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Former British No. 1 Mike Davies is a well-known tennis promoter and administrator, who was instrumental in introducing the coloured tennis ball, the tie-break and bringing tennis onto mainstream television.
Jan 24, 2014 · Robin Turner. Mike Davies in action at Wimbledon in 1960. He is the self-styled 'tennis rebel' and still the only Welshman to play in a Wimbledon final, who blazed a trail for modern tennis...
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Jul 4, 2011 · And yet few people now under the age of 60 have heard of Mike Davies, the fiery Welshman who grew up playing tennis on the public courts of Cwmdonkin Park in his native Swansea.
Jul 5, 2014 · Mike Davies played on the tennis courts of Cwmdonkin Park as a boy. Getty Images. Mike Davies was inducted into the tennis hall of fame in 2012.
May 23, 2020 · Perry, whose eight Major titles (in addition to his Wimbledon hat-trick, he won three US titles and also triumphed once apiece in both Australia and France) still make him Britain’s greatest ever tennis player, was to prove a major influence on the young Mike Davies.
He played on the British Davis Cup team with Bobby Wilson, Billy Knight and Roger Becker. In 1952 Davies went to Australia for the first of three winter visits to work with Harry Hopman, the Australian Davis Cup Coach, and Australian players like Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall, Roy Emerson, Fred Stolle. [2] . It was there that Davies developed his game.
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Nov 4, 2015 · Mike Davies, the only Welshman to appear in a final at Wimbledon, has died at the age of 79 after an illness. The former British number one is credited with modernising the game during his time...
