Lew Hoad
Tennis Tournament Champion
1934 – 1994
Who was Lew Hoad?
Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player.
In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranked Hoad as one of the 21 best players of all time. For five straight years, beginning in 1952, he was ranked in the world top 10 for amateurs, reaching the World No. 1 spot in 1956. Hoad was a member of the Australian team that between 1952 and 1956 won the Davis Cup four times. He turned professional in July 1957.
Hoad won four majors as an amateur, and won the 1959 Tournament of Champions as a professional. Rod Laver, writing for the Herald Sun newspaper in 2012, ranked Lew as the greatest player of the 'Past Champions' era of tennis. Laver described his strengths of "power, volleying and explosiveness" as justification of his accolade.
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- Born
- Nov 23, 1934
Sydney - Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Lived in
- New South Wales
- Died
- Jul 3, 1994
Spain
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on July 23, 2013
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