Championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936 and was the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.
Perry was the first player to win all 4 Grand Slam singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his tennis career aged 18, he was also a Table Tennis World Champion in 1929.
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In 1935 he married American film star Helen Vinson, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1940. In 1941 he was briefly married to model Sandra Breaux. Then, in 1945, he married Lorraine Walsh, but that marriage also ended quickly. Perry's final marriage to Barbara "Bobby" Riese (sister to actress Patricia Roc) in 1952 lasted over 40 years, until his death. They had two children, Penny and David.
Barbara Riese (M. 1952–1995), Helen Vinson (M. 1935–1940), Lorraine Walsh (M. 1945), Sandra Breaux (M. 1941)
Perry was the first player to win all 4 Grand Slam singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his tennis career aged 18, he was also a Table Tennis World Champion in 1929.
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In 1935 he married American film star Helen Vinson, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1940. In 1941 he was briefly married to model Sandra Breaux. Then, in 1945, he married Lorraine Walsh, but that marriage also ended quickly. Perry's final marriage to Barbara "Bobby" Riese (sister to actress Patricia Roc) in 1952 lasted over 40 years, until his death. They had two children, Penny and David.
Barbara Riese (M. 1952–1995), Helen Vinson (M. 1935–1940), Lorraine Walsh (M. 1945), Sandra Breaux (M. 1941)
Championship-winning English tennis and table tennis player who won 10 Majors including eight Grand Slams and two Pro Slams. Perry won three consecutive Wimbledon Championships from 1934 to 1936 and was World Amateur number one tennis player during those three years. Prior to Andy Murray in 2013, Perry was the last British player to win the men's Wimbledon championship, in 1936 and was the last British player to win a men's singles Grand Slam title until Andy Murray won the 2012 US Open.
Perry was the first player to win all 4 Grand Slam singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his tennis career aged 18, he was also a Table Tennis World Champion in 1929.
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In 1935 he married American film star Helen Vinson, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1940. In 1941 he was briefly married to model Sandra Breaux. Then, in 1945, he married Lorraine Walsh, but that marriage also ended quickly. Perry's final marriage to Barbara "Bobby" Riese (sister to actress Patricia Roc) in 1952 lasted over 40 years, until his death. They had two children, Penny and David.
Barbara Riese (M. 1952–1995), Helen Vinson (M. 1935–1940), Lorraine Walsh (M. 1945), Sandra Breaux (M. 1941)
Perry was the first player to win all 4 Grand Slam singles titles (though not all in the same year) and completed this "Career Grand Slam" at the age of 26, remaining the only British player ever to achieve this. Although Perry began his tennis career aged 18, he was also a Table Tennis World Champion in 1929.
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In 1935 he married American film star Helen Vinson, but their marriage ended in divorce in 1940. In 1941 he was briefly married to model Sandra Breaux. Then, in 1945, he married Lorraine Walsh, but that marriage also ended quickly. Perry's final marriage to Barbara "Bobby" Riese (sister to actress Patricia Roc) in 1952 lasted over 40 years, until his death. They had two children, Penny and David.
Barbara Riese (M. 1952–1995), Helen Vinson (M. 1935–1940), Lorraine Walsh (M. 1945), Sandra Breaux (M. 1941)
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