Vic Seixas

Vic Seixas
Seixas in 1954
Full nameElias Victor Seixas Jr.
Country (sports) United States
Born(1923-08-30)August 30, 1923
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 5, 2024(2024-07-05) (aged 100)
Mill Valley, California, U.S.
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Retired1970
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF1971 (member page)
Singles
Career record801–236 (77.2%) [1]
Career titles49 [1]
Highest rankingNo. 1 (1954, Harry Hopman)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (1953)
French OpenF (1953)
WimbledonW (1953)
US OpenW (1954)
Doubles
Career record4–9
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (1955)
French OpenW (1954, 1955)
WimbledonF (1952, 1954)
US OpenW (1952, 1954)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1953)
WimbledonW (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956)
US OpenW (1953, 1954, 1955)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (1954)

Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (/ˈsʃəs/ SAY-shəs;[3][4] August 30, 1923 – July 5, 2024) was an American tennis player.

Seixas was ranked in the top ten in the U.S. on 13 occasions from 1942 to 1956. In 1951, Seixas was ranked No. 4 amateur in the world, two spots below Dick Savitt, while he was No. 1 in the U.S. ranking, one spot ahead of Savitt. In 1953, Seixas was ranked No. 3 in the world by Lance Tingay. In 1954, Seixas was ranked amateur number one by Harry Hopman.[5]

In his career, Seixas won 15 Major championships. He won both Wimbledon and the US Open in singles. He also won the Australian Open, French Open (twice), and US Open (twice) in doubles, and the French Open, Wimbledon (four times), and US Open (three times) in mixed doubles.

Seixas was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame, and the Southern Conference Hall of Fame.

  1. ^ a b "Vic Seixas: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
  2. ^ "The San Bernardino County Sun, 7 January 1955". newspapers.com. January 7, 1955. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ W, Tim (2014). Gone Pro: North Carolina: Tar Heel Stars Who Became Pros. Clerisy Press. ISBN 9781578605460. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2020 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "A Bartender at 76, Seixas Has Trophies, but Little Money," Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ "The San Bernardino County Sun, 7 January 1955". newspapers.com. January 7, 1955. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.