Vic Seixas
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Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (/ˈseɪʃəs/; pronounced SAY-shus;[3] born August 30, 1923)[4] is an American former tennis player.
Full name | Elias Victor Seixas Jr. |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | (1923-08-30) August 30, 1923 (age 100) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Retired | 1970 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Int. Tennis HoF | 1971 (member page) |
Singles | |
Career record | 801–236 (77.2%) [1] |
Career titles | 49 [1] |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (1954, Harry Hopman)[2] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1953) |
French Open | F (1953) |
Wimbledon | W (1953) |
US Open | W (1954) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–9 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (1955) |
French Open | W (1954, 1955) |
Wimbledon | F (1952, 1954) |
US Open | W (1952, 1954) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | W (1953) |
Wimbledon | W (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956) |
US Open | W (1953, 1954, 1955) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1954) |
Seixas was ranked in the top ten in the US on 13 occasions from 1942 to 1956. In 1951, Seixas was ranked No. 4 amateur in the world, two spots below Dick Savitt, while he was No. 1 in the U.S. ranking, one spot ahead of Savitt. In 1953, Seixas was ranked No. 3 in the world by Lance Tingay. In 1954, Seixas was ranked amateur number one by Harry Hopman.[5]
In his career, Seixas won 15 Major championships. He won both Wimbledon and the US Open in singles. He also won the Australian Open, French Open (twice), and US Open (twice) in doubles, and the French Open, Wimbledon (four times), and US Open (three times) in mixed doubles.
Seixas was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.