Jack Kramer

John Albert "Jack" Kramer ( born August 1, 1921 in Las Vegas, Nevada; † 12 September 2009 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American tennis player.

Kramer was one of the best tennis players of the 1940s and 1950s. His first successes, he was able to celebrate with Ted Schroeder, as the two were victorious in doubles at the U.S. Championships in 1940 and 1941. In 1946 he also won for the first time in the men's singles at Forest Hills. In the same year he won with Ted Schroeder together in the Davis Cup against Australia. A year later he was able to triumph in Wimbledon.

Later he became a professional tennis player and toured with Pancho Gonzales, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman and Robert Riggs.

After his tennis career, he was tour promoter of the professional series. He belonged in 1972 to the three founding members of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Jack Kramer stood beside the professional tennis for other innovations in tennis. He was the first successful serve- and-volley players and one of the first players who competed at Wimbledon in shorts. In 1968 he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame Sports.

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