References External links * 1930 births 1972 deaths Austrian ice hockey goaltenders Austrian male tennis players Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Austria Sportspeople from Klagenfurt Tennis players from Vienna 20th-century Austrian sportsmen {{Austria-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Bassett
Glenn Noble Bassett (May 22, 1927 – August 18, 2020) was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century who later would be one of the most successful college tennis coaches of all time. Early Bassett was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His family moved to California in 1929 and to Santa Monica, California when he was twelve. He attended Lincoln Junior High School where he took up tennis practicing by hitting the ball against the garage door. He became a star quickly in tournaments by the time he attended Santa Monica High School. He would later return there as a teacher and a winning coach that led Samohi to five straight CIF team titles (1962 – 1966) which in turn led to his offer to coach at his beloved alma mater, UCLA. Career Player Bassett was the co-captain (with Herb Flam) of the University of California at Los Angeles tennis team that won the NCAA championship 1950. Also in 1950, he won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters, defeating Ham Richardson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |