Adrian Bey (May 16, 1938 – July 2, 2019) was a Rhodesian-born American professional tennis player.
Bey was born and raised in Salisbury, Rhodesia and attended
Prince Edward School
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Debuting on the international tour in the late 1950s, Bey was a member of the inaugural Rhodesia Davis Cup team and featured in a total of five ties in the competition. Bey won eight closed championships in Rhodesia and was the country's 1963 Sportsman of the Year.
In 1960, Bey won the
Worcestershire Championships
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on grass at Malvern, defeating Alan Mills in the semifinal and
Reynaldo Garrido
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Garrido won the Canadian Open (tennis), Canadian Open in 1959. He played against his brother Orlando H. Garrido in the final of the tournament.
Garrido played 5 yea ...
in a close final. He twice made the round of 16 at the Wimbledon Championships, including in 1963 when he was beaten in four sets by second-seed
Manuel Santana
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Gordon Forbes
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in the final in a close five set match.
In the 1970s he immigrated to the United States and worked in Texas as a tennis pro for many years, living there until his death in 2019. He was a 2010 inductee in the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.