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.
Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo Rodríguez was a tennis player from Peru with American citizenship. He was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player for 1958, but as a U.S. player for 1959. He helped win the Davis Cup for the United States in 1958 and was the No. 2 ranked amateur in 1959. Olmedo won two Majors in 1959 and the U.S. Pro Championships in 1960, and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.
Earl Henry "Butch" Buchholz, Jr. is a former professional tennis player from the United States who was one of the game's top players in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Ramanathan Krishnan is a retired tennis player from India who was among the world's leading players in the 1950s and 1960s. He was twice a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1960 and 1961, reaching as high as World No. 3 in Potter's amateur rankings. He led India to the Challenge Round of the 1966 Davis Cup against Australia and was the non playing captain when Vijay Amritraj and Anand Amritraj led India into the 1974 Davis Cup finals against South Africa.
William Augustus Larned was an American tennis player who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. He won seven singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.
Nicola "Nicky" Pietrangeli is a former Italian tennis player. He won two singles titles at the French Championships and is considered by many to be Italy's greatest tennis champion.
Neale Andrew Fraser is a former number one amateur male tennis-player from Australia, born in Melbourne, Victoria, the son of a Victorian judge. Fraser is the last man to have completed the triple crown, i.e. having won the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles at a Grand Slam tournament, which he managed on two consecutive occasions, in 1959 and 1960 ; no male player has equalled this feat at any Grand Slam tournament since.
Donald Fontana was a former high-ranking Canadian tennis player from the 1950s and 1960s.
Robert Bédard is a Canadian former tennis player and educator. He is the most recent Canadian winner of the Canadian Open Tennis Championships.
Orlando Sirola was a male tennis player from Italy.
Hamilton Farrar Richardson was an American tennis player, who was active in the 1950s and 1960s.
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy was a U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C. and turned 100 in November 2013. During his career he won five Grand Slam doubles tournaments and was a member of the winning Davis Cup team on three occasions.
Luis Alberto Ayala Salinas is a former Chilean tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ronald "Ronnie" E. Holmberg is a former American tennis player who competed during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked World No. 7 in 1960 and was ranked in the U.S. Top 10 for nine years. He is currently one of the USPTA's select "Master Professionals" and devotes most of his time coaching, participating and directing charity events and clinics and other tennis related projects.
Reynaldo Garrido was a tennis player from Havana, Cuba.
Mario Tabares is a former professional tennis player from Cuba. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 106 in 1993.
Jacques "Jacky" Brichant was a Belgian tennis player.
Michael E. Green is a former amateur tennis player from the United States who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. He played on the 1956 NCAA Championship Team at UCLA and was the #2 player behind Mike Franks for three years.. He reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Championships in 1957 and 1958. Green played Davis Cup in 1956 and 1957, both years the team reached the Challenge Round before losing to Australia. Mike died in Ohio in 2016.
Hugh Stewart is an American former tennis player.
Francisco Contreras Serrano, also known as Pancho Contreras, was a Mexican tennis player. He both played for and captained the Mexico Davis Cup team.
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