Hoad, Lewis (1934-1994), tennis player Australian who won three grand slams in 1956 and was one of the best doubles players in the post-war period.
Lewis Hoad was born in Sydney. He triumphed four times in the Davis Cup, especially associated with his compatriot Ken Rosewall in 1953, then from 1955 to 1957. In 1956, he won the singles Internationaux de France (Roland Garros), Australia and Great Britain (Wimbledon), he also won the following year. He was also an excellent doubles player winning, at the age of fifteen, the Australian Junior Championships with Rosewall. It is still necessary to duplicate the Internationaux de France in 1953, Australia 1953, 1956 and 1957, the United States in 1956 and Wimbledon in 1953, 1955 and 1956 before turning pro in 1958. He was given the lackluster results because of a back injury. He played at Wimbledon even though thirty-six in 1970, then successively led teams of English and British Davis Cup.
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