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1959 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Alex Olmedo defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1959 Wimbledon Championships. Ashley Cooper was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Seeds Alex Olmedo (champion) Neale Fraser ''(quarterfinals)'' Nicola Pietrangeli ''(first round)'' Bobby Wilson ''(quarterfinals)'' Barry MacKay ''(semifinals)'' Luis Ayala ''(quarterfinals)'' Kurt Nielsen ''(second round)'' Roy Emerson Roy Stanley Emerson (born 3 November 1936) is an Australian former tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a caree ... ''(semifinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1959 Wimbledon Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Olmedo
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Eduardo Argon
Eduardo P. Argon (born 1929) is a former Uruguayan tennis player. Argon won the 1954 Riviera Championships at Menton in March of that year, defeating Aleco Noghes in the final. He reached Wimbledon's second round in men's single twice, in 1954 and 1957. He also reached the third round in Wimbledon men's double twice, in 1954, 1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third .... He continued playing tennis also after retirement, well into his 80s. Career finals Singles References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argon, Eduardo Uruguayan male tennis players 1929 births Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Otway
Mark Anthony Otway (9 October 1931 – 2014) was a New Zealand tennis player. Born in Takapuna in 1931, Otway was educated at Takapuna Grammar School, and then, from 1946 to 1948, Mount Albert Grammar School. He competed at Wimbledon on eight occasions between 1954 and 1965, and once at the Australian Championships, in 1951. He represented New Zealand in seven Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ... ties between 1954 and 1961. He won the Northern Lawn Tennis Singles Championship in 1960 and was runner-up in the singles at the Surrey Grass Court Championships in 1962. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Otway, Mark 1931 births 2014 deaths New Zealand male tennis players People from Takapuna People educated at Takapuna Grammar School People educated at Mount Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Jan-Erik Lundqvist (born 14 April 1937) is a Swedish former international tennis player. During the entire 1960s he was Sweden's best tennis player. At the height of his career, he won at least 35 international titles and played 91 Davis Cup-matches from 1957 to 1970. Lundqvist was ranked among the 10 best amateur players (rankings made by leading tennis journalist Lance Tingay at the ''Daily Telegraph'') in the world during most of the 1960s, reaching as high as world No. 3 in 1964. Lundqvist declined professional offers from Jack Kramer in 1960 and 1965. Davis Cup anchor The Swedish Davis Cup team with Lundqvist as anchor reached the Inter-Zonal final against Mexico in 1962 and Australia in 1964. Lundqvist is the most successful Davis Cup single player Sweden has ever had with his 47 wins. 35 international titles in 46 finals In 1964 he won, among other titles, Italian Open and was ranked number 3 in the world after Roy Emerson and Fred Stolle. In 1965 Lundqvist was appoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Becker
Roger Becker (6 February 1934 – 6 November 2017) was a British tennis player. Besides tennis, Becker competed in cricket, football, and golf; all were well within his grasp. However, in 1949 he chose tennis to the dismay of the players of the other sports. In 1952, Becker played in the Davis Cup at 18 years of age, the youngest British player to have done so at the time. His record stood until 2005 when it was broken by Andy Murray at the age of 17. He later served as Paul Hutchins Paul Raymond Hutchins (5 April 1945 – 14 March 2019) was a British tennis player and Davis Cup player. He was the longest serving British Davis Cup captain, being in charge for 31 matches and 13 years, including the 1978 final. Biography B ...' coach for a time. References External linksGuardian article 1934 births 2017 deaths English male tennis players British male tennis players Tennis people from Greater London Professional tennis players before the Open Era {{UK-tennis- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Barrett (tennis)
John Edward Barrett, (born 17 April 1931) is a former tennis player, television commentator and author. He was born in Mill Hill, North West London, the son of Alfred Edward Barrett, a leaf tobacco merchant, and Margaret Helen Barrett (née Walker). He had one sister, Irene Margaret Leppington (1925–2009), a research chemist. His father had the rare distinction of having played both for Leicester Tigers RFC as a wing three-quarter and for Leicester Fosse FC (the former Leicester City) as a wing half. Biography Educated at University College School in Hampstead, he was a prominent British junior tennis player and won the National Schoolboy title in 1948. He also played three years of junior country rugby for Middlesex, captaining an unbeaten team in his last year. He was twice the Royal Air Force tennis champion during his period of National Service which he completed before going up to St. John's College, Cambridge (1951–1954), where he gained an honours degree in History. ... [...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. 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 Knight's best slam performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1959 French Championships. He won the mixed doubles at the same tournament, partnering Yola Ramírez. He won the singles title at the German Championships in Hamburg in 1959. Knight was a frequent member of the British Davis Cup team between 1955 and 1964, reaching the Inter-Zonal group in 1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Leschly
