Dick Savitt
Dick Savitt · Sports
Tennis; won Wimbledon and the Australian Championships in 1951 — the first Jewish Wimbledon singles champion
1927, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA — 2023, New York City, USA
New Jersey · New York
Dick Savitt is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Tennis; won Wimbledon and the Australian Championships in 1951 — the first Jewish Wimbledon singles champion
Dick Savitt was an American tennis player who, in 1951, won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships and was ranked world No. 1 by The New York Times. A self-taught player from a Jewish family in New Jersey, he was the first Jewish men's singles champion at Wimbledon and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1976.
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Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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Tennis; won Wimbledon and the Australian Championships in 1951 — the first Jewish Wimbledon singles champion
Source: Wikipedia; International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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