Wow, a different time... when the players wore crisp, perfectly fitted tennis whites, kept themselves perfectly clean shaven and groomed, and looked as if they never broke a sweat. And you don't see one tank top, Budweiser beer tee shirt, or morbidly obese person in the audience, either. Progress is a wonderful thing, but the sacrifices we make for it...
Wikipedia indicates that the 1958 winner was Bernard "Tut" Bartzen.
jdstanhaus 10 months ago
I love watching the serves... back then it was required to keep one foot on the ground while serving.
rsimcox 1 year ago
I grew up on Oak Ave. 1 block east of the RFTC.. I was 6 years old 1958.
I am sure friends parents were there. I went one time to the USLTA Clay Court Tennis Tournament . I was about 9 or 10.
That corner on lathrop has changed in fifty years The BIG TRESS ARE GONE
Dutch Elm Disease killed almost all the nice big Elm and Oak tress in RF.
grenadebaron 1 year ago
Wow, a different time... when the players wore crisp, perfectly fitted tennis whites, kept themselves perfectly clean shaven and groomed, and looked as if they never broke a sweat. And you don't see one tank top, Budweiser beer tee shirt, or morbidly obese person in the audience, either. Progress is a wonderful thing, but the sacrifices we make for it...
tjbnyc76 1 year ago
wow, i live in rf and that corner on lathrop has not changed in fifty years...wow
jamieson88 4 years ago
Who was the men's winner, Alex Olmedo?
Ariamaluum 5 years ago