Tennis Hall of Fame member Gardnar Mulloy dies at 102

Gardnar Mulloy, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who won 129 US national titles and played competitively into his 90s, has died at age 102.
The longtime Miami resident died last night, said his wife, Jackie.
Mulloy won five Grand Slam doubles titles, was ranked No. 1 in the United States in 1952 and started the University of Miami tennis programme.
He swept United States Tennis Association grand slams in three age groups: 45s, 70s and 80s.
Mulloy, who served in the Navy during World War II, was 31 when the war ended, and his tennis career had barely begun. At age 43, he won the Wimbledon doubles title with Budge Patty and helped the US Davis Cup team reach the final. He would have turned 103 on November 22.

"I was older than most of the players of my era, and usually I was in better shape than them," he said in a 1997 interview. "I won almost all of my five-set matches. I didn't drink or smoke, and I watched my diet."
In his 80s, Mulloy was tennis director emeritus on posh Fisher Island. He gave half a dozen lessons a week, charging USD 30 for 30 minutes, and his hitting partners then included Boris Becker and Jim Courier.
In his prime, Mulloy took defeat badly and feuded with the USTA and Wimbledon. Outspoken, opinionated and occasionally ill-mannered, he was the sport's ugly American before John McEnroe was even born. He became known as the Miami Mouthpiece.