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Hal Surface
John Halstead Surface Jr. (August 12, 1913 – September 2, 2001) was an American tennis player. A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Surface picked up the sport of tennis aged 15. He was self taught and trained at the Rockhill Tennis Club in Kansas City. In his senior year at Central High School he won the state interscholastic singles championship. He played collegiate tennis for the University of Texas. Surface had a top national ranking of No. 7 in 1937 and was a member of the United States Davis Cup squad that year, without featuring in a tie. He twice reached the singles fourth round at the U.S national championships, including in 1940 when he had a win over Gardnar Mulloy en route. Internationally, Surface's title wins included the All-India Championships and he had a fourth round appearance at Roland Garros. Surface won the Jamaican International Championships on clay in Kingston, Jamaica in 1939 defeating Charles Hare, the 1937 world No. 10, in the final. That s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 French Championships – Men's Singles
Henner Henkel defeated Bunny Austin 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1937 French Championships. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Henner Henkel is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Bunny Austin ''(finalist)'' # Bernard Destremau ''(semifinals)'' # Henner Henkel ''(champion)'' # Georg Von Metaxa ''(third round)'' # Giorgio de Stefani ''(third round)'' # Paul Feret ''(fourth round)'' # Josef Caska ''(third round)'' # Charles R. Harris ''(third round)'' # André Merlin ''(fourth round)'' # Kho Sin-Kie ''(third round)'' # Patrick Hughes ''(quarterfinals)'' # Frantisek Cejnar ''(quarterfinals)'' # Vernon Kirby ''(third round)'' # Marcel Bernard ''(third round)'' # Adam Baworowski ''(fourth round)'' # Jozef Hebda ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier * WC = Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retired Finals Earlier rounds Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Lawn Tennis Championships Of India
The National Lawn Tennis Championships of India, originally called the All India Championships, or the All India Lawn Tennis Championships and the Indian National Championships, was a combined (men's and women's) tennis tournament. It was played from 1910 until 1999. It was held in various cities in, India and was played outdoor on multiple surfaces, but mainly grass courts. Ramanathan Krishnan won most men's singles championships with eight titles overall,All India Tennis Association and, during the pre-Open era Jenny Sandison and Leela Row Dayal, Leela Row won the most women's singles championships with seven titles each, while Nirupama Mankad won the most titles during the open era with five titles. History Lawn tennis in India can be traced back within the first decade of the establishment of the Wimbledon championships with early local championships being established in places like Punjab (1885) and Calcutta (1887). However, there was no national championships, in 1910 coloni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas Longhorns Men's Tennis Players
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders with the states of Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest; and has a coastline with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Houston is the most populous city in Texas and the fourth-largest in the U.S., while San Antonio is the second most populous in the state and seventh-largest in the U.S. Dallas–Fort Worth and Greater Houston are, respectively, the fourth- and fifth-largest metropolitan statistical areas in the country. Other major cities include Austin, the second most populous st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
