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Lester Stoefen
Stoefen (left) with fianceé Ruth Henrietta Moody. 1936
Full name Lester Rollo Stoefen Country (sports) United States Born (1911-03-30 ) March 30, 1911Des Moines , Iowa , U.S.Died February 8, 1970(1970-02-08) (aged 58 )La Jolla , CA Height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m ) [1] Turned pro 1935 (amateur from 1930) Retired 1942 Highest ranking No. 9 (1933, Pierre Gillou )[2] Wimbledon QF (1933 , 1934 ) US Open SF (1933 ) Professional majors US Pro SF (1935 ) Wembley Pro SF (1935 , 1937 ) French Pro SF (1936 , 1939 ) Wimbledon W US Open W Wimbledon 4R (1934) US Open F (1934) Davis Cup F (1934Ch )
Lester Rollo Stoefen (March 30, 1911 – February 8, 1970) was an American tennis player of the 1930s.
Career
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Stoefen, partnering with compatriot George Lott , won three Grand Slam doubles titles: 1934 Wimbledon Championships , 1933 and 1934 U.S. National Championships. In 1933 he was ranked world No. 9 by Pierre Gillou (president of the Fédération Française de Tennis ) and World No. 10 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph .[2] [3] Fred Perry in straight sets.[4]
In 1934 he played for the US Davis Cup team and won all his six matches, including the only match the US won in their defeat in the final against Great Britain.[5] U.S. Indoor Tennis Championships singles event, defeating Gregory Mangin in the final in three straight sets.[6]
Stoefen signed a professional contract in November 1934 with promoter Bill O'Brien. In January 1935, at Madison Square Garden, he started a series of head-to-head matches against Ellsworth Vines and by March trailed him 1–25.[1] [7]
Personal life
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He was the cousin of basketball player Art Stoefen , although they were commonly mistaken for brothers, and both attended Los Angeles High School .[8] [9]
On February 6, 1936, he married actress Ruth Moody in Hollywood.[10]
He died in La Jolla , California on February 8, 1970, of liver cirrhosis .[11] [12]
Grand Slam finals
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References
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^ "Mr. Wallis Myers' ranking" . Sydney Morning Herald Google News Archive .
^ Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed . Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 111. OCLC 172306 .
^ "Davis Cup – Lester Stoeffen" . International Tennis Federation (ITF).
^ "Sport: Indoor Champion" . Time . March 26, 1934. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013.
^ "Les Stoefen, tennis ace, joins pro ranks" The Gazette and Daily . AP. November 14, 1934. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Stanford Cage Star Praises his Brother" Standard-Examiner Newspapers.com .
^ "In the Spotlight of Sports" . Oakland Tribune 18 . Retrieved April 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Lester Stoefen Marries American Film Actress" . The Argus (Melbourne) National Library of Australia .
^ "Lester Stoefen, 58, tennis champion" (PDF) . The New York Times
^ Barbara Stoefen (April 28, 2015). "Proof That Addiction Runs in Families?" . Barbaracoferstoefen.com.
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lester_Stoefen&oldid=1192097078 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 1 9 1 1 b i r t h s ● 1 9 7 0 d e a t h s ● A m e r i c a n m a l e t e n n i s p l a y e r s ● S p o r t s p e o p l e f r o m D e s M o i n e s , I o w a ● T e n n i s p l a y e r s f r o m I o w a ● U n i t e d S t a t e s N a t i o n a l c h a m p i o n s ( t e n n i s ) ● W i m b l e d o n c h a m p i o n s ( p r e - O p e n E r a ) ● G r a n d S l a m ( t e n n i s ) c h a m p i o n s i n m e n ' s d o u b l e s ● P r o f e s s i o n a l t e n n i s p l a y e r s b e f o r e t h e O p e n E r a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e m d y d a t e s f r o m O c t o b e r 2 0 1 3 ● I T F t e m p l a t e u s i n g W i k i d a t a p r o p e r t y P 8 6 1 8
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
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