Wimbledon men's champion in 1951 who was caught up in a media storm as part of the Davis Cup team the following year Dick Savitt, who has died aged 95, was one of the most controversial tennis players of his era. Not for the manner in which he won Wimbledon in 1951 nor, indeed, the Australian Championships the same year, but for his fractious relationship with the US Lawn Tennis Association and the Davis Cup captain of the time, Frank Shields. Savitt has been called the greatest Jewish tennis pl...
Wimbledon men's champion in 1951 who was caught up in a media storm as part of the Davis Cup team the following year Dick Savitt, who has died aged 95, was one of the most controversial tennis players of his era. Not for the manner in which he won Wimbledon in 1951 nor, indeed, the Australian Championships the same year, but for his fractious relationship with the US Lawn Tennis Association and the Davis Cup captain of the time, Frank Shields. Savitt has been called the greatest Jewish tennis pl...
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