Dick Knight (tennis), Date of Birth

    

Dick Knight (tennis)

American tennis player

Date of Birth: 15-May-1948

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Dick Knight (tennis)

  • Dick Knight (born May 15, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) attended Shoreline High School in Seattle, Washington where he was a high school tennis standout competing with and against other tennis great Tom Gorman.
  • From 1966 to 1970 he attended the University of Washington where he was named Tennis Captain and the first U.W.
  • NCAA Coaches All American.
  • He was inducted into the Husky Hall of Fame in 1995 and the USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame in 2015. As a tennis player his career highlights include four years Washington State Open champion, five years ranked in the top 60 in the U.S.
  • (1967–71), four years ranked number one in Pacific Northwest, and competitor in Wimbledon (1972) and three U.S.
  • Open tournaments (1967, 1968, 1971) where he played such tennis greats a champion Arthur Ashe.
  • One other notable moment in Knight’s career happened in a match against Mike Sprengelmeyer in Southampton, Long Island in 1967.
  • The match lasted 5 ½ hours and 107 games which Dick eventually won 32–30, 3–6, 19–17.
  • This lengthy duel was featured later that year in a Sports Illustrated article by George Plimpton titled "What the Deuce is Going On?"In 1972 Knoght signed on with Nike as the young company’s first worldwide tennis promotions manager.
  • That same year, he signed on with the Seattle SuperSonics as tennis professional at the SuperSonics Racquet Club in Bellevue, Washington.
  • In 1984, Knight and Dr.
  • Mark Dedomenico founded Professional Recreation Organization, Inc.
  • to purchase the club and changed the name to PRO Sports Club [2].
  • Over the past 20(+) years as President of PRO Sports Club, the flagship Bellevue location has grown into a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) facility with over 40,000 members. Currently Knight resides in Redmond, Washington with his wife Karen.
  • He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

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