Former player and long-time official Jimmy Moore, who will best be remembered as the Tournament Referee at The Queen’s Club between 1978 and...
READ MOREObituary – Manolo Santana, the first Spaniard to win Wimbledon
by Henry Wancke | Dec 13, 2021 | Obituary
The man who brought tennis to Spain and became a national hero, died at the weekend to plunge the tennis world into...
READ MOREDarlene Hard dies at 85
by Barbara Wancke | Dec 4, 2021 | Obituary
Darlene Hard, winner of 21 major titles in the 1950s and 60s, has died at the age of 85 in Los Angeles on Thursday at the Northridge Hospital...
READ MOREObituary: Jane Brown Grimes dies at age of 80
by Barbara Wancke | Nov 4, 2021 | Obituary
American Jane Brown Grimes, a former USTA President, member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHOF) and Managing Director of the...
READ MOREObituary: Budge Patty (1924-2021)
by Barbara Wancke | Oct 14, 2021 | Obituary
John Edward ‘Budge’ Patty, a 1977 International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee who was ranked No 1 in the world in 1950, died on 3 October 2021...
READ MOREFormer IOC President Jacques Rogge dies, age 79
by Barbara Wancke | Aug 30, 2021 | Obituary
The International Olympic Committee announced the death on Sunday of former IOC President Jacques Rogge at the age of...
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