Alastair Martin
American tennis player
Alastair Bradley Martin (March 11, 1915 – January 12, 2010) was a U.S. National Championships title winner, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association.[1] The New York Times attributes Martin with having helped to "forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game."[2]
Alastair graduated from Princeton in 1938. Alastair was also an esteemed art collector and cultivated the Guennol Collection, which included the Guennol Stargazer and the Guennol Lioness.[3]
References
- ^ "Alastair Martin | International Tennis Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
- ^ Richard Goldstein, Alastair Martin, 94, Court Tennis Star and Modern Tennis Executive, Dies, New York Times, January 20, 2010, available here.
- ^ Metropolitan Museum shows Guennol Collection of Alastair B. Martin in Centennial series of exhibitions. Digital Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
External links
- International Tennis Hall of Fame
- The Guennol collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
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Members of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
- Russ Adams
- George Adee
- Lawrence Baker
- John Barrett
- Nick Bollettieri
- Vic Braden
- Jane Brown Grimes
- Butch Buchholz
- Philippe Chatrier
- Gianni Clerici
- Bud Collins
- Joseph Cullman
- Allison Danzig
- Mike Davies
- Herman David
- Donald Dell
- Cliff Drysdale
- Steve Flink
- David Gray
- Clarence Griffin
- Gustaf V
- Derek Hardwick
- Gladys Heldman
- William Hester
- Lamar Hunt
- Nancy Jeffett
- Robert Walter Johnson
- Perry T. Jones
- Robert J. Kelleher
- Peachy Kellmeyer
- Al Laney
- Alastair Martin
- Dan Maskell
- William McChesney Martin
- Mark McCormack
- Julian Myrick
- Arthur Nielsen
- Original 9
- Mary Ewing Outerbridge
- Brad Parks
- Charlie Pasarell
- Gene Scott
- Lance Tingay
- Ted Tinling
- Ion Țiriac
- Brian Tobin
- Jimmy Van Alen
- Dennis Van der Meer
- Walter Clopton Wingfield
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