Skip to main content

USLTA TENTATIVE RANKINGS FOR 1957

MEN'S SINGLES

1. Vic Seixas, Philadelphia
2. Herb Flam, Beverly Hills, Calif.
3. Dick Savitt, South Orange, N.J.
4. Gil Shea, Los Angeles
5. Barry MacKay, Dayton
6. Ron Holmberg, Brooklyn
7. Bernard Bartzen, Dallas
8. Whitney Reed, Alameda, Calif.
9. Alejandro Olmedo, USC
10. Grant Golden, Wilmette, III.

WOMEN'S SINGLES

1. Althea Gibson, New York City
2. Louise Brough, Beverly Hills, Calif.
3. Dorothy H. Knode, Forest Hills, N.Y.
4. Darlene Hard, Montebello, Calif.
5. Karol Fageros, Miami
6. Mimi Arnold, Redwood City, Calif.
7. Jeanne Arth, St. Paul
8. Sally Moore, Bakersfield, Calif.
9. Janet Hopps, Seattle
10. Mary Ann Mitchell, San Leandro, Calif.

JUNIOR SINGLES

1. Alan Roberts, Brooklyn
2. Robert Delgado, Los Angeles
3. Rudy Hernando, Detroit
4. Ronnie Fisher, Houston
5. Charles McKinley, St. Ann, Mo.
6. James Shaffer, St. Petersburg, Fla.
7. Chris Crawford, Piedmont, Calif.
8. Robert Bowditch Jr., Worcester, Mass.
9. Clarence Sledge Jr., Dallas
10. Edgar Neely III, Atlanta

GIRLS' SINGLES

1. Karen Hantze, San Diego
2. Gwyneth Thomas, Cleveland
3. Sally Moore, Bakersfield, Calif.
4. Lorna Raymond, Covina, Calif.
5. Barbara Benigni, San Francisco
6. Albertina Rodi, Beverly Hills, Calif.
7. Jacqueline Tegland, Oxnard, Calif.
8. Susan Hodgman, Kalamazoo, Mich.
9. Donna Floyd, Arlington, Va.
10. Sandra Loubat, New Orleans

MEN'S DOUBLES

1. Gardnar Mulloy, Coral Gables, Fla., and Budge Patty, Paris
2. Ham Richardson, Arlington, Va., and Vic Seixas
3. Myron Franks, Los Angeles, and Mike Green, Miami Beach, Fla.
4. Art Andrews, Iowa City, and Crawford Henry, Atlanta
5. Sam Giammalva, Houston, and Barry MacKay
6. Crawford Henry and Ron Holmberg

WOMEN'S DOUBLES

1. Louise Brough and Mrs. Margaret O. duPont, Wilmington, Del.
2. Althea Gibson and Darlene Hard
3. Belmar Gunderson, Ft. Meade, Md., and Margaret Varner, Boston
4. Janet Hopps and Diane Wootton, Santa Barbara, Calif.
5. Jeanne Arth and Patricia Naud, San Mateo
6. Lois Felix, Meriden, Conn., and Katharine Hubbell, Conway, N.H

SENIORS' SINGLES

1. Bryan M. Grant, Atlanta
2. Ladislav Hecht, Kew Gardens, N.Y.
3. Harry R. Hoffman, Philadelphia
4. David Perchonock, Philadelphia
5. W. E. Hester Jr., Jackson, Miss.
6. Dr. Reginald Weir, New York City
7. Edgar Yeomans, Los Angeles
8. Alexander Wellford, Memphis
9. C. Alphonso Smith, Arlington, Va.
10. Clifford Robbins, Los Angeles

BOYS' SINGLES

1. William Bond, La Jolla, Calif.
2. Robert Siska, San Francisco
3. R. Dennis Ralston, Bakersfield, Calif.
4. Paul Palmer Jr., Phoenix, Ariz.
5. Henry Kamakana Jr., Honolulu
6. William Lenoir, Phoenix, Ariz.
7. Frank Bertram, Austin, Texas
8. Frank Froehling, Coral Gables, Fla.
9. Michael Neely, Atlanta
10. Hugh Lynch III, Bethesda, Md.

FATHER AND SON'S DOUBLES

1. Harry Hoffman and Harry Jr., Philadelphia
2. Admiral James Farran and James, Philadelphia
3. Guadalupe Delgado and Robert, Los Angeles
4. Robert Bowditch and Robert Jr., Worcester, Mass.
5. Harrison Rowbotham and Harrison Jr., Waban, Mass.
6. Cecil Powless and John, Flora, III.
7. Everetl Hicks and Donald, Worcester, Mass.
8. Leslie Fitz Gibbon and Herbert, New York City
9. Abe Golden and Grant, Wilmette, III.
10. C. Maxwell Brown and C. Maxwell Jr., Louisville

FOUR PHOTOS