Alastair Bradley Martin (March 11, 1915 – January 12, 2010) was aTennis Hall of Fame inductee, and president of theUnited States Lawn Tennis Association in 1969 and 1970 (Vive-President the two previous years).[1] TheNew York Times attributes Martin with having helped to "forge the modern era of the Grand Slam-style game."[2]
He was a champion atReal tennis ("court tennis"), winning the US Amateur Court Tennis singles title eight times (1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956) and the doubles title 13 times (1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1971).[2]
Alastair graduated fromPrinceton in 1938. Alastair was also an art collector with a high quality but very eclectic "Guennol Collection", which included theGuennol Stargazer, theGuennol Lioness, and theHours of Catherine of Cleves - that is to say, one of the two halves into which it was divided in the 19th century, now reunited in theMorgan Library.[3]
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