Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times between 1952 and 1956. Hoad turned professional in July 1957. He won the Kooyong Tournament of Champions in 1958 and the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions in 1959. He won the Ampol Open Trophy world series of tournaments in 1959, which included the Kooyong tournament that concluded in early January 1960. Hoad's men's singles tournament victories spanned from 1951 to 1971.
Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in the final, 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1968 French Open. It was Rosewall's second French title, and his fifth Grand Slam tournament title overall. The tournament was the first major of the Open Era, in which professionals were allowed to compete against amateurs. Rosewall and Laver, who had not appeared in a Grand Slam major since 1956 and 1962 respectively, were among those no longer barred from entering.
Rod Laver defeated Tony Roche in the final, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1968 Wimbledon Championships. It was the first edition of Wimbledon open to professional tennis players, a period in tennis history known as the Open Era.
Third-seeded Ken Rosewall defeated Mervyn Rose 6–0, 6–3, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1953 Australian Championships.
Mervyn Rose defeated Rex Hartwig 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1954 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Ken Rosewall defeated Lew Hoad 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1955 Australian Championships.
First-seeded Lew Hoad defeated Ken Rosewall 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1956 Australian Championships.
Ken Rosewall defeated Lew Hoad 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1956 U.S. National Championships.
In the 1953 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles, second seed Vic Seixas defeated the unseeded Kurt Nielsen in the final, 9–7, 6–3, 6–4, to take the gentlemen's singles tennis title. Frank Sedgman was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.
In the 1954 Wimbledon Championships – Gentlemen's Singles competition, Jaroslav Drobný defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 13–11, 4–6, 6–2, 9–7 to take the gentlemen's singles tennis title. It was Drobný's third singles final and second win at Wimbledon. Vic Seixas was the defending champion, but lost in the quarterfinals to Budge Patty.
In the 1955 Wimbledon Championships men's singles event, Tony Trabert defeated Kurt Nielsen in the final, 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title. Jaroslav Drobný was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Tony Trabert.
In the 1956 Wimbledon Championships men's singles, Lew Hoad defeated Ken Rosewall in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title. It was the first of three years in which Australian players dominated the Wimbledon Men's Singles final. Tony Trabert was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional. The competition lasted from Monday 25 June to Saturday 7 July 1956.
Lew Hoad successfully defended his title, defeating Ashley Cooper in the final, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1957 Wimbledon Championships.
Ashley Cooper defeated Neale Fraser in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 13–11 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1958 Wimbledon Championships. Cooper had to play 332 games to win the title, the most of any male champion in the history of the tournament. Lew Hoad was the defending champion, but was ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman were the defending champions, but were ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert.
Vic Seixas and Doris Hart successfully defended their title, defeating Ken Rosewall and Margaret duPont in the final, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 to win the mixed doubles tennis title at the 1954 Wimbledon Championships.
Rex Hartwig and Lew Hoad were the defending champions, but Hartwig was ineligible to compete after turning professional. Hoad partnered with Ken Rosewall, and they defeated Nicola Pietrangeli and Orlando Sirola in the final, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 to win the gentlemen's doubles tennis title at the 1956 Wimbledon Championship.
Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall were the defending champions, but Rosewall was ineligible to compete after turning professional.
Fred Stolle and Lesley Turner were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Tony Roche and Judy Tegart.
Rex Hartwig 
