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@JosephPerrotta-db9xp 15 күн бұрын

Their playing on my grandma's hutch

@JosephPerrotta-db9xp 15 күн бұрын

The court looks like an ice skating ring

@pablotupone4190 Ай бұрын

Super fast court!!! Wood!! ATP should bring back that surface....

@YongMingPor 2 ай бұрын

Amazing guy. Taken away too soon.

@gabrielesantucci6189 2 ай бұрын

With the power of today' s player on such a surface, we would witness a duel of serves only!😂

@dougmilesmedia 2 ай бұрын

There's no backcourt room at all on this court and the surface is lightning fast. No way can you have any rallies. I'm sure these guys were not thrilled playing on that court.

@BangNguyen-ux4ie 2 ай бұрын

Ridiculously fast wooden court, how could the pros play on these courts back then? What a travesty

@rondunn4336 2 ай бұрын

I understand Hoad was beating Gonzalez consistantly until he hurt his back, badly, then the roles reversed.

@GreekPatriot07 3 ай бұрын

Some notes to self: 7:37, 8:37, 9:12, 10:38, 11:23, 12:05, 13:20, 13:41, 16:51

@zoyamoisejeva8052 4 ай бұрын

Всё-- для любимки........

@user-yf3ti8ry2v 4 ай бұрын

I say underrated because people just look & c he won 2 US Opens & that’s all they know not that he was the World’s top professional player for 8 years & therefore the No 1 player in the world all the public talk about is Grand Slam titles & he was banned from playing them just like Ken Rosewell would of won 15-20 Slams

@mddistribution30 4 ай бұрын

It's amazing to think that during Laver's peak years 63-67, he couldn't play any Slams cos he was on the rival pro circuit. Just think how much he'd have won if he'd been playing Slams during that period

@carlosalbertoloaizacardena8044 4 ай бұрын

Rip artur ashe great man

@user-jz8mc5gj6y 5 ай бұрын

i think it was only a week before this match took place that they played in the Australian Indoors final in Sydney. somewhat shockingly Jarryd won that match in straight sets...ruined my day as i was a big Lendl fan back then

@user-jz8mc5gj6y 5 ай бұрын

wish there was more footage available from this era

@samarahoad3629 5 ай бұрын

Thanks ❤

@pelehound 6 ай бұрын

fantastic thx

@perjanse5904 7 ай бұрын

Many thanks!!

@user-ey1ni2nr6d 8 ай бұрын

Yes, very interesting. Never saw any of these former great players. You can see the complete differerent technique of backhand and the serve without loading.... Nice ❤

@steveferguson8047 8 ай бұрын

Lew Hoad and Rod Laver were my tennis idols as a boy growing up. Really nice to see this footage of him playing.

@jjanderson8235 8 ай бұрын

Great interview, and sad. Tragic times. What an era and life Arthur went through, deeply intellectual, great man, great tennis player. Beacon of hope. Legend.

@bertramattles1695 9 ай бұрын

I played with a wooden racquet when I was first taught tennis. I had a booming serve even as a teen because it was the one shot I could practice by myself all day long. When the change went to graphite and braided graphite my serve got even faster once the adjustment was made. I played with the original Dunlap Max 200g and then the Original Wilson Pro Staff. (Point of fact - The original Wilson Pro Staff was actually created and made for Jimmy Connors as a replacement for his T-2000) he played with it for a short time about less than a year, he even did commercials for the racquet and for some reason stopped playing with it. He signed a big contract to endorse it and wasn't sure if they sued for breach of contract. Anyway as we all know Pete Sampras is credited with making the racquet famous at that time almost all the pros were using it on the men's and women's side. It is one of the finest racquets ever made. Oh my racquet was the original Jack Kramer, I always wanted the Pro Staff but could not afford the $20 Price at the time lol lol lol. Two of the finest wood racquets ever! I always wanted and interviewer to ask Connors about the racquet but they dont do their homework at all and probably dont think its worth asking maybe.

@musicmasterplayer4532 4 ай бұрын

At this time Hoad was using the Hoad signature Dunlop Fort maxply racquet. I used a Dunlop but not the Hoad signature.

@user-bf2cv9xo7x 4 ай бұрын

The Dunlop Maxply with gut strings had the most power/control of any wooden racket I ever used. Rod Laver won his two Grand Slams with it, for example. But it was around as fragile as an eggshell. You had to buy a new one every few months, even if you never abused it.

@user-bf2cv9xo7x 4 ай бұрын

@@musicmasterplayer4532I'd forgotten all about the Fort part of the name. It means strong in French.

@musicmasterplayer4532 3 ай бұрын

@@user-bf2cv9xo7x I have not played since 1982, when most players still used wood. The new large racquets have changed the style of the game. Longer rallies, baseline boredom.

