Word: wimbledon
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Married. Lewis Hoad, 20, Australian Davis Cup star famed for his "big" game; and Jennifer Staley, 21, one of Australia's leading women tennis players; at Wimbledon, England...
...varsity tennis team capped its Joint European tour with Yale by defeating a combined Cambridge-Oxford squad, 6 to 4, at Wimbledon to regain the Prentice Cup. The three Crimson players making the trip were Ham Gravem, Steve Gottlieb and Brooks Harris. Gravem and Gottlieb were among the four American players gaining singles wins in the cup matches...
...longest of the grass-court season, outlasted Pasadena's Straight Clark, 29, for the Newport invitation title, 6-3, 9-7, 12-14, 6-8, 10-8. Shot through with upsets, the tournament saw such top-seeded players as the U.S.'s Vic Seixas, Australia's Wimbledon Finalist Kenneth Rosewall and his Davis Cup teammate, Lewis Hoad, all beaten badly in early rounds...
Young Rosewall fought back through a fine last set. But now, for the first time in eleven tries at Wimbledon, Old Drob was running into luck. Low drives that hit the net cord dropped in for him, high lobs kicked up chalk on the baseline and his big service took on a wallaby's hop. With the score at 8-7, Drobny smacked across an ace on a second serve. The final point was an ace as well...
Playing in a gusty wind that disturbed her usually impeccable game, Maureen ("Little Mo") Connolly outlasted California's Louise Brough in the women's finals, 6-2, 7-5, and won the Wimbledon singles title for the third straight year...