Dick Savitt, US tennis star who won Wimbledon in one of the shortest finals on record – obituary
There were accusations of anti-Semitism when he was controversially omitted from the US team for the 1951 Davis Cup final
There were accusations of anti-Semitism when he was controversially omitted from the US team for the 1951 Davis Cup final
The three-time major winner last played in the competition in 2019 where he beat Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor
The last surviving Wimbledon singles champion of the 1940s, he went on to make his fortune with a fast-food empire in Brazil
Fiercely competitive, he won five Grand Slam doubles titles and was later a sought-after coach
He was the world’s leading amateur before becoming a favourite on the pro tour, and he won the Davis Cup both as player and captain
With his doubles partner ‘Big Abe’ Segal he reached the 1963 French Open final and won numerous Davis Cup victories
After their 2015 Davis Cup triumph, the British team excoriated their paymasters in a brutal press conference
In his elite tennis career, Murray has only lost to five Britons: three of them while he was a teenager, plus Tim Henman and Kyle Edmund