Lance Lumsden

Lancelot Lumsden (30 October 1939 – 18 June 2011) was a Jamaican former professional tennis player.

Lance Lumsden
Full nameLancelot Lumsden
Country (sports) Caribbean/West Indies
 Jamaica
Born(1939-10-30)30 October 1939
Buff Bay, Jamaica
Died18 June 2011(2011-06-18) (aged 71)
Kingston, Jamaica
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record1–11
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1967)
French Open1R (1968)
Wimbledon1R (1966, 1968)
US Open1R (1966)

Biography

Born in Buff Bay, Lumsden played collegiate tennis in the United States at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in the early 1960s. He went on to compete on the international circuit and featured in the main draws of all four grand slam tournaments, which included a match up against number one seed Rod Laver at the 1968 French Open.[1]

Lumsden was a Davis Cup representative for the Caribbean/West Indies and appeared in a total of seven ties. Four of those came against the United States and he twice faced Arthur Ashe in singles. His most famous win came against Ashe in doubles, when the Caribbean/West Indies hosted the Americans in Kingston in 1966. He and Richard Russell teamed up to defeat Ashe and Charlie Pasarell in five sets. This was one of only two Davis Cup doubles rubbers which Ashe ever played and his only loss.[1]

For much of his life post tennis he lived in the Austrian capital Vienna, where he married Austrian journalist Chris Lohner. At the time of his death in 2011 he was living back in Jamaica.[2]

References
  1. "Former Jamaica tennis star Lance Lumsden is dead at 71". Jamaica Gleaner. 23 June 2011.
  2. "Lance Lumsden verstorben". Der Standard (in German). 19 June 2011.
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