Full name John Edward Patty Career record 378–107 Spouse Marcina Sfezzo (m. 1961) Country (sports) United States Name Budge Patty | Turned pro 1940 (amateur tour) Role Tennis player Retired 1960 Grand slams won (singles) 2 Highest ranking No. | |
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Born February 11, 1924 (age 100)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA ( 1924-02-11 ) Plays Right-handed (1-handed backhand) Similar People Gardnar Mulloy, Pauline Betz, Jana Novotna | ||
Int. Tennis HoF 1977 (member page) Education Los Angeles High School | ||
Budge patty champion 1950
John Edward "Budge" Patty (born February 11, 1924) is a former World No. 1 American tennis player whose career spanned a period of fifteen years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950.
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Patty was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
In 1950, he won the men's singles title at the French Championships defeating Egypt's Jaroslav Drobný in a five-set match. A few weeks later he also won the Wimbledon Championships in a four-set victory over Australian Frank Sedgman. Only two other American male players have achieved this double victory: Don Budge in 1938 and Tony Trabert in 1955.
Patty was ranked World No. 1 in 1950 by John Olliff of The Daily Telegraph.
He was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1977.
Patty attended Los Angeles High School. He now lives in Lausanne, Switzerland, with his wife, Marcina.