Lew Hoad

Lewis Alan Hoad was an Australian tennis player whose career ran from 1950 to 1973. Hoad won four Major singles tournaments as an amateur. He was a member of the Australian team that won the Davis Cup four times between 1952 and 1956. Hoad turned professional in July 1957. He won the Kooyong Tournament of Champions in 1958 and the Forest Hills Tournament of Champions in 1959. He won the Ampol Open Trophy world series of tournaments in 1959, which included the Kooyong tournament that concluded in early January 1960. Hoad's men's singles tournament victories spanned from 1951 to 1971.

23 November 1934

Born on the same birth date (23 November 1934): Robert Towne

Born on the same birth day (23 November): Asafa Powell • Betti Alver • Betty Everett • El Lissitzky • Gabriel Landeskog • Jerry Bock • Kevin Gallacher • Michel David-Weill • Myriam Boileau • Otto the Great • P. K. Page • Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950) • Peter Lindbergh

Born in the same month (November 1934): A. Thurairajah • Dave Mackay • Gilbert Strang • Gillian Knight • Ingvar Carlsson • Jerry Jameson • Jim Inhofe • John McGahern • Ken Rosewall • Kurt Hamrin • Peter Arnett • Robert Towne • Valentin Ivanov (footballer, born 1934) • William Mathias