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*** ,1927
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January 6, 2023 (95 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
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Richard Savitt is a former American right-handed tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won the Australian Championships in Men's Singles and Wimbledon. Savitt was primarily ranked 2nd in the world the same year after fellow amateur Frank Sedgman, although he was declared World No.1 by the New York Times after winning Wimbledon. He is retiring next year. Savitt is one of only four Americans to have won Australia and England in a year, after Don Budge and ahead of Jimmy Connors and Pete Sampras. He is honored in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Inter-University Tennis Association Men's Tennis Hall of Fame, the USTA Tennis Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and to the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
Full nameRichard Savitt
BornMarch 04, 1927, Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Turned pro1944 (amateur tour)
Retired1952 (played part-time afterwards)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeCornell University (57–2 record in singles)
Int. Tennis HoF1976 (member page)
Highest rankingNo. 1 (July 1951, The New York Times)
Australian OpenW (1951)
French OpenQF (1951, 1952)
WimbledonW (1951)
US OpenSF (1950, 1951)
French OpenF (1951, 1952)

About Dick Savitt

Tennis Player Dick Savitt was born on March 4, 1927 in New Jersey, United States (He dies at the age of 95, on January 6, 2023).

Former American tennis star who, at the age of 24, won the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships in 1951.

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Dick Savitt before becoming famous

Dick Savitt was born in the Zodiac sign Pisces (The Fish), and 1927 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rabbit (兔).

At the age of 14, he taught himself how to play tennis.

Achievement of Dick Savitt

At Cornell University, he majored in Economics.

Dick Savitt's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Robert was his son's name.

Dick Savitt Collabed with

He and Tennis Player Don Budge were two of four Americans to win both the Australian and British titles in the same year.

Don Budge (1915 - 2000) (Tennis Player)
Don Budge (1915 - 2000)

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Dick Savitt Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Dick Savitt updated on March 21 2023.