Tom Brown (tennis)

Tom Brown
Country (sports) United States
Born(1922-09-26)September 26, 1922
Washington D.C., U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 2011(2011-10-27) (aged 89)
Castro Valley, California, U.S.
Turned pro1939 (amateur tour)
Retired1969
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record314–96
Career titles34
Highest rankingNo. 7 (1946, Pierre Gillou)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1947)
French OpenSF (1946, 1947)
WimbledonF (1947)
US OpenF (1946)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1947)
French OpenF (1947)
WimbledonW (1946)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (1946)
WimbledonW (1946)
US OpenW (1948)

Thomas P. Brown Jr. (September 26, 1922 – October 27, 2011) was one of the top amateur tennis players in the world in the 1940s and a consistent winner in veterans' and seniors' competitions. He was the son of Thomas P. Brown, a newspaper correspondent, later public relations director for a railroad, and Hilda Jane Fisher, who became a schoolteacher when Tom was a boy. Though born in Washington, D.C., Tom was considered a San Franciscan all his life, having been brought west by his parents (both Californians) at the age of two.

  1. ^ United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 425-6.