Tennis players

[YoungWillz 21,711]

Informal reports that Vic Seixas has been called out.

 

 

[Toast 16,339]

53 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Informal reports that Vic Seixas has been called out.

 

Ooh, I think I've got him in the Poker Pool.

[drol 12,628]

Obituary for Old Vic.

[drol 12,628]

Frank Sedgman now the only tennis start born in the 20s? Last of a whole longeve kind it seems.

[lilham 787]

On 06/07/2024 at 10:50, drol said:

Frank Sedgman now the only tennis start born in the 30s? Last of a whole longeve kind it seems.

Rod Laver is 1938.

[drol 12,628]

29 minutes ago, lilham said:

Rod Laver is 1938.

It's a typo. Was the 20s of course. Still plenty of A-list tennis players born in the early 30s.

[Toast 16,339]

50 minutes ago, lilham said:

Rod Laver is 1938.

 

That's a terrific age.

[Gisooo 3,711]

American tennis player Hugh Stewart (Wiki) dead at 96

 

He played his collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California and won the doubles title at the 1951 NCAA Tennis Championships partnering Earl Cochell and the following year won the singles title at the 1952 NCAA Tennis Championships.

 

At the Pacific Coast Championships in 1953 he was a doubles runner-up with Enrique Morea to Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas.

 

[Deathrace 1,210]

15 hours ago, Gisooo said:

American tennis player Hugh Stewart (Wiki) dead at 96

 

He played his collegiate tennis at the University of Southern California and won the doubles title at the 1951 NCAA Tennis Championships partnering Earl Cochell and the following year won the singles title at the 1952 NCAA Tennis Championships.

 

At the Pacific Coast Championships in 1953 he was a doubles runner-up with Enrique Morea to Tony Trabert and Vic Seixas.

 

That's young for a tennis player of his era!

[drol 12,628]

Federer's former coach, and player on his own, Peter Lundgren dead at 59.

 

Never mentioned here, but from a quick search he had a long history of ill health.

[wannamaker 1,528]

Chilean tennis player Luis Ayala dead at 91. He was the runner-up in 2 Roland-Garros finals and was the first Chilean to reach the top 10 in the world rankings.

 

He was also picked in the Hare's deadpool this year.

[An Fear Beag 1,650]

On 05/09/2024 at 04:03, wannamaker said:

Chilean tennis player Luis Ayala dead at 91. He was the runner-up in 2 Roland-Garros finals and was the first Chilean to reach the top 10 in the world rankings.

 

He was also picked in the Hare's deadpool this year.

In fact, this was the third year in a row that @DeathByArsenicpicked him in the Hare's pool. One of those brilliantly random picks that the Hare's throws up, and that leaves me scratching my head and wondering how the player came up with them.  

[RetroGamer47 444]

Coach Robert Lansdorp, (coached Sampras, Sharapova, etc) dead at 85.

[Sir Creep 7,094]

4 hours ago, RetroGamer47 said:

Coach Robert Lansdorp, (coached Sampras, Sharapova, etc) dead at 85.

They thought he knew about ground strokes before; get a load of his knowledge of ground strokes now!

[drol 12,628]

Lea Pericoli reportedly dead at 89.

[tracy 2,613]

Neale Fraser dead at 91.

[Redrumours 877]

6 hours ago, tracy said:

Neale Fraser dead at 91.

Sorry for getting christian name wrong now amended but Neale not Neil is a hit for me.RIP  to the 1960 Wimbledon champion.

[drol 12,628]

On 13/10/2023 at 16:23, drol said:

Nicola Pietrangeli discharged.

Nicola Pietrangeli hospitalised after falling and breaking his hip.

[drol 12,628]

On 13/12/2024 at 14:16, drol said:

Nicola Pietrangeli hospitalised after falling and breaking his hip.

Nicola Pietrangeli discharged .

[YoungWillz 21,711]

Jamaican tennis player Richard Russell, who reached the second round of all 4 Grand Slam Tournaments, reportedly dead: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20250115/jamaican-tennis-legend-richard-russell-has-died

 

His Wiki looks like it was done by someone with extra rum in them atm.

[Drewsky1211 4,934]

4 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

Jamaican tennis player Richard Russell, who reached the second round of all 4 Grand Slam Tournaments, reportedly dead: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20250115/jamaican-tennis-legend-richard-russell-has-died

 

His Wiki looks like it was done by someone with extra rum in them atm.

 

Figured out why- the editor changed every 'is' to 'was' and didn't notice the changes in words that contained those adjacent letters (i.e. 'tennis', 'Davis', 'Isaias').

[Clorox Bleachman 2,558]

11 minutes ago, Drewsky1211 said:

Figured out why- the editor changed every 'is' to 'was' and didn't notice the changes in words that contained those adjacent letters (i.e. 'tennis', 'Davis', 'Isaias').

 

Oh my good God.

 

For wasterity:

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Richard Russell (born 8 September 1945 and died 15 January 2025) was a Jamaican former professional tennwas player.

 

Career
At the 1966 Australian Championships he won hwas first round match over Richie Chopra, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0. In July 1965 he won the singles title at the All-Jamaica Tennwas Championships for the second time.

Thwas was an annual tournament on the international ILTF Caribbean Circuit and Russell would be the only Jamaican to win the event. The same season he was a finalwast at the Budleigh Salterton Open played on grass in England where he lost Brian Fairlie.

Outside of grand slam competition, he had a noted win over Dennwas Ralston in 1972 at an invitational tournament in Puerto Rico.

 

Davwas Cup
A national champion at the age of 16, Russell represented the Caribbean/West Indies in Davwas Cup competition. He was the team's most successful player during its exwastence, winning a record ten rubbers between 1964 and 1976, eight of those in singles. In the 1966 Davwas Cup competition he won the deciding fifth rubber over Venezuela's wasaías Pimentel to give the Caribbean/West Indies their first ever win in a tie and also won a doubles match against the American duo of Arthur Ashe and Charlie Passarel.

Hwas son Ryan played Davwas Cup for Jamaica.