@MarcelaR-dh1ok 9 ай бұрын

Lew Hoad had a tennis center in Spain...I believe it was Mijas

@Dman9fp 9 ай бұрын

Absolute tennis titans even if it does look like it here (both past their peaks, especially Hoad who had serious back issues (apparently surgeries, change of diet, stretches, excercises didnt really fix it) and allegedly drank heavily in large part to help with the pain Gonzales, himself claimed by many to be the greatest of all time in the 20th century, said Hoad was his strongest opposition and vice versa (& keep in mind a 40+ year old Gonzales had beaten in or near their peak Laver, Rosewall, Newcombe, etc in the 70s) In Hoad's wife's memoir mostly about her late husband, in it is an excerpt where Gonzales had said: "Lew was such a strong son-of-a-b***h. On his day, when he tried, you just couldn't beat him. He was probably the best and toughest player when he wanted to be. He hit the ball harder than anyone I ever played. He would take the ball low inside the court and whip it at your head, and you knew the damn thing would drop six inches inside the baseline if you let it go but it was coming so fast, egg-shaped with top-spin that sometimes you couldnt even get a racquet on it. He was the only guy, if I was playing my best tennis, who could still beat me. The series we played was ball-busting, every day fraught with drauma. I think his game was the best game ever. Better than mine. He was capable of making more shots than anybody. His two volleys were great. His overhead were enormous. He had the most natural tennis mind with the most natural tennis physique" This book isnt perfect but has some good insights like that. & especially Id be very eager to see their match at the dawn of the open era at wimbledon in 1967, both well past their peaks and out of shape but apparently played a very entertaining match in which Hoad won 3-6, 11-9, 8-6

@musicmasterplayer4532 9 ай бұрын

Excerpts exist of that 1967 Wimbledon match. See the Wiki bio of Hoad.

@olivierevano8486 9 ай бұрын

Grande élégance sur les courts, grande élégance dans ses mots.

@gildylan8703 10 ай бұрын

Now that's a man right there..

@ps3737 11 ай бұрын

This has the feel of a Twilight Zone episode.

@robertwebb3546 11 ай бұрын

I'd never heard Hoad speak on video for any great length. He's very candid and engaging. He was a great spokesperson for the pro tour.

@joehiatt1992 11 ай бұрын

Back then it was all serve, they had hardly any groundstrokes

@steeel 11 ай бұрын

Big serves wow

@user-yf3ti8ry2v 11 ай бұрын

The most underrated great in Tennis History Pancho Gonzalez won 2 US Opens then turned Pro Straight away was ranked the top Pro 8 years in a row couldn’t play the Slams for like 12-14 years just like Rosewell probably would’ve won 15-20 Slams look at that Service Action just like Roger Federers when Tennis went Open & he was allowed to play the Slams he was past his peak those 8-10 years at his peak him & Rosewell would of won all 4 of the Slams every year not the guys that did the Amateurs were way inferior as Laver found out when he turned Pro & Rosewell destroyed him & he was the Grand Slam winner 1962 at this point

@Marc-rf9ei 4 ай бұрын

Pancho was not underated. He was the biggest tennis star of the 50s. How many tennis fans know who Bill Tilden or Don Budge are. It is simply the passage if time.

@MarcelaR-dh1ok Жыл бұрын

Looks like a wooden basketball court

@cdimitriadis807114 Жыл бұрын

I had the honour of meeting Arthur Ashe in 1975 at the Beckenham Grass Court Championships in Kent. I was 19 years old and he won beating Roscoe Tanner. God bless this kind, gentle and full of humility human being. Just amazing ❤🙏.

@fts4608 4 ай бұрын

I would love to have known him. I am watching this video again to see what I can learn from him about self-worth. What a talented, courageous, determined and intelligent man he was.

@MW-od5wp Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. Many thanks. The courts were SO much faster, as was the time taken between points. Required a different set of skills to today. Only Federer of the recent big 3 would be able to cope with these conditions.

@mattcarlson8262 Жыл бұрын

That gymnasium floor for tennis, so slippery!

@catherinepruett8595 Жыл бұрын

I love to listen to this man. He is so eloquent.

@tyrone-tydavis5858 Жыл бұрын

Read a Jack Kramer book saying some venues were so hot that opponents would agree that whoever won the first set won the match and the loser would tank the 2nd set.

@EJP286CRSKW 10 ай бұрын

That's not what he said. He said that in the _doubles_ there was such an agreement, but if the guys got competitive they would ignore it and beat each others' brains out until after midnight. And if you watch this through to the interview with Lew you will find that he puts any suggestion of fixing to bed.