Since retiring he has coached tennis in Victoria. In 1983 he and Paul McNamee established VicTennis, which is now known as the Kids Tennis Foundation. He is currently a high performance coach at TOTAL TENNIS in Melbourne.[4] In 2014 Victor was inducted into the Tennis Coaches Australia Victoria Hall Of Fame.
victor, born, november, 1954, former, professional, tennis, player, from, australia, full, namecountry, sports, australiaborn, 1954, november, 1954, sydney, australiasinglescareer, record1, 7doublescareer, record10, 17grand, slam, doubles, resultsaustralian, o. Victor Eke born 11 November 1954 is a former professional tennis player from Australia Victor EkeFull nameVictor EkeCountry sports AustraliaBorn 1954 11 11 11 November 1954 age 69 Sydney AustraliaSinglesCareer record1 7DoublesCareer record10 17Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open2R 1974 1977 Dec 1979 Wimbledon1R 1978 1979 1980 Contents 1 Biography 2 Challenger titles 2 1 Doubles 2 3 References 4 External linksBiography editEke who was born in the Sydney suburb of Caringbah played on the professional tour in the 1970s 1 As a singles player he was a finalist at the Queensland Open in 1978 and had a win over Ray Ruffels at a Grand Prix tournament in Hobart in 1979 2 More successful in doubles he made a Grand Prix semi final partnering Wayne Hampson in Bournemouth and made several main draw appearances at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon At the 1979 Australian Open he and Ernie Ewert eliminated third seeds Mark Edmondson and John Marks in the first round 3 He played his final year on tour in 1980 Since retiring he has coached tennis in Victoria In 1983 he and Paul McNamee established VicTennis which is now known as the Kids Tennis Foundation He is currently a high performance coach at TOTAL TENNIS in Melbourne 4 In 2014 Victor was inducted into the Tennis Coaches Australia Victoria Hall Of Fame Challenger titles editDoubles 2 edit No Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score 1 1979 Biarritz France Clay nbsp Ernie Ewert nbsp Herve Gauvain nbsp Jerome Vanier 6 1 6 4 6 1 2 1979 Royan France Clay nbsp Bob Carmichael nbsp Ulf Eriksson nbsp Per Hjertquist 7 5 6 2References edit Eke happy about win The Canberra Times ACT Australia 4 March 1978 p 1 Sports Retrieved 23 June 2018 via National Library of Australia Vilas wins Marks ousted The Canberra Times ACT Australia 5 January 1979 p 16 Retrieved 23 June 2018 via National Library of Australia ITF Tennis Pro Circuit Australian Open 24 December 02 January 1980 International Tennis Federation Retrieved 23 June 2018 The Team totaltennis net au Retrieved 23 June 2018 External links editVictor Eke at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Victor Eke at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Victor Eke amp oldid 1192326654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