Jan Leschly (born 11 September 1940) is a Danish businessman and former professional tennis player. He was a semi finalist in the men's singles at the 1967 U.S. National Championships, and a quarter finalist in doubles at the1966 Wimbledon Championships. Between 1957 and 1973 he won 18 career titles in singles. Tennis career He was a tour tennis professional from the late the 1950s to the early 1970s. In July 1957 won his played and won his first title the East of England Championships on grass at Felixstowe. Between 1959 and 1971 he participated in nine Wimbledon Championships and achieved his best result in 1966 when he reached the fourth round of the singles event and, partnering with his countryman Jørgen Ulrich (uncle of Lars Ulrich whose father is Torben Ulrich), the quarterfinals of the doubles event. Jan Leschly was in the semifinal of the US Championship at Forest Hills in 1967, where he lost to Clark Graebner in five sets. He was ranked World No. 10 for 1967 in Lance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Tattersall
James Irvine Tattersall (27 March 1940 – 4 February 1997) was a British professional tennis player who became active from mid-1950s to early-1960s. Career Tattersall defeated Ivo Ribeiro of Brazil in the boys' singles final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1957 in straight sets. He also won the boys' doubles and became the youngest British No. 1 in junior tennis. In the same year, he was a member of the Duffield Lawn Tennis Club first tennis team. During the previous year, 1956 and as a 16 year–old, Tattersall also won the boys' doubles as well as the junior mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon. Apart from Wimbledon, Tattersall also participated at the 1960 U.S. National Championships, where he was defeated by Roy Emerson in the first round in straight sets. In 1961, he participated at the U.S. Clay Court Championships and after he defeated Andy Paton, Jr. in the first round, he was defeated by the eventual champion, Barry MacKay in the second round. Tattersall announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ika Panajotovic
Ilija "Ika" Panajotovic ( sr, Илија Панајотовић, Ilija Panajotović; 25 April 1932 – 18 July 2001) was a Serbian-American film producer and tennis player. Tennis career Panajotovic, who made the junior semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1948, won back to back Yugoslavian Junior Championship titles in 1948 and 1949. The Serbian competed in 12 Grand Slam tournaments during his career, all in the 1950s. He appeared at Wimbledon seven times and played in the French Championships on five occasions. From 1953 to 1959, Panajotovic participated in Wimbledon every year and made the third round in the 1958 Championships. He had a five set win over Akhtar Ali in the second round, before exiting to tournament with a loss to sixth seed Kurt Nielsen. In the men's doubles he also had success, with Panajotovic and his partner Ivko Plećević reaching the quarter-finals. Panajotovic was the Yugoslavian national champion in 1958 and 1959. In Davis Cup tennis, Panajotovic took part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaidip Mukerjea
Jaidip Mukerjea (born 21 April 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from India. Personal life Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das. He completed his schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta. Tennis career Juniors Mukerjea won the Indian National Junior Championship in 1959. He then began to play overseas, and was the runner-up at the The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament in 1960 Wimbledon Championships#Boys' Singles, 1960. Amateur/Pro tour Mukerjea's international breakout year came in 1962, when he made the fourth round of the 1962 U.S. National Championships (tennis), U.S. Championships. He reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 1963 Wimbledon Championships, 1963 and 1964 Wimbledon Championships, 1964, and reached the fourth round at the French Open (tennis), French Championships in 1965 French Championships (tennis), 1965. 1966 was Mukerjea's most successful year. He again reached the fourth round at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Władysław Skonecki
Wladyslaw Skonecki (13 July 1920 – 12 June 1983) was a Polish tennis player. Career Skonecki was born in Tomsk, in the Soviet Union on 13 July 1920. He played his first tournament in 1945 at the Polish National Championships. His career highlights include winning of Budapest International Championships in 1949, Monte Carlo Championships in 1953 and 1955, the Italian Riviera Championships at San Remo in 1953, 1954, the Ortisei Tournament 1953, In 1955 he also won titles at Beaulieu, Gallia Cannes, Menton, Nice and the Queens Covered Court Championships. In addition he won the British Covered Court Championships in 1955, the Central India Championships in 1955 and 1956, and the Ceylon Championships in 1955. Also in 1955 he won the South of France Championships In 1958 he won the West Berlin Championships.Waic He won his final tournament at the Polish Indoors in 1965. Skonecki played his final tournament at the Aix-en-Provence Golden Racket Trophy in Aix-en-Provence Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |