Out of all our tennis greats was Lew Hoad “the best player to ever pic up a racquet” as Rod Laver believes? Grantlee Kieza reports Now 80, Rocket Rod told me recently that Lew Hoad, that fair haired ...

Australia is a large island-continent with a small population of 8,750,000, all of whom seem to become rabid tennis fans as soon as they can hold a racket. Last week Australia’s tennis bugs were ...

The winds in Wellington, New Zealand, last week were every bit as bad as their reputation, and the visiting tennists were every bit as good. Despite blustering westerlies that whipped through the ...

WIESBADEN, Germany, May 14 — Lew Hoad, the powerful Australian who is regarded as a prime favorite to win at Wimbledon this year, knocked over American Art Larsen to sew up the singles championship in ...

If Todd Martin could spend an afternoon with one historical figure in tennis, it would likely be the great Australian Lew Hoad, regarded as an exemplary coach and outstanding tactician of the game.

1958: Rick Friedman, 14, of Des Moines, chats with Lew Hoad and Pancho Gonzales before they played a match at Veterans Memorial Auditorium. The Australian Hoad won Wimbledon in 1956 and 1957 and then ...