Tony Trabert

Tennis Player

Male

Born Aug 16, 1930

Age 82

Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio

Plays Right-handed (1-h...

Marion Anthony Trabert (born August 16, 1930 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired American former World No. 1 tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker. In his 1979 autobiography Jack Kramer, the long… Read More

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Murray's Run To Wimbledon Final Brings To Mind Other Recent Droughts In The World Of Sports
Fox News - Jul 07, 2012

Andy Murray snapped one drought for Britain just by reaching the Wimbledon final, becoming the first man from the host country to get that far since Bunny Austin did it 74 years ago. Murray — and all of Britain — are hoping, of course, he can beat Roger Federer on Sunday to give the locals their first homegrown male champion since Fred Perry in 1936. The world of sports is filled with other examples of lengthy gaps between successes: TENNIS — U.S. men at th...
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Woman Who Says Tennis Hall Of Fame Inductee Abused Her Welcomes Inquiry, Wants Charges Brought
Fox News - Jul 04, 2012

The man she accuses of raping her when she was his 9-year-old protege has no place in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, a South African woman said Wednesday. Suellen Sheehan, now 43 and a businesswoman in Johannesburg, said it took years to overcome feelings of shame, guilt and fear she would not be believed. She and other accusers came forward last year to ask the Hall of Fame to remove Bob Hewitt from its ranks. The Newport, Rhode Island-based Hall said...
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Tennis Hall Of Fame In Ri Hires Lawyer To Investigate Sex Abuse Claims Against Inductee Hewitt
Fox News - Jul 03, 2012

The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport has hired an attorney to investigate allegations that former doubles champion Bob Hewitt sexually abused girls he coached, an inquiry that could result in his expulsion or suspension from the Hall. The Hall of Fame's chief executive officer, Mark Stenning, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that a lawyer with the Boston firm Hinckley Allen Snyder is interviewing people who say they were abused by Hewitt, who played in the 196...
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Argentina Stuns Serbia In Davis Cup World Tennis Magazine
Google News - Sep 19, 2011

Smith, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987, is succeeding 1970 Hall of Famer Tony Trabert, who has served as Hall of Fame president since 2001. Trabert has been named a Life Trustee of the non-profit organization, which is dedicated to
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CHILDHOOD

1930 Birth Born on August 16, 1930.

TEENAGE

1948 17 Years Old Previously, at Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, he had been state singles champion three times and played guard on the 1948 basketball team that won the district championship. … Read More

TWENTIES

1951 20 Years Old 1 More Event

Trabert was a stand-out athlete in Tennis and Basketball at the University of Cincinnati, and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. In 1951, he won the NCAA Championship Singles title. … Read More

1954 23 Years Old 1 More Event

An extremely athletic right-hander who mostly played a serve and volley game, Trabert won all five of the Grand Slam singles finals he appeared in. He won the French Championships in 1954 and 1955 (becoming the last American man to win that event until Michael Chang in 1989), the U.S. Championships in 1953 and 1955, and the Wimbledon title in 1955 without losing a set (a record shared with Don Budge, Chuck McKinley, and Björn Borg).

1955 24 Years Old Having reached the top amateur ranking in 1955, Trabert turned professional in the fall of that year.

1956 25 Years Old 1 More Event

He was beaten on the head-to-head world pro tour in 1956 by the reigning king of professional tennis Pancho Gonzales, 74-27.

1958 27 Years Old He was runner-up to Sedgman in the Wembley Pro in 1958.

1960 29 Years Old In the US Pro, he was runner-up to Alex Olmedo in 1960. … Read More

FORTIES

1971 40 Years Old In 1971, he began a 33-year career as a tennis and golf analyst for CBS covering such events as the US Open. … Read More

1976 45 Years Old He was also the US Davis team Captain from 1976 to 1980.

1977 46 Years Old Tony's captaincy is remembered by his frustration in dealing with the egos of younger players like John McEnroe, and for his racket-wielding expulsion of an apartheid protest demonstrator during a Davis Cup match against South Africa at the Newport Beach Tennis Club in California in April 1977. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

2004 73 Years Old In 2004, Trabert announced his retirement from broadcasting while commentating at the Wimbledon Championships in London. … Read More

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