Jack Kramer, tennis legend and promoter,\u00a0died of cancer on September 12, 2009 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88.<\/p>\n
ESPN\u2019s Cliff Drysdale reported the death during the Rafael Nadal-Juan Martin Del Potro semifinal at the U.S. Open.<\/p>\n
Kramer,\u00a0 Wimbledon and two-time United States singles champion, was the leading promoter of the professional tennis tours in Los Angeles for 60 years.\u00a0 He was a world class tennis player particularly known for his consistent serve and volley attack,\u00a0 powerful serve and forehand.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe put more continuing pressure on an opponent than any other player I ever saw or played against,\u201d Ted Schroeder, Kramer\u2019s partner for two United States doubles championships, told The Associated Press in 2002. \u201cThat goes all the way back to Bill Tilden.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kramer was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame\u00a0 in 1968. The Los Angeles Tennis Open was known as the Jack Kramer Open — the only World Tour event to be named for a player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jack Kramer, tennis legend and promoter,\u00a0died of cancer on September 12, 2009 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. ESPN\u2019s Cliff Drysdale reported the death during the Rafael Nadal-Juan Martin Del Potro semifinal at the U.S. Open. Kramer,\u00a0 Wimbledon and two-time United States singles champion, was the leading promoter of the professional tennis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46],"tags":[1041,1042],"class_list":["post-16473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tennis-news","tag-jack-kramer","tag-jack-kramer-dies"],"yoast_head":"\n