Lewis
Alan
(Lew)
Hoad
Born in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Alan Henry Hoad
and Ailsa Lyle (Burbury) Hoad
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 59
in Fuengirola, Andalusia, Spain
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Biography
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Lew was an Australian tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1956 and 1957 as well as the Australian Championships and the French Championships in 1956. He lost in the final of the US Nationals in four sets to Ken Rosewall, narrowly missing winning the Grand Slam for winning all four titles in a single year. He ended 1956 as the No. 1 ranked player.
He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame in 1995.
Lew was born on the 23rd of November, 1934 to Alan Hoad and Ailsa Burbury in the working-class Sydney inner suburb of Glebe,
He married fellow Australian tennis player Jenny Staley on the 18th of June, 1955 at St. Mary's Church, Wimbeldon in London. They went on to have 2 daughters and one son.
After he retired, he started a tennis resort in Fuengirola (near Málaga) in Spain.
He passed away on the 3rd of July, 1994 after a battling an aggressive form of leukemia.
Lew Hoad was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985.
Sources
- Wikipedia page
- International Tennis Hall of Fame page
- Tennis Australia page
- Find A Grave memorial
- Australian Dictionary of Biography page
- Sport Australia Hall of Fame
- AUSTRALIAN TENNIS HALL OF FAME
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