Cooke, Elwood
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Birthname | Thomas Elwood Cooke | ||||
born on | 5 July 1913 at 00:00 (= 12:00 midnight ) | ||||
Place | Ogden, Utah, 41n13, 111w58 | ||||
Timezone | MST h7w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American amateur tennis player in the 1930s and 1940s. At Wimbledon, he reached the singles final in 1939 before falling to Bobby Riggs, but won the doubles title that year with Riggs. He was the U.S. Indoor Doubles champion with Riggs in 1940. Cooke reached the semifinals of the French Championships in 1939 and the U.S. National Championships in 1945 (and the quarterfinals of the latter in 1940 and 1943). He died on 16 April 2004, aged 90, in Apopka, Florida.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Riggs, Bobby (born 25 February 1918)
Events
Source Notes
Birth certificate submitted by Sy Scholfield.
Categories
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 90)
- Vocation : Sports : Tennis (Amateur)