Adrian Bey | |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1938 |
Birth Place: | Salisbury, Rhodesia |
Death Place: | Texas, United States |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 84-71 |
Singlestitles: | 6 |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1963) |
Wimbledonresult: | 4R (1959, 1963) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1961) |
Adrian Bey (May 16, 1938 – July 2, 2019) was a Rhodesian-born American professional tennis player.
Bey was born and raised in Salisbury, Rhodesia and attended Prince Edward School.[1]
Debuting on the international tour in the late 1950s, Bey was a member of the inaugural Rhodesia Davis Cup team and featured in a total of five ties in the competition. Bey won eight closed championships in Rhodesia and was the country's 1963 Sportsman of the Year.[2]
In 1960, Bey won the Worcestershire Championships on grass at Malvern, defeating Alan Mills in the semifinal and Reynaldo Garrido in a close final. He twice made the round of 16 at the Wimbledon Championships, including in 1963 when he was beaten in four sets by second-seed Manuel Santana.[3]
In 1965, Bey won the Rhodesian International Championships defeating Gordon Forbes in the final in a close five set match.
In the 1970s he immigrated to the United States and worked in Texas as a tennis pro for many years, living there until his death in 2019. He was a 2010 inductee in the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.[4]