Herman J David

Wimbledon 2014: How SW19 gave a country garden game to the world

• lub, to effect the change. As early as October 1959 the new chairman, Herman David, had presided at a Special General Meeting of the club when a resolution had been passed asking the LTA to propose to the International Lawn Tennis Federation that open tennis should be introduced forthwith.Behind the scenes, though, Herman David had convinced enough members of the hierarchy that it was time to end the shamateurism that, in his words, had made international tennis during recent years a living lie. The leading players were known to be making a living from under-the-table pa
• Date: Jun 22, 2014
• Category: Sports
• Source: Google