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Jack Kramer

American tennis player

Died when: 88 years 42 days (1057 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Jack Kramer

John Albert Kramer (August 1, 1921 – September 12, 2009) was an American tennis player of the 1940s and 1950s.He won three Grand Slam tournaments (the U.S.

Championships in 1946 and 1947, Wimbledon in 1947).He led the U.S.Davis Cup tennis team to victory in the 1946 and 1947 Davis Cup finals.

Kramer won the U.S.Pro Championship at Forest Hills in 1948 and the Wembley Pro Championships in 1949.He won world professional championship 2-man tours in 1948 (against Riggs), 1949/50 (against Gonzales), 1950/51 (against Segura), and 1953 (against Sedgman).

He was ranked world No. 1 amateur player for 1946 by Pierre Gillou, Harry Hopman and Ned Potter.He was ranked World No. 1 amateur player for 1947 by John Olliff, Pierre Gillou and Ned Potter.

In 1948 he was ranked the U.S.No. 1 professional in the USPLTA contemporary rankings for U.S. pro tennis play.

Some recent tennis writers have considered Kramer to be the World No. 1 player from 1946 to 1953, spanning his last amateur years and early pro years.

He was the leading promoter of professional tennis tours in the 1950s and 1960s, signing many of the great tennis players of the era to professional contracts.

Kramer was one of the most important people in the establishment of modern men's Open-era tennis.


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