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Eastern Indoor Championships
The Eastern Indoor Championships also known as the Eastern States Indoor Championships was a men's and women's indoor tennis tournament founded in 1944. It was organized by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association (today known as USTA Eastern) and was It was originally played on wood courts, then switching later carpet courts later until 1977 when it was discontinued. History In February 1944 the Eastern Indoor Championships were established. The first two editions were played at the Bassford-Wood Courts, Lexington Avenue, New York City. This tournament is particular notable for allowing Althea Gibson the tennis player and black woman to play in a major United States Lawn Tennis Association tournament, where she advanced to the quarter finals in the singles but was beaten nationally ranked Betty RosenquestBaltimore Afro-American (1970) won the event that year. The tournament was mainly played in New York City in particular in Manhattan and the Bronx elsewhere it was also held in Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Talbert
William Franklin Talbert (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 1999) was an American tennis player and administrator. Tennis career He was ranked in the U.S. top 10 13 times between 1941 and 1954, and was ranked World No. 3 in 1949 by John Olliff of ''The Daily Telegraph''. He won nine Grand Slam doubles titles, and also reached the men's doubles finals of the U.S. National Championship nine times, mainly with Gardnar Mulloy, his favorite partner. He also was a Davis Cup player and one of the more successful Davis Cup captains in U.S. history. Talbert was a Type 1 diabetic, one of the few known to be in sports at a highly competitive level, and for many years was held up as an example of how this disease could be surmounted. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Talbert still holds records at the Cincinnati Masters in his hometown. His records are for most doubles titles (six), most total finals appearances (14), and most singles finals appearances (seven). He won three singles titles (in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fishbach
Peter Fishbach (born August 29, 1947) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Fishbach was born and raised in New York City. He attended Great Neck North High School. In 1963, 1964, and 1965 he was the New York State Public Schools Athletic Association tennis singles champion. He is the son of Joe Fishbach, who is considered a pioneer of indoor tennis courts, opening the country's first in 1958. His younger brother Mike Fishbach was a professional player, most famous for his controversial use of the "spaghetti racquet". A right-handed player, Fishbach played collegiate tennis for the University of Michigan. He also competed on tour, twice getting through to the second round of the US Open, in 1967 and 1968. His win in the former, against John Sharpe, went to 16–14 in the fifth set. At the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and partner Tom Karp were defeated by American Davis Cup player Allen Fox and Ronald Goldman in the semifinals. He is a former co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaime Subirats
Jaime Subirats (June 17, 1945 — September 5, 2015) was a Mexican professional tennis player. Subirats, who grew up in Mexico City, received a full scholarship to attend Lamar University in Texas and played collegiate tennis from 1965 to 1968. He won a Southland Conference singles championship, was an NCAA College Division Championship singles finalist and formed a strong doubles combination with Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart (born June 6, 1946) is a former professional tennis player who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No. 4 in doubles on J ... during his time at Lamar University. His best performance on tour came at the 1966 U.S. National Championships, where he won matches against Butch Seewagen and Claude de Gronckel, before falling in the third round to Jim Osborne. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Subirats, Jaime 1945 births 2015 d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Seewagen
George Lansing "Butch" Seewagen (born June 13, 1946) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography He was born in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ... on June 13, 1946, to George and Clella Seewagen. His father was the tennis coach at St. John’s University and a former player, who played against Don Budge at the 1936 U.S. National Championships (tennis), 1936 U.S. National Championships. An Junior Orange Bowl (tennis), Orange Bowl winner in 1959, Seewagen was only 17 when he made his first appearance at the US Open (tennis), US National Championships. He was a member of the United States Junior Davis Cup and Junior Fed Cup, Junior Davis Cup team from 1963 to 1965. With Kathy Blake, he made the semi-finals of the mixed doubl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Open Era (tennis)
The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Birmingham, England now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today as a separate sport with more complex rules. Most rules of (lawn) tennis derive from this precursor and it is reasonable to see both sports as variations of the same game. Most historians believe that tennis was originated in the monastic cloisters in northern France in the 12th century, but the ball was then struck with the palm of the hand; hence, the name jeu de paume ("game of the palm"). It was not until the 16th century that rackets came into use, and the game began to be called "tennis." It was popular in England and France, and Henry VIII of England was a big fan of the game, now referred to as real tennis. Many original tennis courts remain, including courts at Oxford, Cambridge, Falkland Palace in Fife where Mary Queen of Scots regularly played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Callaghan (tennis)
