Dick Savitt was an American tennis player who in 1951, aged 24, won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships and was declared world number one by The New York Times after Wimbledon. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1927, he taught himself tennis at fourteen and never took a lesson, and basketball was his first love. He retired in 1952 to concentrate on a business career. He won gold medals in singles and men's doubles at the 1961 Maccabiah Games and was enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame and several Jewish sports halls of fame. He died in 2023.
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was an American tennis player
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(March 4, 1927, January 6, 2023)
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He retired the following year to concentrate on a career in business. Savitt is one of four American men who have won both the Australian and British
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In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships.
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He won gold medals in both singles and men's doubles at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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was an American tennis player
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was an American tennis player
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In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships.
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He won the Australian Open Singles title, winning in straight sets in the 61-minute final against Ken McGregor.
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