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Budge Patty

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Budge Patty was an American tennis player, ranked world number one, whose career spanned fifteen years after the Second World War. In 1950 he won two Grand Slam singles titles, the French Championships and Wimbledon, becoming the second American man to win that Channel Slam double after Don Budge. Born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1924 and raised in Los Angeles, he was nicknamed Budge by his brother, who thought him lethargic. The film actors Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor helped to fund his junior travel, and he practised with Pauline Betz as a junior. He died in 2021.

Facts
Birth Year
1924 1
Gender
Male 1
Medals or Titles Band
2-4 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
Connections

Competed In

French Open, Competitions
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Wimbledon, Competitions
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Plays

Tennis, Sports
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Nationality

United States

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was an American world no. 1 tennis player
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1. Budge Patty (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth and death dates
    (February 11, 1924, October 4, 2021)
  • Article text, pronoun
    He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950. He was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the
  • Lead, singles title
    He was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year)
  • Article text, titles won
    He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950.
  • Lead, nationality
    was an American world no. 1 tennis player
  • Plays: Tennis, Lead, sport
    was an American world no. 1 tennis player
  • Competed In: Wimbledon, Lead, Wimbledon title
    He was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year)
  • Competed In: French Open, French Open
    He was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year) and one of only four as of 2024 (the others were Don Budge, Tony Trabert and Andre Agassi).
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