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Hoad

American  
[hohd] / hoʊd /

noun

  1. Lew(is Alan), 1934–94, Australian tennis player.


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Instead, Djokovic joins Jack Crawford in 1933 and Lew Hoad in 1956 as men who won a year’s first trio of Grand Slam tournaments and made it all the way to the U.S.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

Colin Hoad and Matt Green run a publishing company, Idesine, which has 4,000 books stuck on a ship that has been trying to dock since 31 October.

From BBC ● Nov. 19, 2020

The first, in 1962, was from a so-called amateur field already weakened by the defection to the professional ranks of the likes of Lew Hoad, Ken Rosewall and Pancho Gonzales.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 15, 2020

Lawn Tennis Association title with a four-set victory over Lewis Hoad.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2019

A complete change has come to the Australians who are in Africa under Colonel Hoad.

From Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front by A. G. (Alfred Greenwood) Hales

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