Dick Skeen

Dick Skeen was an American professional tennis player and teacher. He was runnerup to Fred Perry in the Mens Singles in the 1941 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, reaching as high as World No.in Karoly Mazaks combined amateurpro rankings for 1941. He was also ranked the World No.pro by Ray Bowers for the year . Skeen reached the semifinals of other tournaments on four occasions that year.

Dick Skeen was born in Dallas, Texas in 1906 and died in Medford, Oregon in 1994 at age 88. He wrote a tennis book at the request of Dale Jensen, entitled Tennis Champions are Made, not Born in 1976. He taught three World Champions and forty National Champions, including Billy Talbert, Gussie Moran, Kathleen Harter, Carole Caldwell, Dave Ranney, Mike Caro, Julius Heldman, Ted Olewine, Eleanor Harbula, Jimmy Wade, George Richards, Connie Jaster, and Barbara Winslow. Many of his players furthered their careers at the Los Angeles Tennis Club under the guidance of Perry T. Jones, President of the Southern California Tennis Association. Skeen was ranked No.in the National Senior 65andover in 1972, after ayear layoff .

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