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Men's Doubles. Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. [2][3][4] In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships.
Dick Savitt, the tennis Hall of Famer who won the men’s singles championships at the 1951 Australian and Wimbledon Grand Slam tournaments but dropped out of full-time play a year later while at...
An extraordinary, self-taught champion who competed with unbridled intensity and won two majors including Wimbledon in 1951, a man admired by players and the public alike for his magnificent backhand and remarkable match playing acumen, Hall of Famer Dick Savitt has died at age 95.
The ITHF remembers Hall of Famer Richard “Dick” Savitt, who passed away at age 95. The 1951 @AustralianOpen and @Wimbledon singles champion, he is one of only 4 American men to win both titles in...
Savitt did make a modest, but effective comeback, winning the Indoor Championship in 1958 and 1961, becoming the first player to cop the championship three times. In 1961 he won singles and doubles Gold Medals at the Maccabiah Games held in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Dick Savitt, who won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1951 shortly before walking away from a tennis career at age 25, died Friday. He was 95.
Dick Savitt, a self-taught tennis Hall of Famer who won the Australian and Wimbledon Grand Slam tournaments in 1951 but quit a year later to go into business, retiring from the world tennis...
