General Sidney Welby (Welby)
Van Horn
Male
United States of America
1920-09-08
Los Angeles, Ca., United States of America
2014-09-17
West Palm Beach,FL, United States of America


About

As a 19-year-old player, Van Horn reached the finals of the 1939 U.S. Nationals only to lose to Bobby Riggs in just 56 minutes (6–4, 6–2, 6–4). One of the high points of his career was a crushing defeat (6–0, 6–2, 6–1) of the great Bill Tilden at a match between U.S. and British Empire service teams at Wimbledon in July 1945, supposedly the worst drubbing of Tilden's career — Tilden, however, was 52 years old at the time while Van Horn was 25. Van Horn also won the United States Pro Championship in 1945. He was ranked as high as World No. 5 in the professional ranks (the Professional Players Association, instated by Bill Tilden) in 1946. Gordon Lowe ranked Van Horn as World No. 9 for 1939 in his amateur rankings.

He lived briefly in Atlanta, Ga., where he had been hired as Head Tennis Professional at the Piedmont Driving Club. In 1951, he moved to Puerto Rico as a coach at the Caribe Hilton Swim and Tennis Club, where he worked with many promising juniors, the most notable being Charlie Pasarell who was ranked No.1 in the U.S. in 1967 who he continued to coach on the main tour, another notable junior was Manuel Diaz, later to become a star on the University of Georgia tennis team and UGA coach.

His career as a coach spawned institutions such as the Welby Van Horn Tennis Academy in Boca Raton, Florida, and Welby Van Horn Tennis programs in a number of locations.

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Archive statistics 1938 - 1951
15
266
182


Tournament wins 1949 - Coral Gables Pros (Professional)
1947 - Middle States Pro Grass Courts (Professional)
1946 - Louisiana Pro Championships (Professional)
1946 - Florida Professional (Professional)
1946 - La Jolla Pro (Professional)
1946 - Smokey Mountain Pro Championships (Professional)
1946 - Miami Gold Cup (Professional)
1945 - US Pro Championships (Professional)
1945 - North and South Professional Tournament (Professional)
1944 - North and South Professional Tournament (Professional)
1941 - Ojai Championships (Open)
1941 - Utah State Championships (Amateur)
1940 - Beverly Hills (Amateur)
1939 - Beverly Hills (Amateur)
1938 - Hotel de Coronado (Amateur)


Tournaments US Pro Clay Courts - 1951 Wembley Professional Championships - 1951 Philadelphia Pro Championships - 1951 US Pro Championships - 1950 US Pro Clay Courts - 1950 Canadian Professional Championships - 1950 Wembley Professional Championships - 1950 Philadelphia Pro Championships - 1950 US Pro Championships - 1949 Coral Gables Pros - 1949 US Pro Championships - 1948 US Pro Clay Courts - 1948 US Pro Championships - 1947 US Pro Indoors - 1947 US Pro Clay Courts - 1947 Buffalo Pro Championships - 1947 Middle States Pro Grass Courts - 1947 Troy Armory Pros - 1947 Rochester Pros - 1947 US Pro Championships - 1946 Richmond Professional Tournament - 1946 Florida Professional - 1946 Pacific Coast Professionals - 1946 Southern Professionals - 1946 US Pro Hardcourts - 1946 Southwestern Pro Indoors - 1946 Texas Pro Championships - 1946 Tennessee State Pro Championships - 1946 New England Pro Championships - 1946 Middle States Pro Grass Courts - 1946 Cape Cod Pro Championships - 1946 White Mountain Pro Championship - 1946 Cotton States Pro Championships - 1946 Indiana State Pros - 1946 Miami Gold Cup - 1946 Wentworth by the Sea - 1946 Smokey Mountain Pro Championships - 1946 Pittsburgh Masters Pro - 1946 Michigan State Pro Championships - 1946 Chicago Pro Championships - 1946 Oklahoma Pros - 1946 Louisiana Pro Championships - 1946 La Jolla Pro - 1946 US Pro Championships - 1945 North and South Professional Tournament - 1945 World Professional Tournament - 1945 San Francisco World Championship - 1945 North and South Professional Tournament - 1944 US Pro Championships - 1943 North and South Professional Tournament - 1942 Southeastern Professional - 1942 Florida Professional - 1942 Orlando Professional Championships - 1942 Southern Professionals - 1942 Gulf Stream Professional Championships - 1942 Dixie Professional Championships - 1942 Fort Lauderdale Pro - 1942 California State Championship - 1941 Colorado Championship - 1941 Southern California Championship - 1941 Utah State Championships - 1941 Ojai Championships - 1941 US Open - 1940 California State Championship - 1940 Illinois State Championship - 1940 Newport Casino - 1940 Pacific Coast Championship - 1940 Eastern Grass Court Championships - 1940 Seabright Invitational - 1940 Southern California Championship - 1940 US Clay Courts - 1940 Western States Championships - 1940 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1940 Maryland State Championships - 1940 Hillcrest Invitational Tournament - 1940 Beverly Hills - 1940 US Open - 1939 Colorado Championship - 1939 Eastern Clay Court Championships - 1939 Kentucky State Tournament - 1939 Eastern Grass Court Championships - 1939 Seabright Invitational - 1939 Southern California Championship - 1939 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1939 Maryland State Championships - 1939 Southampton Invitation (Long Island) - 1939 Palm Springs - 1939 Beverly Hills - 1939 US Open - 1938 California State Championship - 1938 Colorado Championship - 1938 Newport Casino - 1938 Eastern Grass Court Championships - 1938 Pacific Southwest Championships - 1938 West Side Spring Inivtation Tournament - 1938 Hotel de Coronado - 1938

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