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Wimbledon champ, tennis Hall of Famer Alex Olmedo dies at 84

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987, has died.

He was 84.Citing Olmedo’s son, Alejandro Jr., the Hall of Fame said Thursday that Olmedo died of brain cancer on Wednesday.Alejandro “Alex” Olmedo was born in Peru in 1936 and moved to the United States as a teenager.

He went to the University of Southern California, where he won NCAA tennis championships in singles and doubles in both 1956 and 1958.Olmedo played in the Davis Cup for the United States and led the team to the trophy in 1958, when he also paired with Ham Richardson to win the doubles title at the U.S.

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