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Don Tregonning
Donald Philip Tregonning (26 November 1928 – 14 September 2022) was an Australian professional tennis player and coach. Tregonning, a student of Melbourne coach Mick Sweetnam, was a member of the international amateur and professional tennis communities, reaching the mixed doubles semi finals of the 1953 Australian Open, playing twice in the quarter-finals of doubles competitions at the Australian Open ( 1949, 1953) and reaching the quarter-finals of the Wembley Professional Championships in 1953. Tregonning played in a famous 1953 Australian Championships Round 1 match in which the umpire left the grounds to "go to (his) tea". Tregonning is the former head-coach at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club (then the site of the Australian Open), Danish national coach, and for 30 years he coached the Japanese national team and helped them to a 3–2 upset over Australia in the "Australian Davis Cup". His clientele included Wimbledon finalist Kurt Nielsen, Wimbledon Ladies' Doubles Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Durham
William Durham is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was a junior doubles champion at the 1972 Australian Open. Durham reached a career high ranking of 202 while competing on the professional tour and made regular Australian Open appearance in the 1970s. He also qualified for the main draw of the 1973 Wimbledon Championships, where he had a first round win over Soviet Davis Cup player Sergei Likhachev, before losing his next match in five sets to Russell Simpson (tennis), Russell Simpson. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Durham, Bill Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian male tennis players Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions 20th-century Australian people Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Tobin (tennis)
Brian Reginald Tobin (5 December 1930 – 22 April 2024) was an Australian tennis player and executive who was the president of the International Tennis Federation from 1991 to 1999. He was awarded the Order of Australia in 1986 and the Olympic Order in 1999. Apart from awards, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 2004. Early life and education Tobin was born on 5 December 1930 in Perth, Western Australia. As a teenager, Tobin played Australian rules football before switching to tennis. He attended Christian Brothers' College, Perth for his post-secondary education. Career As a tennis player, Tobin appeared at his first Grand Slam tournament during the 1949 Australian Championships. During the 1950s and 1960s, he played in multiple Australian Championships in singles and doubles events. Outside of Australia, Tobin participated at the 1964 French Championships where he reached the first round in doubles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Golden (tennis)
Grant Golden (August 21, 1929 – December 15, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American amateur tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. Golden was ranked in the U.S. top 10 in singles in 1953, 1956, and 1957, and was ranked # 2 in the U.S. in doubles in 1953. Early and personal life Golden, the son of Sophie and Abe Golden, was Jewish. His wife was Karyl (nee Gesmer) Golden. He was awarded the Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant for Meritorious Service, Far East Command, U.S. Army. Tennis career Golden played collegiate tennis from 1948 to 1951 at Northwestern University, where he was Big Ten Conference singles and doubles champion in 1950, and named an All-America, All American. He earned his doubles title with Bill Landin. He won the Illinois State Singles Championship 13 times, and the Western Indoor Singles Championship 10 consecutive times. Golden won the United States National Indoor Doubles championship in 1957 and 1958, and the United States National Clay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irvin Dorfman
Irvin "Irv" Sherrod Dorfman (September 3, 1924 – October 8, 2006) was an outstanding amateur American tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. He was ranked No. 15 in singles in the United States in 1947, and No. 3 in doubles in the U.S. in 1948. Early and personal life He was born in Brooklyn, the son of Belle and Nat Dorfman, and was Jewish. During World War 2, he was in the US Navy. He was married to Eileen Merl Dorfman and Jane Randall (originally Rosenbaum), with whom he had a daughter, Andrea Dorfman. He had a younger sister, Marcia Katz. His grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia. Tennis career Dorfman played his collegiate tennis at Yale University. In 1946 he won the Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Title. He also won the 1947 Connecticut State Tournament in singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles. He graduated from that Ivy League school in 1947. At the Cincinnati Masters, Dorfman reached the 1948 singles final, only to fall to Herbert "Buddy" Behr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Scharenguivel
Douglas Herman Scharenguivel (23 July 1918 — 10 July 1995) was a British-Sri Lankan tennis player. Scharenguivel grew up in what was then British Ceylon, where he was a junior tennis champion. Post-war he moved to Bristol to complete his studies and found work as a civil engineer, living during this time in the town of Filton. A Gloucestershire county captain, Scharenguivel reached the singles second round at Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon on three occasions, was a two-time Exmouth Open singles champion and won the Bristol Open, West of England Championships in doubles. He won the singles title at Bath every year from 1947 to 1952. In 1953 he was called up to the Sri Lanka Davis Cup team, Ceylon Davis Cup team for the country's debut tournament appearance and played a tie against the Netherlands Davis Cup team, Netherlands in Scheveningen. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scharenguivel, Doug 1918 births 1995 deaths Sri Lankan male tennis players Tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
