Lewis Alan ("Lew") Hoad (born November 23, 1934 in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, died July 3, 1994 in Fuengirola, Spain) was a champion tennis player. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and great player himself, ranks Hoad as one of the 21 best players of all time. For five straight years, beginning in 1952, he was ranked in the World Top Ten for amateurs, reaching the No. 1 spot in 1956. Wikipedia
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During his quarter-century career as a professional, Pancho Gonzalez faced a vast array of first-rate players, and the one he considered the most devastating was Lewis Alan Hoad. www.tennisfame.com/famer.aspx?pgID=867&hof_id=149
