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2023 Australian Open (real Tennis)
A Grand Slam in the sport of real tennis is earned by a player who holds the following titles in the same calendar year: * Australian Open (real tennis), Australian Open * US Open (court tennis), US Open * French Open * British Open (real tennis), British Open The concept was borrowed from lawn tennis's Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam. As not all events have been played in the same season, 1981 was the first year it was possible to attain all four major titles. In 1984, Chris Ronaldson was the first to win the Grand Slam. In 2000 and 2001, Robert Fahey earned back-to-back Grand Slams, and earned a third Grand Slam in 2008. Camden Riviere earned Grand Slams in 2017 and 2019. For women, Charlotte Cornwallis completed it in 2006, while Claire Fahey has done so on seven occasions so in 2010, 2011, 2012 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2024. Men's singles Prior to 1979, the British Open Singles Championship was awarded to the winner of the Prince's Club Shield, including after the dissolution o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Dear
James Patrick St. George Dear MBE (1910–1981) was an English racquets, court tennis, and squash player who effectively won world titles in three different sports during the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Personal life Dear was born in Fulham, London in 1910. He died in Windsor, Berkshire on 7 November 1981, at the age of 71. Rackets Dear won the Rackets World Championships from 1947 to 1954, losing the title to Geoffrey Atkins. Real tennis He also won the Real tennis world championship from 1955 to 1957. Squash Dear won the most prestigious title in squash, the British Open, in 1939, at a time when there was no official world championship and the British Open champion was acknowledged as the world's best. Dear was also the runner-up at the competition three times in the 1930s and twice in the late-1940s. Awards He was among seven British world champions honored at the inaugural Sports Writers' Association - which later became the Sports Journalists' Association in 1949. Dear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Filippelli
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1994 British Open (real Tennis)
The British Open is a real tennis tournament, with the men's draw held annually at Queen's Club in London, England, and the women's draw held at the Seacourt Tennis Club on Hayling Island. The men's event is a national Open carrying ranking points for the Real Tennis World Championship. The women's event does not carry any ranking points. History Challenge era The men's event was established in 1931 as the Prince's Club shield, and was originally a challenge format with Edgar Baerlein defeating Marylebone Cricket Club professional William Groom in the inaugural edition 3 sets to 2. A second challenge was held later the same year, with E Ratcliff defeating Moreton Morrell professional Ted Johnson in the same year. The event changed to a best of 13 format in 1932 with Groom defeating Ratcliff, but losing to amateur champion Lowther Lees in 1934. Lees would hold the title until 1938 where he was defeated by Queen's Club profesional Jim Dear. No challenges would be held during Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Bray
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1992 British Open (real Tennis)
The British Open is a real tennis tournament, with the men's draw held annually at Queen's Club in London, England, and the women's draw held at the Seacourt Tennis Club on Hayling Island. The men's event is a national Open carrying ranking points for the Real Tennis World Championship. The women's event does not carry any ranking points. History Challenge era The men's event was established in 1931 as the Prince's Club shield, and was originally a challenge format with Edgar Baerlein defeating Marylebone Cricket Club professional William Groom in the inaugural edition 3 sets to 2. A second challenge was held later the same year, with E Ratcliff defeating Moreton Morrell professional Ted Johnson in the same year. The event changed to a best of 13 format in 1932 with Groom defeating Ratcliff, but losing to amateur champion Lowther Lees in 1934. Lees would hold the title until 1938 where he was defeated by Queen's Club profesional Jim Dear. No challenges would be held during Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Snow (real Tennis)
Julian Snow (born 16 June 1964) is a champion amateur real tennis player. Snow learned to play the sport as a pupil at Ludgrove School. He has won 19 British Amateur Singles Championships (1987–1989, 1991–2005, 2012), eclipsing Howard Angus' previous record of 16 wins. He also won the Field Trophy with Leamington in 2020, 8 national Open titles: 4 British Opens (1992–1994, 1998), 2 US Opens (1996,1997), French Open (1992), and Australian Open (1992), as well as 15 Open doubles titles (6 US, 4 French, 3 Aus, 2 British) between 1985 & 2015. He was ranked No. 1 in the world from November 1992 to October 1993, and won the inaugural World Championship Doubles with American professional Tim Chisholm in 2001 at the Burroughs Club, Middlesex University in north London. Julian Snow challenged for the World Championship four times, reaching the challenge round in 1998 when he lost 7 sets to 4 to Robert Fahey in Melbourne. He has worked as futures trader and as a full-time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachlan Deuchar
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Wayne Davies (real Tennis)
Wayne Davies may refer to: *Wayne Davies (football manager), for Port Talbot Town F.C. * Wayne Davies (real tennis), see Grand Slam (real tennis) A Grand Slam in the sport of real tennis is earned by a player who holds the following titles in the same calendar year: * Australian Open * US Open * French Open * British Open The concept was borrowed from lawn tennis's Grand Slam. As not all ... See also * Wayne Davis (other) {{hndis, Davies, Wayne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Willis (real Tennis)
Frank Willis may refer to: * Frank B. Willis (1871–1928), American politician *Frank Willis (canoeist) Francis Martin Willis (October 13, 1915 – November 2, 1991) was a Canadian canoeist who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He died in Kingston, Ontario. In 1936 he and his partner Edward Deir Edward J. Deir (February 21, 1915 – M ... (1915–1991), Canadian canoeist See also * Francis Willis (other) {{hndis, Willis, Frank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gene Scott (tennis)
Eugene Lytton Scott (December 28, 1937 – March 20, 2006) was an American tennis player, tournament director, author, and publisher. His active tennis career lasted from the 1950s to mid-1970s. Scott's highest U.S. ranking as an amateur was No. 4 in 1963, and he reached as high as World No. 7 in 1967. Early years Scott was the grandson of Dr. Eugene C. Sullivan, one of the inventors of Pyrex and chair and president of Corning Glass Works. He graduated with a BA in history from Yale University in 1960, where he was a member of Skull and Bones and lettered in tennis, ice hockey, soccer, and lacrosse. He earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1964. Tennis career Scott's highest U.S. ranking as an amateur was No. 4 in 1963, and he reached as high as World No. 7 in 1967.The Baltimore Sun, 12 September 1967 At the time, he was a member of the United States Davis Cup team, and was both teammate and roommate of Arthur Ashe. They remained friends, and with Charlie P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Ariel Bedwin Johnson
Albert Ariel Bedwin "Jack" Johnson (5 December 1914''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 9 March 1996) was an English real tennis player. Johnson was real tennis world champion from 1957 through 1959. Johnson, a native of Moreton Morrell, emigrated from the United Kingdom to the United States, and died in Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ... in 1996.''U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007'' See also * Real tennis world champions References External links * 1914 births 1996 deaths English real tennis players Sportspeople from Warwickshire English emigrants to the United States {{England-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |