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Raymond Moore (1946)

Tennis is an outdoor sport, which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes. There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hard court.
Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players.

Raymond Moore was born on 24^th August 1946 in Johannesburg, South Africa. His height is six feet and weight is 75 pounds. He is a right-handed tennis player. At present he resides at Rancho Mirage, California.

He won the singles title in the year 1969 at Berlin and doubles titles includes 1979 at Atlanta, 1978 at Palm, at Johannesburg and in the year 1977 at Hawaii. His best Grand Slam results were in the year 1968 in the quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and 1977 U.S. Open. He was the runner-up for 1977 at Dusseldorf, Stockholm, 1969 at Auckland. He represented player on MIPTC, the Men’s International Professional Tennis Council in the year 1981. He was also elected Chairman of MIPTC in September of 1986 and member of ATP, Association of Tennis Professionals Board of Directors 1974-1979, and 1983. He remained ATP president for 1983-1985.

Raymond had to fight the battle single handedly and make his way through the championships. His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the other players. Moreover, he was a player known for his mental toughness owing to which many of his famous matches went the distance.

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