Humphrey Truman

British tennis player

Humphrey Truman
Country (sports) Great Britain
Born(1935-08-05)5 August 1935
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon1R (1961, 1962)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1956, 1963)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
WimbledonQF (1959)

Humphrey Truman (born 5 August 1935) is a British former tennis player.[1]

Raised in Essex, Truman is the elder brother of tennis players Christine Truman and Nell Truman.[2]

During the 1950s and 1960s he competed at Wimbledon, mostly as a doubles player. He made the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the 1959 Wimbledon Championships with sister Christine and featured in the singles main draw twice.[3]

Truman, who was a pilot in the RAF, also played the sport of squash and appeared at the British Open.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Humphrey Truman in England tennis team". Leicester Evening Mail. 6 July 1960. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Another Truman is aiming for Wimbledon". Daily Herald. 9 April 1964. p. 6.
  3. ^ "British Stars' Family Values". Scottish Mail. 28 June 2015.
  4. ^ "R.A.F. success". Western Mail. 20 December 1958. p. 10.

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