Ken Weatherley
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born (1947-11-24) 24 November 1947
Singles
Career record63–91 (40.9%)[1]
Career titles1[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1972)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1972)

Ken Weatherley (born 24 November 1947) is a British former professional tennis player.[2]

Career

He played his first tournament in 1963 at the Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships in Torquay.[1] Weatherley, a Surrey county player, was educated at the Millfield School and University of Cambridge. He made the main draw of the 1972 Wimbledon Championships.[1]

His career singles highlights included winning his one and only title at the Les Diablerets International Championship in Switzerland in 1971.[1] Additionally he was also a finalist at the Grantown-on-Spey Open in 1964.[1] In 1971 he contested four other finals including the Torquay Open where he lost to Premjit Lall,[1] the Ascona International where he lost to John de Mendoza,[1] the Ilkley Open losing to Ray Keldie,[1] and the Israel International Invitation where he was defeated by Hank Irvine.[1] Weatherley played his final singles event in 1977 at the Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships.[1]

A former Wimbledon committee member, he founded the charity Tennis First which helps fund young players. He was influential in getting funding for a 12-year old Emma Raducanu.[3]


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Players: Chamberlain, Walter William". The Tennis Base. Madrid: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  2. ↑ Jones, C M (6 May 1967). "Another Aussie Crashes - To Student Ken". Daily Mirror. p. 30.
  3. ↑ "Raducanu 'must absorb lessons' to reach top of women's tennis". France 24. 19 January 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.