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    Team competitions. Davis Cup. W ( 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956) Lewis Alan Hoad (23 November 1934 – 3 July 1994) was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur (the Australian Championships, French Championships and two Wimbledons ).

  2. Lewis Alan Hoad, tennis player: born Sydney 23 November 1934; Australian doubles champion 1953, 1956, 1957; French doubles champion 1953; Wimbledon doubles champion 1953, 1955, 1956; French...

  3. Jun 29, 2024 · Lew Hoad was an Australian tennis player who rose to prominence in the 1950s, winning 13 major singles and doubles titles. With his rival and partner, Ken Rosewall, Hoad led Australia to win the Davis Cup in 1953 over the United States.

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  4. Hoad knocked off Vic Seixas, the defending Wimbledon champion, in the first singles match. Rosewall was beaten by defending U.S. champion Tony Trabert. The Seixas and Trabert doubles pair defeated Hoad and Rex Hartwig, which left Hoad in a must-win situation against Trabert.

  5. Jul 5, 1994 · Lew Hoad, an Australian who won five Wimbledon titles in the 1950's, died on Sunday in Spain, the International Tennis Federation said today. He was 59.

  6. Jun 22, 2022 · Hoad kicked things off with a straight-set victory against Seixas, and Trabertfresh off his first major title at Forest Hills–brushed aside Rosewall. The Americans won the doubles rubber as well, making quick work of Hoad and Hartwig. Lew needed to beat Trabert to keep his country’s hopes alive.

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  8. Lewis Alan ‘LewHoad (1934-1994), tennis player, was born on 23 November 1934 at Waverley, New South Wales, eldest of three sons of New South Wales-born parents Alan Henry ‘Boy’ Hoad, electrical fitter, and his wife Ailsa ‘Bonnie’ Lyle, née Burbury.

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