Tony Vincent (tennis)

Tony Vincent (born August 17, 1926) is an American former amateur tennis player.

Tony Vincent

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1926-08-17)August 17, 1926[1] The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Singles
Career record	316–153
Career titles	42
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1954)
Wimbledon	3R (1954)
US Open	4R (1957)

Vincent was born in The Bronx, New York, and grew up in Elmhurst, a neighbourhood of Queens. His father Salvatore, a classical musician, played trombone for the famed Metropolitan Opera of New York.[2]

An Air Force bombardier during the war, Vincent was most productive on tour in the 1950s.

Vincent won the Canadian championship title in 1951 on clay at Windsor, Ontario, defeating Canadian clay court specialist Lorne Main in the semifinal and American clay court specialist Seymour Greenberg in the final in four sets.

He twice finished runner-up in Monte Carlo on red clay, including 1954 when he lost a four-set final to Lorne Main, and in 1956 when he upset Lew Hoad in the quarter-finals.[3] Princess Grace presented the trophies at the 1956 Monte Carlo championships for the first time following her marriage to Prince Rainier.[4]

In 1955,Vincent won the Cannes Beau Site Championships, part of the French Riviera tennis circuit, defeating Jean-Noël Grinda in the final.

Vincent reached the fourth round at the 1957 U.S. National Championships, and won the Rhode Island State Championships the same year. In 1958 he won the New York State Championships at Bayside, Queens, New York City defeating Sidney Schwartz, a two-time winner of the event, in the final. Vincent won the New York State Championships title a second time in 1965.

Vincent continued to play senior's tennis and won the 35 years and over national title on multiple occasions.[5][6]

Vincent worked as a Wall Street investor. By the 1980s, he was living in retirement after 17 years of an active career in Wall Street.[2]