1. Frederick Rudolph "Ted" Schroeder was an American tennis player who won the two most prestigious amateur tennis titles, Wimbledon and the US National.
14 Facts About Ted Schroeder
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Ted Schroeder was the No 1-ranked American amateur player in 1942; the No 2 for 4 consecutive years, 1946 through 1949, and the latter year saw Schroeder ranked World No 1 amateur by Pierre Gillou.
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Ted Schroeder was born in Newark, New Jersey, but developed as a tennis player in Southern California under the guidance of Perry T Jones.
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Ted Schroeder was discovered by Perry T Jones who was based at the Los Angeles Tennis Club and mentored several world-class players including Ellsworth Vines, Bobby Riggs and Jack Kramer.
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Ted Schroeder was an almost exact contemporary of Kramer, having been born only 10 days earlier in 1921, and they began to play against each other as top boy players in the mid-1930s.
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Ted Schroeder attended college for four years, the first two at the University of Southern California, and the last two at Stanford University.
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Ted Schroeder, playing during vacation time from his job, won Wimbledon in June 1949, winning some tough matches along the way.
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Ted Schroeder was two sets down against Gardnar Mulloy in round one and then had five-set wins against Frank Sedgman, Eric Sturgess and Jaroslav Drobny in the quarters, semis and final.
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Kramer writes that in spite of his friendship with Ted Schroeder, he has always felt that Ted Schroeder subconsciously "tanked" the match, in order to avoid the rigors of the professional tour.
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Ted Schroeder was never much more than a part-time player after the War, being preoccupied with his family and his career as vice president of a commercial refrigeration equipment company, and had never really intended to turn professional.
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Ted Schroeder said he took his tennis far too emotionally to allow him to treat it as a profession.
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Ted Schroeder remained a successful amateur player for a few more years and then faded from view.
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Ted Schroeder died in La Jolla, California at the age of 84.
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Ted Schroeder's son, John, is a professional golfer who has won on the PGA Tour.