Vic Seixas

Vic Seixas
Rayuwa
Cikakken suna	Elias Victor Seixas, Jr.
Haihuwa	Philadelphia, 30 ga Augusta, 1923
ƙasa	Tarayyar Amurka
Mutuwa	Mill Valley (en) , 5 ga Yuli, 2024
Karatu
Makaranta	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (en) William Penn Charter School (en)
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	tennis player (en)
Tennis
Dabi'a	right-handedness (en)
Singles record	127–45
Doubles record	4–9
Tsayi	1.85 m
Kyaututtuka	gani International Tennis Hall of Fame  (1971)
Aikin soja
Ya faɗaci	Yakin Duniya na II
IMDb	nm1813602

Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (Agusta 30, 1923 - Yuli 5, 2024) ɗan wasan tennis ne na Amurka. An sanya Seixas a cikin manyan goma a cikin Amurka a lokuta 13 daga 1942 zuwa 1956.A 1951, Seixas aka ranked No. 4 mai son a duniya, biyu spots kasa Dick Savitt, yayin da ya kasance No. 1 a US ranking, daya tabo gaba Savitt.A cikin 1953, Lance Tingay ya zama Seixas na 3 a duniya. A cikin 1954, Harry Hopman ya zama Seixas a matsayin mai son lamba ɗaya.A cikin aikinsa, Seixas ya lashe manyan gasa 15. Ya lashe duka Wimbledon da US Open a cikin 'yan gudun hijira.Ya kuma ci gasar Australian Open, da French Open (sau biyu), da US Open (sau biyu) a biyu, da French Open, Wimbledon (sau hudu), da US Open (sau uku) a gauraye biyu. An shigar da Seixas a cikin Babban Gidan Wasan Tennis na Duniya, Gidan Wasan Tennis na Kasa na Blue Grey na Fame, Gidan Fame na Wasanni na Philadelphia, da Babban Babban Taron Taro na Kudancin.

Rayuwa

An haifi Seixas a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1923 a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ga Anna Victoria (née Moon), wacce ta kasance daga zuriyar Irish, da Elias Victor Seixas, wanda aka haife shi a Jamhuriyar Dominican, na zuriyar Dutch-Yahudu.An ruwaito shi Bayahude ne daga majiyoyi da yawa.amma ya tashi Presbyterian.Ya halarci kuma ya sauke karatu daga makarantar William Penn Charter, inda ya kasance tauraron wasan tennis. Seixas ya yi aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi a rundunar sojojin Amurka ta Air Corps a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu na tsawon shekaru uku, wanda ya katse masa wasan tennis.Daga nan ya halarci Jami'ar North Carolina a Chapel Hill, inda ya kasance memba na Alpha Sigma na ƙungiyar Chi Psi.Ya kasance 63 – 3 a UNC, ya lashe gasar cin kofin Kudancin Kudancin a cikin 1948 da gasar zakarun sau biyu a 1949, kuma Ba-Amurke ne.Ya kammala karatunsa a 1949, a shekarar da UNC ta ba shi lambar yabo ta Patterson, lambar yabo mafi girma a makarantar a fagen wasannin motsa jiki.

Aikin wasan tennis

A tsawon tsawon aikinsa, Seixas ya lashe kofuna guda biyu, da guda biyu, da gauraye biyun lakabi. Ya shiga gasar tseren maza ta Amurka sau 28 daga 1940 zuwa 1969. Seixas ya kasance cikin manyan goma a cikin Amurka sau 13 daga 1942 zuwa 1956.A 1951, Seixas aka ranked No. 4 a duniya, biyu spots kasa Dick Savitt, yayin da ya kasance No. 1 a US ranking (a ranking shi kuma gudanar a 1954 da kuma 1957), daya tabo gaba Savitt.A cikin 1953, Lance Tingay ya kasance Seixas a matsayi na 3 a duniya kuma an ba da shi a matsayin na 1 a duniya a cikin Eagle Reading a wannan shekarar.Manyan nasarorin da ya samu sun hada da Wimbledon a 1953 akan Kurt Nielsen (inda nasarar da ya samu shine takardar shaidar £25 don ciyarwa a wani shago a Piccadilly Circus) da US National (U.S. Open) a 1954 akan Rex Hartwig. Seixas kuma ya kasance mai nasara mai ninka biyu da gauraya mai kunnawa. A cikin 1952, ya lashe gasar cin kofin Amurka tare da Mervyn Rose.A tsakiyar shekarun 1950, ya kulla kawance mai nasara tare da Tony Trabert, inda ya lashe gasar Faransa da Amurka ta 1954, da kuma Gasar Australiya da Faransa ta 1955.Bugu da ƙari, sun ci mahimmiyar maki na uku a gasar cin kofin Davis ta 1954 a kan Ostiraliya. Seixas ya lashe kambi biyu a jere a Wimbledon daga 1953 zuwa 1956, uku na farko tare da Doris Hart da na hudu tare da Shirley Fry; Ƙasar Amurka ta haɗe daga 1953 zuwa 1955, duk tare da Doris Hart; Gasar Faransa ta gauraye biyu a 1953 tare da Doris Hart. A cikin 1966, yana ɗan shekara 42, Seixas ya buga wasanni 94 sama da sa'o'i huɗu don kayar da Bill Bowrey ɗan Australiya mai shekaru 22, 32–34, 6–4, 10–8 a Gasar Cin Kofin Grass na 1966 Philadelphia.

