Perry T. Jones

Perry T. Jones (June 22, 1890 – September 16, 1970) was an amateur tennis official who was a major fundraiser for the Los Angeles Tennis Club and its tournaments. He took control of Southern California Tennis in the 1930s and ran the Pacific Southwest Championships, the second most prestigious tournament after the U.S. Championships. He became one of the most powerful officials in tennis because most of the good players were developed in Southern California.[1] However, as the "Czar" of Southern California tennis he threw up many roadblocks in the early career of Billie Jean King. [2]

  1. ^ "Ralstone Tennis". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-03-22.
  2. ^ King, Billie Jean, All In, Pages 37 and 45, Knopf, 2021, ISBN 978110194733