Lee Tyler is a Burlingame, California-based writer and author of two golf mystery novels, “The Case of the Missing Links” and “The Teed-Off Ghost”. She has since given up golf for tennis. Life-long friends with Tom Brown, she co-authored “As Tom Goes By”, his memoir of his life in tennis during the golden amateur age before the emergence of the current pro game. Check out excerpts from Tom’s book in the Tennis History section! Click Here!
Lee Tyler
Tennis History
Since I was in Paris to take a riverboat cruise down the Seine, my timing was perfect. The French Open was in its next-to-last day, and I hailed a taxi. It was a beautiful (and inexpensive) ride around the Arc...
Tennis History
Ever think of tennis as being a social equalizer? San Francisco's Tom Brown did. This legendary player and Wimbledon finalist was well known as a spinner of tales relating to travel and his sport. "I remember waltzing into a big...
Tennis History
At age 91 Fred Kovaleski is one the elite players in the world, having twice won the European 90 and over championships. He took the National 85 Grass singles from 2010 to 2012. And in doubles he won 5 national...
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He beat Charlie Pasarel, Guillermo Vilas, Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, Illie Nastase, and Jimmy Connors. He beat John McEnroe on grass in 5 sets at Wimbledon. With Stan Smith, he won a critical Davis Cup doubles match in 1972 versus...
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Long before the long haired tennis days of Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, and Andre Agassi, there was Torben Ulrich. The bearded, pony-tailed Dane was a favorite with fans and the press in the 1950s and 1960s for his tennis, his...
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Seixas rhymes with gracious. And Vic Seixas is gracious. The other day, at The Club at Harbor Point, Mill Valley, California, a few miles over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, I had the pleasure of chatting with E....
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She won his respect the first day he saw her. A girl of 14, she had gotten special leave from school across town in San Francisco to play a first round match at the California Tennis Club. Burdened with bag...
Tennis History
This is an article about the oldest living tennis champion in the world, a legend who will reach his 100th birthday this November. He's done everything. Been a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather. Was a lawyer, a publisher, a tennis...