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Gulf State Championships
The Gulf State Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1892 as the Gulf Coast Championships. It was first played at the Tampa Bay Lawn Tennis Club, Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Florida, United States in 1892. In 1968 the final edition was played at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after which when it was downgraded from the main worldwide ILTF Circuit. History In 1892 the first Gulf Coast Championships (also known as the Tampa Bay Championships) were held in at the Tampa Bay Lawn Tennis Club, Tampa Bay Hotel, Tampa, Florida, United States and was played on outdoor hard cement courts. The first winner of the men's singles title was Albert Empie Wright, he defeated a former top 4 ranked English tennis player, Charles Walder Grinstead in the final, who was touring America at this time. The first gulf tournament ran until 1894 when it was discontinued. In 1901 the tournament was revived under the new name the Gulf State Championships held at the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USNLTA Circuit
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for tennis in the United States. A not-for-profit organization with more than 700,000 members, it invests 100% of its proceeds to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass-roots to the professional levels. The association was created to standardize rules and regulations and to promote and develop the growth of tennis in the United States. The USTA runs the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center which hosts the US Open every year. The USTA has leagues in most places for adults skill levels between beginner and pro. The USTA also hosts tournaments across the country every weekend for club players or professionals. History The USTA was previously known as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) and was established in 1881 by a small group of tennis club members in New York City and northeastern clubs, where most lawn tennis was played. In 1920 the word 'National' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Wrenn
Robert Duffield Wrenn (September 20, 1873 – November 12, 1925) was an American left-handed tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Biography Wrenn was born in Highland Park, Illinois. Wrenn attended Harvard University, where he was a prominent quarterback on the football team. Wrenn was considered "one of Harvard's greatest all-around athletes," a star player at football, ice hockey, and baseball. Wrenn played a small role in the formation of collegiate ice hockey in the United States. In the fall of 1892, Wrenn and fellow tennis champion (and doubles partner) Malcolm Greene Chace played in an international tennis tournament in Niagara Falls, New York. There they met some Canadian athletes who invited them to return the next winter to learn about their sport of ice hockey, which differed from the game of ice polo which was then played in American colleges. Wrenn and Chace gathered som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Tennis Tournaments In The United States
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
''Lubbock Avalanche-Journal'' is a newspaper based in Lubbock, Texas, United States. It is owned by Gannett. History ''The Lubbock Avalanche'' was founded in 1900 by John James Dillard and Thad Tubbs. According to Dillard, the name "Avalanche" was chosen due to his desire that the newspaper surprise the citizens of Lubbock. The newspaper was sold to James Lorenzo Dow in 1908. In 1922, the ''Avalanche'' became a daily newspaper (except for Mondays) and a year later added a morning edition. In 1926, the owners of the rival ''Lubbock Daily Journal'', editor Charles A. Guy and partner Dorrance Roderick, bought ''The Avalanche'' to form ''The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal.'' The pair partnered with Houston Harte and Bernard Hanks, later of Harte Hanks, as well as J. Lindsay Nunn of ''The Amarillo Daily News and Post''. In 1928, Guy, Roderick, and Nunn bought control of the ''Avalanche-Journal'' from Harte and Hanks. Guy was named editor and publisher in 1931 of ''The Avalanche-Journal' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Faulk
Steve Faulk (born June 1, 1947) is an American former professional tennis player. Faulk, a New Orleans native, played collegiate tennis for Louisiana State University and was SEC champion at No. 1 singles in 1970. He was a three-time first team All-SEC and in 1970 became the first LSU player to be an All-American. Active on the ILTF Circuit in the 1960s he won the Gulf State Championships in 1961, then on the professional tour in the 1970s, Faulk featured in singles main draws at the French Open and US Open, as well as in doubles at Wimbledon. He was runner-up to Onny Parun Onny Parun (born 15 April 1947) is a former tennis player of Croatian descent from New Zealand, who was among the world's top 20 for five years and who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972. He made the final of the Australi ... at the Auckland tennis championship in 1972. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Faulk, Steve 1947 births Living people American male tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Karp
