Victor Elias Seixas
Seixas in 1954
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| Full name | Elias Victor Seixas Jr. |
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Born |
August 30, 1923 Philadelphia, United States |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1940 |
| Retired | 1970 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1971 (member page) |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 127–45 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1953, Reading Eagle) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (1953) |
| French Open | F (1953) |
| Wimbledon | W (1953) |
| US Open | W (1954) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 4–9 |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | W (1955) |
| French Open | W (1954, 1955) |
| Wimbledon | F (1952, 1954) |
| US Open | W (1952, 1954) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| French Open | W (1953) |
| Wimbledon | W (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956) |
| US Open | W (1953, 1954, 1955) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | W (1954) |
Elias Victor Seixas Jr. (English pronunciation: /ˈseɪʃəs/; born August 30, 1923) is an American former tennis player.
Seixas was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Anna Victoria (Moon), who was of Irish descent, and Elias Victor Seixas Sr., who was born in Brazil, of Portuguese Sephardi Jewish ancestry. He attended and graduated from the William Penn Charter School, where he was a tennis star.
After serving in World War II, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), where he was a member of Alpha Sigma of the Chi Psi fraternity. He graduated in 1949, the same year that UNC awarded him the Patterson Medal in athletics.
Thirteen times he was ranked in the Top Ten in the U.S. between 1942 and 1956. In 1951 Seixas was ranked No. 4 in the world, two spots below Dick Savitt, while he was No. 1 in the U.S. ranking, one spot ahead of Savitt. In 1953, Seixas was ranked No. 3 in the world by Lance Tingay, and was also cited as being the World No. 1 in the Reading Eagle newspaper the same year.
In a very long career, Seixas won scores of singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles. He entered the U. S. Championships men's singles a record 28 times between 1940 and 1969. His career was interrupted for three years by World War II, during which he served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. He also became an All-American during his years at UNC.
His major singles wins include Wimbledon in 1953 over Kurt Nielsen and the U.S. National (U.S. Open) in 1954 over Rex Hartwig.
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