Word: wimbledon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Australia is threatening to prohibit its top amateurs from playing at Wimbledon - mainly for fear of having them wiped up by the pros, a circumstance that would damage the prestige of the Davis Cup (which the Aussies have won 21 times) and of amateur tennis in general. Italy's tennis officials are so angry at the espousal of open tennis that they are trying to get Britain expelled from the I.L.T.F...
...players ever get a chance to vote, there is little question of how the balloting will go. Australia's John Newcombe, the world's No. 1 -ranked male player and the defending Wimbledon champion, says that he will defend his title even if he has to turn pro to do so. California's Billie Jean King, who won this year's ladies' crown at Wim bledon, will be back, too: "I favor open tennis," she says realistically and practi cally, "and I would be happy to play it." Arthur Ashe, the No. 2-ranked...
male player and America's best hope for the future in Davis Cup competition, is also willing to risk losing his amateur status to play against the pros at Wimbledon. "I will play if I can get leave," says Ashe, currently serving as a lieutenant in the Army. "I'll stick my neck out - regardless of whether the U.S.L.T.A. backs Britain...
Married. Margaret Smith, 25, strapping queen of Australian tennis (twice Wimbledon winner, seven times Aussie national champion); and Barry Court, 26, real estate salesman; in Perth...
Then there was Billie Jean King. Last July, Billie Jean won the Wimbledon women's singles title; last week she added the U.S. crown to her collection, winning every set in six matches...