| Country (sports) |  Panama United States | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plays | Left-handed | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| US Open | 2R ( 1953, 1954, 1957) | ||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||
George Stewart was a Panama-born tennis player.
Stewart, a black player, was dominant in the American Tennis Association (ATA) during the 1940s and 1950s, along with Althea Gibson from the women's bracket. [1] A seven-time singles champion, he won his first ATA title in 1947. [2] In 1952 he and Reginald Weir were the first blacks to compete at the U.S. national championships (modern day US Open). [3]
A left-handed player, Stewart was a doubles silver medalist for Panama at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico City and also represented his birth country at the Bolivarian Games. [4]
Stewart played collegiate tennis for South Carolina State A&M. [4]
References
- ^ "Defending Champs Have Easy Time In Regaining Titles". The Pittsburgh Courier. August 29, 1953.
- ^ "Tennis Title To Stewart". The New York Times. August 24, 1947.
- ^ "They Wink at the Age Limit". The Pittsburgh Courier. September 20, 1952.
- ^ a b "George Stewart Eliminated In Olympic Play". Alabama Tribune. January 16, 1948.
External links
Categories:
- Panamanian male tennis players
- American male tennis players
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Panama
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
- Competitors at the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games
- South Carolina State University alumni
- American sportspeople of Panamanian descent