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Arthur Ashe (USA) - July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993 won three Grand Slam titles. Ashe, an African American, broke racial barriers and is also remembered for his efforts to further social causes. |
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Rudi Berger (Germany) - 1952 - August 15, 2007 Rudi Berger was a member of the world's first group of professional Chair Umpires He became the Tournament Director of the ATP event of Munich, Germany. |
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Philippe Chatrier (France) - 2 February 1926 - 22 June, 2000 was president of the French Tennis Federation for 20 years, from 1973 to 1993, and president of the International Tennis Federation. |
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Vitas Gerulaitis (USA) - July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994 won the Australian Open in 1977. A New York native, he attended Columbia University before dropping out to pursue tennis full time. |
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Althea Gibson (USA) - August 25, 1927 – September 28, 2003 is the first African American to win at Roland Garros, Forest Hills and Wimbledon. she won fifty-six major singles championships. |
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Horst Skoff (AUT) - August 22, 1968 – June 7 2008, 2003 was born in Klagenfurt, Austria and played on Austria's Davis Cup team for nine years, compiling a 22-17 record. |
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Michael Westphal (Germany) - February 19, 1965 – June 20, 1991 participated for his country in the 1984 Summer Olympics, making to the quarterfinals. He died of complications from AIDS. |
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Horst Skoff - (August 22, 1968 – June 7, 2008)
Horst Skoff was a former professional tennis player from Austria. He was born in Klagenfurt, Austria and died in Hamburg, Germany.
Skoff turned professional in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 at Athens. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles and two tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World Number 18 in singles and World Number 70 in doubles. His career prize-money totalled US$1,651,858.
Skoff played on Austria's Davis Cup team for nine years, compiling a 22-17 record. He helped the team reach the World Group semi-finals in 1990. Memorable Davis Cup rubbers which Skoff was involved in include a 6–7, 7–6, 1–6, 6–4, 9–7 win over Mats Wilander in the 1989 quarter-final; and a 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6 loss to Michael Chang in the 1990 semi-final.
Skoff retired from the professional tour in 1995.
He died on June 7, 2008 in Hamburg following a heart attack.Austria's tennis federation said Skoff died Saturday of a heart attack. Skoff's friend, Arno Puckhofer, said federal police had ordered an autopsy to verify the cause of death. Puckhofer told Austrian news agency APA that police were investigating why Skoff had injuries to his face.Puckhofer said Skoff, who ran a tennis school the past 19 months, battled weight problems since his retiring from the sport in 1995.
Skoff was ranked as high as 18th in the world in 1990, and had a singles record of 228-203. He also added two ATP Tour doubles titles to his four singles victories. "It's hard to comprehend that a person so young had to die," Muster said. "He accompanied me, challenged me and motivated me over many years." Skoff helped lead Austria to the 1990 Davis Cup semifinals along with the former top-ranked Thomas Muster. Austria lost 3-2 against the United States in front of 40,000 spectators at Vienna's Prater Stadium, after Skoff lost a five-set match to Michael Chang.
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