Lester Stoefen
Tennis Tournament Champion
1911 – 1970
Who was Lester Stoefen?
Lester Rollo Stoefen was an American tennis player of the 1930s.
Stoefen won three Grand Slam doubles titles: 1934 Wimbledon Championships, 1933 and 1934 U.S. National Championships. In 1933 he was ranked World No. 9 by Pierre Gillou and World No. 10 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
In 1934 he played for the US Davis Cup team and won all his six matches, including the only match the US won in their defeat in the final against Great Britain. Also in 1934 Stoefen won the U.S. Indoor Tennis Championship singles title, defeating Gregory Mangin in the final in three straight sets.
Stoefen turned professional in 1935.
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- Born
- Mar 30, 1911
Des Moines - Also known as
- Lester R. Stoefen
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Des Moines
- Died
- Feb 8, 1970
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on July 23, 2013
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