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2. Dick Wertheim - Wikipedia

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   Dick Wertheim Richard Wertheim ( c. 1923 —September 15, 1983) was an American tennis linesman who suffered a fatal injury on September 10, 1983, during a match at the 1983 US Open. [1] He was injured when Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. [2] Wertheim was sitting in a chair and officiating at the center line. The blow knocked him backwards and he fell out of the ...

3. Head (company) - Wikipedia

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   Head Sport GmbH is an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach. It owns the American tennis racket brand Head. Head GmbH is a group that includes several previously independent companies, including the original "Head Ski Company" (founded in the United States in 1950); Tyrolia, an Austrian ski-equipment manufacturer ...

4. 1983 US Open (tennis) - Wikipedia

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   The 1983 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 103rd edition of the US Open and was held from August 30 to September 11, 1983.

5. Howard Head - Wikipedia

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   Howard Head (July 31, 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – March 3, 1991) was an American aeronautical engineer who is credited with the invention of the first commercially successful aluminum laminate skis [1] and the oversized tennis racket.

6. Renée Richards - Wikipedia

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   Renée Richards (born August 19, 1934) is an American ophthalmologist and former professional tennis player who competed in the 1970s, and became widely known following male-to-female sex reassignment surgery, when she fought to compete as a woman in the 1976 US Open. [2] The United States Tennis Association began requiring genetic screening for female players that year. Richards challenged ...

7. Ruchika Girhotra case - Wikipedia

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   The Ruchika Girhotra case involves the molestation of 14-year-old Ruchika Girhotra in 1990 by the Inspector ... As head of the Haryana Lawn Tennis Association ...