Thomas Karp (born October 13, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player. Biography Karp played tennis for University High School. Stan Smith beat him in the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament 1964 Boys’ High School final. Karp, a top-10 nationally ranked junior from Los Angeles, represented the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team and during the late 1960s played for the UCLA Bruins in varsity tennis. He earned All-American honors for the Bruins in 1968, during which year he was co-captain of the team. His professional career included an appearance in the singles main draw of the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. At the 1969 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he and partner Peter Fishbach were defeated by American Davis Cup player Allen Fox and Ronald Goldman in the semifinals. During the 1972 Portuguese International Championships, he defeated Nicola Pietrangeli, who had previously won twice at the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Fisher (tennis)
Ronald W. Fisher (born August 28, 1939) is an American former tennis player. Fisher, a player from Houston, played collegiate tennis for Rice University. An All-American for the Rice Owls, he was Southwest Conference singles and doubles champion in both 1958 and 1959. He made the singles third round of the 1961 U.S. National Championships and featured overseas at Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ..., reaching a doubles fourth round in 1963. A mathematics graduate from Rice University, Fisher went on to work at IBM for 32-years and has served on the committee of USTA Texas. He is a member of Rice's Athletic Hall of Fame and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Ron 1939 births Living people American ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ham Richardson
Hamilton Farrar Richardson (August 24, 1933 – November 5, 2006) ''ESPN'' November 8, 2006. was an American , who was active in the 1950s and 1960s. Life Richardson was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics at Tulane University, where he won two NCAA Singles Championships (in 1953 and 1954). He was named a charter member of the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Tuero
Jack Meredith Tuero (July 3, 1926 –- October 27, 2004) was an American tennis player. He is a member of the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame. His niece Linda Tuero was also a tennis player. Tuero was the son of Cuban-born baseball pitcher Oscar Tuero, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals. He lived in various cities growing up as his father had stints at several minor league teams and once he moved to New Orleans he began excelling at tennis. As a 17-year-old in 1943 he made the quarter-finals of the U.S. National Championships. A varsity tennis player for Tulane University, Tuero won all but one of his 60 conference matches and was the NCAA singles champion in 1949, coming from two sets down against Sam Match in the title decider. Tuero, a U.S. Clay Court doubles champion, was doubles runner-up at the 1945 U.S. National Championships The 1945 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wallace F
Wallace may refer to: People * Clan Wallace in Scotland * Wallace (given name) * Wallace (surname) * Wallace (footballer, born 1986), full name Wallace Fernando Pereira, Brazilian football left-back * Wallace (footballer, born 1987), full name Wallace Reis da Silva, Brazilian football centre-back * Wallace (footballer, born May 1994), full name Wallace Oliveira dos Santos, Brazilian football full-back * Wallace (footballer, born October 1994), full name Wallace Fortuna dos Santos, Brazilian football centre-back * Wallace (footballer, born 1998), full name Wallace Menezes dos Santos, Brazilian football midfielder Fictional characters * Wallace, from ''Wallace and Gromit'' * Wallace (Pokémon), Wallace (''Pokémon'') * Wallace (Sin City), Wallace (''Sin City'') * Wallace (The Wire), Wallace (''The Wire'') * Wallace Breen, from ''Half-Life 2'' * Wallace Fennel, from ''Veronica Mars'' * Wallace Footrot, from ''Footrot Flats'' * Eli Wallace, from ''Stargate Universe'' * Wallace, from " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Orleans
New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nueva Orleans) is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With a population of 383,997 according to the 2020 U.S. census, it is the List of municipalities in Louisiana, most populous city in Louisiana and the twelfth-most populous city in the southeastern United States. Serving as a List of ports in the United States, major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast region of the United States. New Orleans is world-renowned for its Music of New Orleans, distinctive music, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Creole cuisine, New Orleans English, uniq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Empie Wright
Albert may refer to: Companies * Albert (supermarket), a supermarket chain in the Czech Republic * Albert Heijn, a supermarket chain in the Netherlands * Albert Market, a street market in The Gambia * Albert Productions, a record label * Albert Computers, Inc., a computer manufacturer in the 1980s Entertainment * ''Albert'' (1985 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by František Vláčil * ''Albert'' (2015 film), a film by Karsten Kiilerich * ''Albert'' (2016 film), an American TV movie * ''Albert'' (Ed Hall album), 1988 * "Albert" (short story), by Leo Tolstoy * Albert (comics), a character in Marvel Comics * Albert (''Discworld''), a character in Terry Pratchett's ''Discworld'' series * Albert, a character in Dario Argento's 1977 film ''Suspiria'' Military * Battle of Albert (1914), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1916), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France * Battle of Albert (1918), a WWI battle at Albert, Somme, France People * Albert (giv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