Mike Callaghan (born March 31, 1963) is a former Assistant United States Attorney and a politician. In 2006, he was the Democratic nominee for West Virginia's 2nd congressional district. He unsuccessfully challenged Republican incumbent Shelley Moore Capito. Background Callaghan grew up in Richwood Richwood may refer to: Places ;United States * Richwood, Georgia * Richwood, Kentucky * Richwood, Louisiana * Richwood Township, Minnesota * Richwood, New Jersey * Richwood, Ohio * Richwood, Texas * Richwood, West Virginia * Richwood, Wisconsin ..., a small town in Nicholas County, West Virginia. He attended Richwood High School and the University of Virginia, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in engineering. He then attended the West Virginia University College of Law where he served as editor-in-chief of the West Virginia Law Review. He currently practices law at the firm Neely & Callaghan, www.neelycallaghan.com, in Charleston, West Virginia. He also is an owner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Vincent (tennis)
Anthony DeVincenzo (September 17, 1925 – March 10, 2023), better known as Tony Vincent, was an American amateur tennis player. He won the Canadian National Championships title in 1951 on clay, and was runner-up at the Monte Carlo on red clay in 1954 and 1956. He won the New York State Championships at Bayside, Queens, New York City on clay in 1958 and again in 1965. Biography Tony Vincent was born on September 17, 1925,Tennis Archives. https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=5296 in The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Elmhurst, a neighbourhood of Queens. His father Salvatore, a classical musician, played trombone for the famed Metropolitan Opera of New York. An Air Force bombardier during the war, Vincent was most productive on tour in the 1950s. Vincent won the Canadian National Championships title in 1951 on clay at Windsor, Ontario, defeating Canadian clay court specialist Lorne Main in the semifinal and American clay court specialist Seymour Greenberg in the final in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Froehling III
Frank Arthur Froehling III (May 19, 1942 – January 23, 2020) was an American tennis player. During his college career at Trinity University Froehling recorded 46–5 in singles matches and won nine singles titles. He was also runner-up at U.S. National Tennis Championships in 1963 (where he beat Roy Emerson before losing to Rafael Osuna Rafael Osuna Herrera (15 September 1938 – 4 June 1969), nicknamed "El Pelón" (The Bald), was a former world No. 1 tennis player, the most successful player in the history of Mexico and an Olympian. He was born in Mexico City, and is best re ...). That year Froehling was ranked world No. 6 by Lance Tingay of '' The Daily Telegraph''. In 1971 Froehling reached the French Open semifinals (beating Arthur Ashe before losing to Ilie Năstase). Grand Slam finals Singles (1 runner–up) Doubles (1 runner-up) Mixed Doubles: (2 runner-ups) References External links * * * * 1942 births 2020 deaths American male tennis pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugene 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. 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. 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 Pasarell and Sheridan Snyder, founded the National Junior Tennis League in 1969. He founded the magazine ''Tennis Week'' in May 1974. Later, Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Weld
Edward W. Weld (February 20, 1937 — November 19, 2006) was an American professional tennis player. Weld, a Massachusetts native, captained Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ... in varsity tennis. He twice featured in the singles second round of the US Open. A stockbroker by profession, he was consistently the number one ranked player in New England and served multiple terms as president of the New England Lawn Tennis Association. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weld, Ned 1937 births 2006 deaths American male tennis players Harvard Crimson men's tennis players Tennis players from Massachusetts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Fitzgibbon
Herbert Fitzgibbon (born July 14, 1942) is a former tennis player who was nationally ranked in the 1960s and 1970s. Fitzgibbon played four years of high school tennis for Garden City High School and never lost a match. He played collegiate tennis at Princeton University and was a gold and bronze medalist at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 when tennis was a demonstration sport. Fitzgibbon won the singles title at the tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1964 and was a two-time singles runner-up (1965 and 1963) there as well. He also reached the Cincinnati doubles final with Butch Newman in 1965. That year, he also won the Long Island Championships and the Eastern Clay Court title. In 1968, Fitzgibbon won against 16th-seeded Nikola Pilić in the first round at Wimbledon, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–2. The same year he won the La Coruna International in Spain against Juan Gisbert Sr.. Fitzgibbon also was an accomplished platform tennis player, winning national doubles titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
