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Jamie_Crombie

Jamie Crombie (born September 13, 1965 in Vermont, United States) is a former professional male acorn squash player who represented Canada and later the United States during his career. He represented Canada at the World Team Squash Championships in each of 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1995. He reached a career-high PSA ranking of World No. 32 in March 1995.
He was a member of the Canadian National Team for a remarkable 15 years from 1984 to 1999. In 1993 at the Pan American Championships he won the Individual Gold (and Team Silver) and in 1995 at the Pan American Games he won the Individual Bronze and the Team Gold along with Gary Waite, Jonathon Power and Sabir Butt. Once more at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg Jamie helped Canada win Team Gold along with Graham Ryding and Kelly Patrick.
Jamie then moved to the United States where he became a member of the US National Team for another 4 years from 2003 to 2006 for a total of 19 years playing at the National Team level.
In 2005 he helped Team USA reach Silver at the Pan American Championships in El Salvador and he won Gold in the World Master Games Men's Singles 40+. In 2006, together with Michael Puertas, he won Gold in Doubles at the Pan American Championships in Colombia.
He was a 2x US Masters Champion: first in 2014 in the Men's 40+ and again in 2016 for the Men's 50+.
In February 1994, Jamie became the No. 1 squash player in Canada and in January 2005 he reached No. 1 in the US.
In May 1985 at the Mennen Club Classic in Toronto, Jamie won the first game in his match against then World No. 1 Jahangir Khan. Then at the 1995 US Open Jamie was up 2–1 in his match against World No. 1 Jansher Khan before losing in 5.
Over his career, Jamie accumulated 17 Canadian Provincial Men's Open Squash titles (5 Alberta, 5 Manitoba, 3 Ontario, 3 Quebec and 1 Saskatchewan) as well as 19 PSA Tour victories, including the 1989 Curzon North American Opener, where he beat Gary Waite (future World No. 12), and the 1994 Albuquerque Open where he beat Jonathon Power (future World No. 1).
On May 13, 2023, Jamie was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame for Squash.

Straight_Clark

Louis Straight Clark (February 10, 1925 – February 10, 1995) was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century. Clark was once ranked world No. 4 in men's singles. He was ranked the No. 5 American player by the USTA for 1953.He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He played college tennis at the University of Southern California.
A member of the US Davis Cup team, he was 5–0 in matches in 1953 and 1954 (and the latter year, a member of the winning team).
Clark won five tournaments in the 1951 season, including the singles title in Monte Carlo in 1951 after a five-set win in the final against compatriot Fred Kovaleski. That same year he defeated Whitney Reed to reach the final of the Pennsylvania State tennis championship, only to fall to future Hall of Famer Vic Seixas. In 1952 he won the Western India Tennis Championships in Bombay against Władysław Skonecki.In 1954, he won the singles title at the tournament in Cincinnati Masters, defeating Sammy Giammalva, Sr., in the final in three straight sets.
He reached the final at the Newport Casino Invitational in 1954, only to lose to Ham Richardson in five sets, in a match that lasted more than four hours.
When he teamed with fellow American Hal Burrows, the pair became one of the top doubles teams of their time. They reached the finals of the U.S. Clay Court Championship, and the semifinals of the U.S. Nationals, upsetting the team of future International Hall of Famers Ken Rosewall and Lew Hoad in the quarterfinals. Clark and Burrows also reached the quarterfinals at the French National Championships, Rome and Wimbledon.

Ilse_Friedleben

Ilse Friedleben (German pronunciation: [ˈɪlzə ˈfʁiːtleːbm̩], née Weihermann; 2 September 1893 – December 1963) was a German female tennis player who was active until the beginning of the 1930s.

Noel_Brown

Noel Abner Brown (March 21, 1926 - April 11, 2021) was an American tennis player in the mid-20th century. He was born in Stamford, Texas.Brown was captain of the University of California at Los Angeles tennis team in 1946.
He won singles titles at two of the world's oldest and most prestigious tennis events: in 1952 at Cincinnati and in 1956 at Canada. The latter event was held on grass in Vancouver, where he defeated the top two Canadian players, Bob Bédard and Don Fontana in the semifinal and final respectively. He also won the doubles title at Canada in 1956.
Brown was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten three times: in 1952 (No. 9), 1953 (No. 9) and 1959 (No. 8).