Alastair Martin

American tennis player

Alastair Bradley Martin (March 11, 1915 – January 12, 2010) was a U.S. National Championships title winner, Tennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of the United States Lawn Tennis Association.[1] The New York Times attributes Martin with having helped to "forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game."[2]

Alastair graduated from Princeton in 1938. Alastair was also an esteemed art collector and cultivated the Guennol Collection, which included the Guennol Stargazer and the Guennol Lioness.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Alastair Martin | International Tennis Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on August 12, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  2. ^ Richard Goldstein, Alastair Martin, 94, Court Tennis Star and Modern Tennis Executive, Dies, New York Times, January 20, 2010, available here.
  3. ^ Metropolitan Museum shows Guennol Collection of Alastair B. Martin in Centennial series of exhibitions. Digital Collections, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

External links

  • International Tennis Hall of Fame
  • The Guennol collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alastair B. Martin, a fully digitized exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
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