Alex Olmedo
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Alejandro "Alex" Olmedo Rodríguez was a tennis player from Peru with American citizenship. He was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player for 1958, but as a U.S. player for 1959. He helped win the Da
Olmedo in Noordwijk (the Netherlands), 1964
Wimbledon Championships
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The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised annually by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association in W
Alex Olmedo
…a little player from Peru to win the Cup". Olmedo eventually became a U.S. citizen many years later. Olmedo won the Australian Championships and the Wimbledon singles titles in 1959 and was the runner-up at the 1959 U.S. Championships, losing to Neale Fraser, whom he defeated in the Australian Championships…
Spencer Gore, the winner of the inaugural Wimbledon Championship
Ladies Championship, 1884. First prize, awarded to Maud Watson, was a silver flower-basket worth 20 guineas.
Centre Court at Wimbledon in May 2019
Aerial view of the grounds