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11 December, 2020, 1:21 pm
Alex Olmedo on his way to beating Roy Emerson in the Wimbledon semifinals in 1959, the year he captured the title. Picture: STUFF SPORTS
Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died. He was 84.
Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr, the Hall of Fame said on Thursday (Friday NZT) that Olmedo died of brain cancer earlier this week.
Alejandro “Alex” Olmedo was born in Peru in 1936 and moved to the United States as a teenager. He went to the University of Southern California, where he won NCAA tennis championships in singles and doubles in both 1956 and 1958.
Wimbledon champ, tennis Hall of Famer Alex Olmedo dies at 84
December 10, 2020 GMT
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died. He was 84.
Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr., the Hall of Fame said Thursday that Olmedo died of brain cancer on Wednesday.
Alejandro “Alex” Olmedo was born in Peru in 1936 and moved to the United States as a teenager. He went to the University of Southern California, where he won NCAA tennis championships in singles and doubles in both 1956 and 1958.
2020/12/11 04:16 FILE - Alex Olmedo makes a return as he plays against Roy Emerson, of Australia, during a men s singles semifinal match at the all England Lawn Tennis. FILE - Alex Olmedo makes a return as he plays against Roy Emerson, of Australia, during a men s singles semifinal match at the all England Lawn Tennis Championship at Wimbledon, London, in this July 1, 1959, file photo. Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died. He was 84. Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr., the Hall of Fame said Thursday that Olmedo died of brain cancer on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Alejandro “Alex” Olmedo was born in Peru in 1936 and moved to the United States as a teenager. (AP Photo/Leslie Priest, File)
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