- Bay Area prepares for men's tennis goodbye
- Roddick makes sure his last match in his 20s isn't his last match at US Open; VWilliams wins
- Djokovic lives to fight another day, Azarenka out
- Djokovic survives quarter-final fright at French Open
- Djokovic crushes Federer to close on "Novak Slam"
J. Donald Budge
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Bay Area prepares for men's tennis goodbye - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… tournament now known as the SAP Open has a list of winners that reads like a who's who of tennis greats. Bill Johnston. Don Budge . Jack Kramer. Rod Laver. Arthur Ashe. Jimmy Connors. John McEnroe. Ivan Lendl. Stefan Edberg. Andre Agassi. Pete Sampras …
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U.S. Open Men's Finals Results
… Horn, 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. 1938 - Don Budge def. Gene Mako, 6-3, 6-8, 6-2, 6-1. 1937 - Don Budge def. Gottfried von Cramm, 6-1 ..... 3-6, 6-1. 1936 - Fred Perry def. Don Budge , 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8 …
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Tennis: Andy Murray a worthy successor to Fred Perry as British grand slam winner ending 76 years of frustration in beating Novak Djokovic - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… titles over on the grass at Forest Hills, the third coming with a 10-8 victory in the fifth set over the great American Don Budge . That was in 1936 and no man from Britain has won any of the four Grand Slams since — 76 long years. You may like to know you have …
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U.S. Open-British Men's Finals Results
… 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. 1934 - Fred Perry def. Wilmer Allison, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 8-6. 1936 - Fred Perry def. Don Budge , 2-6, 6-2, 8-6, 1-6, 10-8. 1997 - Greg Rusedski lost to Patrick Rafter, 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. 2008 …
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U.S. Open Men's Champions
… Parker 1943 - Joe Hunt 1942 - Ted Schroeder 1941 - Bobby Riggs 1940 - Donald McNeill 1939 - Bobby Riggs 1938 - Don Budge 1937 - Don Budge 1936 - Fred Perry 1935 - Wilmer Allison 1934 - Fred Perry 1933 - Fred Perry 1932 - Ellsworth Vines 1931 - Ellsworth …
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US Open Glance - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… single match. I don't know how I managed to come through in the end.'' - Andy Murray ON THIS DATE (Sept. 11, 1937): Don Budge , who would win the Grand Slam a year later, wins his first U.S. singles title, defeating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany …
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US Open Glance - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… single match. I don't know how I managed to come through in the end.'' - Andy Murray ON THIS DATE (Sept. 11, 1937): Don Budge , who would win the Grand Slam a year later, wins his first U.S. singles title, defeating Gottfried von Cramm of Germany …
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Agnieszka Radwanska reaches US Open second round in 54 minutes - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… produced the likes of Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors (not to mention others such as Bill Tilden or Don Budge ). Roddick found himself in an era dominated by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal — and, more recently and to a lesser extent …
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The world in 1938, a Brit's last Wimbledon final
… Wimbledon, the war - World War II - hadn't yet begun. It was 1938 when Bunny Austin lost the championship in straight sets to Don Budge . And around the world: - Bands of Nazis began roaming the streets of Germany and Austria, looting and burning synagogues …
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The world in 1938, a Brit's last Wimbledon final - News | FOX Sports on MSN
… Wimbledon, the war - World War II - hadn't yet begun. It was 1938 when Bunny Austin lost the championship in straight sets to Don Budge . And around the world: - Bands of Nazis began roaming the streets of Germany and Austria, looting and burning synagogues …