Don McNeill (tennis)

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Don McNeill
Full name William Donald McNeill
Country  United States
Born (1918-04-30)April 30, 1918
Chickasha, Oklahoma
Died November 28, 1996(1996-11-28) (aged 78)
Vero Beach, Florida
College Kenyon College
Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HOF 1965 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking No. 3 (1940, Ray Bowers)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open W (1939)
Wimbledon 2R (1939)
US Open W (1940)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open W (1939)
US Open W (1944)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
US Open F (1944)

Last updated on: September 14, 2012.

William Donald McNeill (April 30, 1918 - November 28, 1996) was an American male tennis player. He was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma and died in Vero Beach, Florida, United States.

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Biography [edit]

In 1939, he became the second American to win the French championships (after Don Budge). Only seven American men in the history of the French Open have won the singles title.

Ray Bowers ranked McNeill as World No. 3 in his 1940 amateur-pro combined rankings.[1] There were no "official" amateur rankings during WW2 - McNeill reached as high as World No. 7 in Gordon Lowe's amateur rankings list in 1939.[2]

He was elected to the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965.

Don McNeill graduated from Kenyon College in 1940, where he became a brother of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Lambda chapter).

Grand Slam record [edit]

  • U.S. Championships
    • Singles champion: 1940
    • Men's Doubles champion: 1944
    • Men's Doubles runner-up: 1946
    • Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1944

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Bowers, Ray (2006). "Forgotten Victories: A History of Pro Tennis 1926-1945, Chapter XI: AMERICA, 1940-1941", Tennis Server: Between the Lines, 1st October 2006.
  2. ^ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 425.

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