In the 1952 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles tennis competition, number one seed Frank Sedgman defeated number two seed Jaroslav Drobný in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 to win the title. Dick Savitt was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Mervyn Rose. Progress of the tournament Drobný was representing Egypt, having defected from Czechoslovakia in 1949 and been offered Egyptian citizenship in 1950. It was his second Wimbledon men's singles final, and he defected the number 5 and 6 seeds (Australia's Ken McGregor and the US's Herbie Flam) to get there. Another Australian, number 8 seed Mervyn Rose, having defeated Savitt, was beaten by the eventual champion, Sedgman, in the semifinals. Seeds Frank Sedgman (champion) Jaroslav Drobný ''(final)'' Vic Seixas ''(quarterfinals)'' Dick Savitt ''(quarterfinals)'' Ken McGregor ''(quarterfinals)'' Herbie Flam ''(semifinals)'' Eric Sturgess ''(quarterfinals)'' Mervyn Rose ''(se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Norgarb
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to: Places Europe * León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León * Province of León, Spain * Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 * León (historical region), composed of the Spanish provinces León, Salamanca, and Zamora * Viscounty of Léon, a feudal state in France during the 11th to 13th centuries * Saint-Pol-de-Léon, a commune in Brittany, France * Léon, Landes, a commune in Aquitaine, France * Isla de León, a Spanish island * Leon (Souda Bay), an islet in Souda Bay, Chania, on the island of Crete North America * León, Guanajuato, Mexico, a large city * Leon, California, United States, a ghost town * Leon, Iowa, United States * Leon, Kansas, United States * Leon, New York, United States * Leon, Oklahoma, United States * Leon, Virginia, United States * Leon, West Virginia, United States * Leon, Wisconsin (other), United States, severa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
John Bromwich and Adrian Quist were the defending champions, but did not compete. Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman defeated Jaroslav Drobný and Eric Sturgess in the final, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1951 Wimbledon Championship.100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977 Seeds Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman (champions) Gardnar Mulloy / Dick Savitt ''(semifinals)'' Herbie Flam / Art Larsen ''(first round)'' Jaroslav Drobný / Eric Sturgess Eric William Sturgess (10 May 1920 – 14 January 2004) was a South African male tennis player and winner of six Grand Slam doubles titles. He also reached the singles final of a Grand Slam tournament three times but never won. Sturgess was ra ... ''(final)'' Draw Finals Top half Section 1 Section 2 Bottom half Section 3 Section 4 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:1951 Wimbledon Championships - Men's Doubles Men's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Cawthorn
John W. Peter Cawthorn (17 February 1931 – 2002) was an Australian amateur tennis player who later turned professional in 1953. As an amateur he competed at the 1950 Australian Championships – Men's singles, 1950 Australian Championships and the 1951 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 1951 Wimbledon Championships. As a professional he was a two time quarter finalist at the Wembley Professional Championships in 1957 and 1958, and a quarter finalist at the French Professional Championship in 1956. He was active from 1949 to 1968 and won 21 career amateur and pro singles titles. He later became a tennis coach. Tennis career :Amateur Peter was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1931. In the 1940s he was educated at Box Hill High School, where he became captain of the football, tennis and swimming teams. Cawthorn played his first senior tournament in 1949 at the New South Wales Hard Court Championships where he reached the quarter finals. He then competed in Australian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Vieira
Armando Vieira (born 11 April 1925) is a Brazilian retired tennis player. His best achievement was reaching quarterfinals of the 1951 Wimbledon Championships. In June 1951 he won the singles title at the Dutch International Championships after defeating Felicisimo Ampon in the final in three straight sets. He won the Dixie International Championships on clay in 1956. Vieira turned professional in 1958. References External links * * * Armando Vieira wimbledon.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Vieira, Armando 1925 births Living people, Brazilian male tennis players Professional tennis players before the Open Era Tennis players from São Paulo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Wimbledon Championships
The 1951 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 was held from Monday 25 June until Saturday 7 July 1951. It was the 65th staging of the Wimbledon Championships, and the third Grand Slam tennis event of 1951. Dick Savitt and Doris Hart won the singles titles; Hart also won both the women's doubles and mixed doubles, completing the triple crown. This was the final Wimbledon tournament during the reign of King George VI. Finals Men's singles Dick Savitt defeated Ken McGregor, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 Women's singles Doris Hart defeated Shirley Fry, 6–1, 6–0 Men's doubles Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman defeated Jaroslav Drobný / Eric Sturgess, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 Women's doubles Shirley Fry / Doris Hart defeated Louise Brough / Margaret duPont, 6–3, 13–11 Mixed doubles Frank Sedgman / Doris Hart defeated Mervy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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