Butch Buchholz

Earl Henry Butch Buchholz Jr. is a former professional tennis player from the United States, born on 16 September 1940, who was among the best players of the late 1950s and early 1960s. As a junior he won the boys' singles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon in 1958 and at the Australian Open in 1959, and he also took the U.S. National Boys' 18 title in 1958. Lance Tingay ranked him world number five among amateurs in 1960, and he played Davis Cup for the United States in 1959 and 1960. He turned professional in 1961, won the United States Pro Championship in 1962, and was an original member of Lamar Hunt's Handsome Eight, signed in 1968 for World Championship Tennis. He later founded the Lipton International Players Championships, now the Miami Open, and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005.