Los Angeles Times | September 13, 2009 | 9:05 a.m. Tennis great Jack Kramer dead at 88
Jack Kramer, a tennis champion in the 1940s and early 1950s and a well-known businessman and tennis promoter in Southern California, died late Saturday night at his home in Los Angeles of cancer. He was 88. Kramer, the No. 1 player in the world for much of the late 1940s, won the Wimbledon men's singles title in 1947 and the men's U.S. Championships, the forerunner of the U.S. Open, in 1946 and 1947. He also won seven other Grand Slam titles in doubles. He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1968. More at http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/V1XSHO/36/t. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- California and the world: Visit http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/ZBIN6A/36/t for up to the minute news. Mobile: http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/18QP0M/36/t Follow @LATimes on Twitter: http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/HD8ZE3/36/t Follow the L.A. Times on Facebook: http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/JIOM91/36/t Sign up for more email newsletters: http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/9ZP859/36/t -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About this Communication: You are receiving this email because you opted-in to receive Breaking News Alerts from the Los Angeles Times. You're currently subscribed to Los Angeles Times Breaking News with the address [email protected]. If you'd like to unsubscribe, please click here: http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/C5L0XF/36/t?a=TGL35X&[email protected]&c=51242192&d=BM16VI You can also unsubscribe by modifying your profile on latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com/newsletters For information on how we protect your information, please read our privacy policy at http://link.latimes.com/r/R58V3G/INM4H/55A0JN/BMVIC/BM1OWF/36/t [[R58V3G-BM16VI-INM4H-55A0JN-BMVIC-T-M2-20090913-f0a4f812187717be6]] -- Posted By # to BN at 9/13/2009 07:08:00 PM
