American tennis official and player, poet, musician, publisher, civic leader and raconteur
Jimmy Van Alen
Statue of James Van Alen in the International Tennis Hall of Fame courtyard
Full name
James Henry Van Alen II
Country (sports)
United States
Born
(1902-09-19)19 September 1902 Newport, Rhode Island, US
Died
3 July 1991(1991-07-03) (aged 88) Newport, Rhode Island, US
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF
1965 (member page)
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open
2R (1927)
Wimbledon
1R (1922, 1924, 1925)
US Open
2R (1931)
James Henry Van Alen II (September 19, 1902 – July 3, 1991) was an American tennis official and former player. Van Alen was a poet, musician, publisher, civic leader, and raconteur. He was best known for his influence of tennis, especially for the tiebreak and for being the founder and primary benefactor of the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, the largest tennis museum in the world, which he gave to the United States Tennis Association in 1954, saving the national landmark from a proposed car park.
James Henry VanAlen II (September 19, 1902 – July 3, 1991) was an American tennis official and former player. VanAlen was a poet, musician, publisher...
politician James J. VanAlen (1848–1923), American sportsman and politician JimmyVanAlen (1902–1991), American tennis player James Van Allen (1914–2006)...
major change being the addition of the tiebreak system designed by JimmyVanAlen. That same year, tennis withdrew from the Olympics after the 1924 Games...
related to Jimmy Connors. Jimmy Connors at the Association of Tennis Professionals Jimmy Connors at the International Tennis Federation Jimmy Connors at...
purchased and saved by Jimmy and Candy VanAlen, wealthy Newport summer residents. A sportsman himself, in 1954, JimmyVanAlen established the National...
edition was won by Donald Ross Ruttnam who defeated the American player JimmyVanAlen. In 2021 Michal Kaminski of Poland defeated Krishna Amin of India. Incomplete...
widespread criticism, which included disparaging remarks from Courier and Jimmy Connors. In 1992, Sampras reached the quarterfinals of the French Open for...
Wimbledon, 1993 US Open and 1994 Australian Open titles simultaneously. Jimmy Connors (1974), Roger Federer (2004, 2006 and 2007) and Novak Djokovic (2011)...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
born in 1954 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Colette (née Thompson) and Jimmy Evert, and raised in a committed Catholic household. She is a 1973 graduate...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
After Wimbledon, Roddick began working with a new coach, tennis legend Jimmy Connors. In his first event with his new coach, Roddick reached the final...
Championships in 1881. The Hall of Fame and Museum were established in 1954 by JimmyVanAlen as "a shrine to the ideals of the game". Rhode Island is also home to...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
last being a deciding point to clinch the set. Introduced in 1965 by JimmyVanAlen as a component of the VASSS. Super tiebreak (or Champions tiebreak):...
have won multiple U.S. Amateur Court Tennis Championships include Jimmy VanAlen, Ogden Phipps, Alastair Martin, Gene Scott and Morris Clothier. Club member...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
Evert blamed her semifinal defeat on a loss of concentration when she saw Jimmy Connors, her former fiancé, escorting Susan George into Centre Court. King...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
Outerbridge Brad Parks Charlie Pasarell Gene Scott Lance Tingay Ted Tinling Ion Țiriac Brian Tobin JimmyVanAlen Dennis Van der Meer Walter Clopton Wingfield...
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