Word: kovacses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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First of the ex-kings to fall was long-faced, impetuous Bill Tilden, whose tennis was good for a 53-year-old but not good enough to beat 30-year-old Wayne Sabin. Sabin advanced to the quarterfinals, there met Britain's onetime Davis Cupper Fred Perry. Falling behind...
When lanky Frank Kovacs, a buffoon but also a first-rate tennis player, was kicked out of amateur tennis in 1941, he hollered over his shoulder: "Amateur tennis stinks-there's no money in it any more." He joined the ranks of the pros, then went into the army...
Frank Kovacs seemed surprised at the commotion his statement raised in the nation's sport pages. Said he: "I thought everybody knew. The Pacific Southwest championships at Los Angeles put up the most . . . they paid Riggs $800 one time. It all depends on what country you're in...
The U.S. Lawn Tennis Association, aware for years that many of its stars had been tennis bums, didn't quite know what to do about it. Kovacs had a suggestion: make all tournament players pros.
Among the players who use and have used these courts with a great deal of enjoyment, we can name Miss Alice Marble, and Messrs. Donald Budge, William Tilden, Frank Kovacs and many others - even some of the editorial staff of your own magazine. . . .