| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Born | 1919 Tyler, Texas |
| Died | 4 June 1977 (aged 57) Laredo, Texas |
| Retired | 1947 |
| Singles | |
| Career titles | 9 |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| US Open | 3R (1939) |
| Team competitions | |
Pride Morey Lewis (1919 - 4 June 1977) [1] was an American tennis player.
Morey Lewis began his career in the mid 1930s. In 1937 he won the Louisiana State championships. In 1938 he won the Minnesota State singles title beating Don Leavens in the final. [2] In 1939 Morey Lewis won the Canadian championships beating Robert Madden in straight sets in the final. "Chances are that Morey Lewis, a husky character from Texarkana, Texas will never take championship tennis seriously enough to become a world-beater. But for a while this 20-year-old collegian seems destined to mix a lot of first-rate tournament play with a personality that will stamp him as a crowd-pleaser everywhere". [3] The final "put a last dramatic touch on the Texan's debated entry and one-sided march through the tournament". [3] Lewis won the California State title in 1945 beating Harry Buttermeier in the final. [4] Lewis won his second Canadian championships title in 1946 beating Don McDiarmid in the final. Lewis' wife Baba won the women's singles title. [5]
John Donald Budge was an American tennis player. He is most famous as the first tennis player — male or female, to win all four Grand Slam events consecutively overall. Budge was the second man to complete the career Grand Slam after Fred Perry, and remains the youngest to achieve the feat. He won ten majors, of which six were Grand Slam events and four Pro Slams, the latter achieved on three different surfaces. Budge is considered to have one of the best backhands in the history of tennis, with most observers rating it better than that of later player Ken Rosewall.
Frederick John Perry was a British tennis and table tennis player and former world No. 1 from England who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slam tournaments and two Pro Slams single titles, as well as six Major doubles titles. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936, and the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title, until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.
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