Jaroslav Drobný
Jaroslav Drobný (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslav ˈdrobniː]; 12 October 1921 – 13 September 2001) was a world No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, where he died in 2001. In 1951, he became the first and, to date, only player with African citizenship to win the French Open, while doing likewise at the Wimbledon Championships in 1954. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1983. He played internationally for the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team, and was inducted in the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
Jaroslav Drobný (left) and Bob Mark in 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) | Czechoslovakia (until 1939 and 1945–1950) Bohemia and Moravia (1939-1945) Egypt (1950–1959) Great Britain (after 1959) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 October 1921 Prague, Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 September 2001 (aged 79) Tooting, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1938 (amateur tour) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Int. Tennis HoF | 1983 (member page) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 1106–268 (80.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 147 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (1954, Lance Tingay) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (1950) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1951, 1952) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (1954) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (1947, 1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–1 (Open Era) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (1950) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (1951) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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