Tattersall defeated Ivo Ribeiro of Brazil in the boys' singles final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1957 in straight sets.[2] He also won the boys' doubles and became the youngest British No. 1 in junior tennis. In the same year, he was a member of the Duffield Lawn Tennis Club first tennis team. During the previous year, 1956 and as a 16 year–old, Tattersall also won the boys' doubles as well as the junior mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon.[3]
Apart from Wimbledon, Tattersall also participated at the 1960 U.S. National Championships, where he was defeated by Roy Emerson in the first round in straight sets.[4] In 1961, he participated at the U.S. Clay Court Championships and after he defeated Andy Paton, Jr. in the first round, he was defeated by the eventual champion, Barry MacKay in the second round.[5] Tattersall announced his retirement from tennis in 1962.
DeathEdit
He died on 4 February 1997, aged 56 at his home in Evesham, Worcestershire where he lived for the latter part of his life.[3]
jimmy, tattersall, james, irvine, tattersall, march, 1940, february, 1997, british, professional, tennis, player, became, active, from, 1950s, early, 1960s, full, namejames, irvine, tattersallcountry, sports, united, kingdomborn, 1940, march, 1940gloucester, e. James Irvine Tattersall 27 March 1940 4 February 1997 was a British professional tennis player who became active from mid 1950s to early 1960s 1 Jimmy TattersallFull nameJames Irvine TattersallCountry sports United KingdomBorn 1940 03 27 27 March 1940Gloucester EnglandDied4 February 1997 1997 02 04 aged 56 Evesham EnglandTurned pro1955 amateur tour Retired1962PlaysRight handedSinglesGrand Slam singles resultsWimbledon1R 1957 1958 1959 1962 US Open1R 1960 DoublesGrand Slam doubles resultsWimbledon2R 1958 1959 Mixed doublesGrand Slam mixed doubles resultsWimbledon3R 1958 Contents 1 Career 2 Death 3 Junior Grand Slam finals 3 1 Singles 1 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditTattersall defeated Ivo Ribeiro of Brazil in the boys singles final at the Wimbledon Championships in 1957 in straight sets 2 He also won the boys doubles and became the youngest British No 1 in junior tennis In the same year he was a member of the Duffield Lawn Tennis Club first tennis team During the previous year 1956 and as a 16 year old Tattersall also won the boys doubles as well as the junior mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon 3 Apart from Wimbledon Tattersall also participated at the 1960 U S National Championships where he was defeated by Roy Emerson in the first round in straight sets 4 In 1961 he participated at the U S Clay Court Championships and after he defeated Andy Paton Jr in the first round he was defeated by the eventual champion Barry MacKay in the second round 5 Tattersall announced his retirement from tennis in 1962 Death EditHe died on 4 February 1997 aged 56 at his home in Evesham Worcestershire where he lived for the latter part of his life 3 Junior Grand Slam finals EditSingles 1 Edit Result Year Championship Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1957 Wimbledon Grass nbsp Ivo Ribeiro 6 2 6 1References Edit James Tattersall Overview ATP Tour Tennis ATP Tour Retrieved 22 April 2020 Jimmy Tattersall Wimbledon www wimbledon com Retrieved 22 April 2020 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link a b Jimmy Tattersall Wimbledon Boys Singles Champion 1957 Duffield Tennis Club Retrieved 29 October 2016 James Tattersall Player Activity ATP Tour Tennis ATP Tour Retrieved 22 April 2020 Tournament Tennisarchives com www tennisarchives com Retrieved 22 April 2020 External links EditJimmy Tattersall at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to British tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jimmy Tattersall amp oldid 1169491372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
