Alan Lane Explained

Alan Lane
Birth Date:1938/1939
Plays:Right-handed
Australianopenresult:3R (1962)
Frenchopenresult:4R (1963)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1960, 1963)
Usopenresult:3R (1961)

Alan Lane (born 1938/1939) is an Australian tennis player who competed on the world tour from 1959 to 1964.[1]

Lane, who grew up in Adelaide, made the singles fourth round of the 1963 French Championships and won several international tournaments. These titles include Israel's Passover championships and the Chilean championships in Santiago.[2] [3] He served as the coach of both Portugal and Israel in the Davis Cup.[1] During the 1970s he relocated to the United States and worked as a teaching pro, but in his later years has been living in Far North Queensland.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: New tennis pro has new ideas . . 3 February 1980.
  2. News: Aussie wins Israel tennis . . 4 May 1962 . 24 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Chilean Title To Alan Lane . . 19 November 1963 . 32 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Alan wrote the book on tennis . . 28 February 2015.