Billy Knight obituary

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Billy Knight obituary

British tennis player who won the Wimbledon junior title at 17 and later captained the Davis Cup team

Billy Knight, who has died aged 90, was a stalwart of British tennis long before Andy Murray changed the landscape of the game in the UK.

During the 1950s and 60s – an era that saw his compatriots Mike Davies, Bobby Wilson and Mike Sangster struggle to challenge the dominance of Australian and American players – Knight racked up 47 singles titles, won 21 of his 34 Davis Cup matches and earned a grand slam title at Roland Garros by teaming up with Mexico’s Yola Ramirez to win the French mixed doubles crown. Earlier he had been a Wimbledon and Australian junior champion.

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