Davis Cup Seixas da Trabert sun lashe Kofin Davis a 1954, da Australia.An kima Seixas a matsayi na biyar a cikin mafi yawan wasannin Davis Cup Singles (24), a bayan Bill Tilden (25) da Arthur Ashe (27).Ya yi aiki sau uku a matsayin Kyaftin na ƙungiyar Davis Cup ta Amurka. Ya kasance 38-17 a rayuwa a cikin wasannin Davis Cup.

Zauren Fame An shigar da Seixas a cikin Zauren Tennis na Duniya na Fame a cikin 1971.An kuma shigar da shi cikin Babban Gidan Wasan Tennis na Kasa na Blue Grey. An shigar da Seixas cikin Class II na Dandalin Wasannin Wasanni na Philadelphia a cikin 2005.An shigar da shi cikin dakin taro na Kudancin Kudancin a cikin 2011.

Bayan ritayar wasan tennis

Seixas ya kasance dillalin hannun jari daga ƙarshen 1950s har zuwa farkon 1970s.Bayan haka, ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan wasan tennis na Greenbrier Resort a White Sulfur Springs, West Virginia da kuma otal Hilton a New Orleans. Ya koma California a cikin 1989, inda ya zauna a Mill Valley kuma ya kafa shirin wasan tennis a Harbour Point Racquet da Club Beach a Mill Valley (Marin County), wanda yanzu ake kira The Club a Harbor Point.A cikin 1998, ya kasa yin wasan tennis saboda gwiwowinsa, ya zaɓi ya zama mashaya a Harbour Point. Bayan shekaru da yawa yana mashaya da kuma taimakawa da ayyukan gaban tebur na kulob din, ya yi ritaya.Seixas shine zakaran tseren Singles na Grand Slam mafi tsufa a duniya, kuma mafi tsufa memba na Zauren Tennis na Fame, wanda ya cika shekaru 100 a ranar 30 ga Agusta, 2023. Seixas ya mutu a gidansa a Mill Valley a ranar 5 ga Yuli, 2024, yana da shekaru 100.

Gasar karshe ta Grand Slam

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1951	U.S. Championships	Grass	Frank Sedgman	4–6, 1–6, 1–6
Loss	1953	French Championships	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win	1953	Wimbledon	Grass	Kurt Nielsen	9–7, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1953	U.S. Championships	Grass	Tony Trabert	3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1954	U.S. Championships	Grass	Rex Hartwig	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||1955 || Australian Championships ||Grass|| Tony Trabert || Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall|| 6–3, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 6–1 |- style="background:#ebc2af;" | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win ||1955 || French Championships ||Clay|| Tony Trabert || Nicola Pietrangeli
Orlando Sirola || 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |- style="background:#ccf;" | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss ||1956 || U.S. Championships ||Grass|| Ham Richardson || Lew Hoad
Ken Rosewall|| 2–6, 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |} | style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | 1 / 28 | 75–27 | 73.5 |- style="background:#efefef" |style="text-align:left;" |Win–loss | 1–1 || 2–1 || 1–1 || 0–0 || 1–1 || 0–0 || 1–1 || 3–1 || 3–1 || 0–1 | 11–3 || 6–1 || 7–2 || 22–3 || 16–3 || 10–4 || 10–2 || 8–2 || 4–1 | 3–1 || 3–1 || 2–1 || 3–1 || 2–1 || 3–1 || 3–1 || 1–1 || 2–2 || 1–1 || 0–2 | bgcolor=efefef |2 / 44 | bgcolor=efefef |129–42 | bgcolor=efefef |75.4 |- |}