Don McNeill from Chickasha
coming back from two sets down to
defeat Bobby Riggs
7-5 in the fifth set in the finals of the 1940 U.S. Open.
Don also won the 1939 French Open Singles and Doubles.
Tom McSpadden (middle) and
Bobby Riggs (right)
1942, Hawaii
1934 picture of Ray, Tom, and Vance McSpadden
Jack Kisner playing in the 1940
Arkansas City Invitational Tennis Tournament
Billy Buckley winning both the
Adult and Junior Texas Sectional in 1959
Central High School Tennis Team
- 1960
Muskogee, Oklahoma
Phil Carter - Francis Baxter
8-26-1961
Oklahoma Closed Tennis Tournament
Ponca City East Junior High School Tennis Team - 1962
Back row coaches L-R: Wally Smith, Steve Larimer
Middle row L-R: Bill Meek, Robin Riley, Jimmy Hill, Bill
Cramer, Phil Landauer
Front row L-R: Lee Armstrong, Bruce Barger, Daryl Hess
Harding High School Tennis Team - 1962
Back row L-R: Doug Handel, Clark Musser, David Longmire, Rod
Palmer, Bill Vernon
Front row L-R: Ralph Redwine, Tom Hilborne, Jerry Guffey,
Jens Drolshammer, Rusty Franklin
Sheryl Barger, top seed in Girls 16s
Oklahoma State Closed Tennis Tournament, 8-22-1962
L-R: Sandy Barger, Pat Mehring, Jimmy Hill,
Sheryl Barger, Bruce Barger, Becky McNeese, Bill Meek
1963 Ponca City Open
L-R: John Hampton, Dickie
Smith, Jimmy Hill
Ponca City State Junior Champions: 1962-1964
Top Picture - Ponca City
East Junior High School Tennis Team
L-R: Wally Smith, Steve Skidmore, Bill Meek, Buddy
Robertson,
Robin Riley, Dickie Smith, Terry Snow, Jim Hill, Bill
Cramer, Steve Larimer
Bottom Picture - Ponca
City High School Tennis Team
L-R: Mike McNeese, Charles Meek, Rodney Bucker,
Wally Smith, John Hampton, Kennis Smith, Bill Ashbaugh
1964
Northwest Classen High School
Tennis Team - 1964
Roger Dabney, Joe Walcher,
Coach David Hoke, Richard Perry, Jim Cobb
Southeastern State University Tennis Team - 1964
Curtis Richmond, Ike Groce, Steve Roemer
Ray Morris, Francis Baxter,
Ellen Scheer 12-3-1964
Debbie Boring, Francis Baxter,
and Lynn Davis
Oklahoma Open Tennis Tournament 6-2-1965
L-R: Randy Matthews, Andy Martin, Maureen Quinn, Lynn
Davis
Tulsa Open Tennis Tournament 6-15-1965
Jimmy Hill, far court, playing
Daryl Hess
16 and Under, 1965 Ponca City Open
Paul Lockwood, second from
left, wins the
National 12-under doubles title - July, 1965
Mayor Shirk signing proclamation marking this "Oklahoma City
Sports Week"
L-R Leon Penn, Treasurer of the All Sports Association;
Stanley Morris;
Mike Allison, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Sports;
Debbie Moss; Francis Baxter 8-8-1965
Paul Lockwood ranked
Nationally # 1 in
12 Doubles and # 4 in 12 Singles - 1965
1966 Seminole High School
Invitational
Francis Baxter, Bob Williams, Dewey
Allen, Gene Land, Wally Smith
Harding High School Tennis Team - 1966
L-R: Francis Baxter, Jim Thompson, