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Rare Vintage Green Wooden Wilson Jack Kramer Pro Staff Tennis Racquet & Cover

Estimated price for orientation: 24 $

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Brand: Wilson Sport: Tennis
Grip Size: unsure of size Featured Refinements: Wilson Pro Staff
Model: Jack Kramer Pro Material: Wood


This Wilson Jack Kramer Pro Racket is in nice condition.  It has some light scuffs from wear but, overall it has been kept in the cover and kept nicely in a dry area. The cover is a Wilson cover but is not the Pro Staff cover. The cover has some scuffs. The cover zipper is nice still. The Grip has some stains. Check out the pictures to see overall condition. Thanks for looking at my auctions.

John Albert Kramer (August 1, 1921 – September 12, 2009) was an American player of the 1940s and 1950s. A player for a number of years, and one of the most important people in the establishment of modern men's "Open"-era tennis, he was the leading promoter of professional tennis tours in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a relentless advocate for the establishment of between amateur and professional players. An (ITF) proposal to introduce Open tennis lost by five votes in 1960, but became a reality in 1968. In 1970, he created the . In 1972, he helped found the (ATP) with and , and was the first . He was unpaid at his request. In that role, he was the leader of an ATP boycott of Wimbledon in 1973, for the banning of from the tournament. Tall and slim, he was the first world-class player to play "the Big Game", a consistent game, in which he came to the net behind all of his serves, including the second serve. He was particularly known for his powerful serve and forehand, as well as his ability to play "percentage tennis", which he learned from Cliff Roche, a retired railroad engineer, at the (LATC). This strategy maximized his efforts on certain points and in certain games during the course of a match to increase his chances of winning. The key was to hold serve at all costs, which was one of many things that made Kramer one of the greatest players of all time.