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Vic Seixas

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Vic Seixas, whose full name was Elias Victor Seixas Jr., was an American tennis player born on 30 August 1923 who lived to the age of one hundred. He was ranked in the American top ten thirteen times between 1942 and 1956, finished 1951 as the number one American, and was named amateur number one by Harry Hopman in 1954. Across his career he won fifteen major championships. In singles he won both Wimbledon and the US Open, while his doubles titles came at the Australian Open, the French Open twice and the US Open twice, and his mixed doubles titles at the French Open, Wimbledon four times and the US Open three times. He is a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and several regional halls of fame.

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1923 1
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5+ 1
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    August 30, 1923
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    He won both Wimbledon and the US Open in singles.
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    In his career, Seixas won 15 Major championships.
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    was an American tennis player
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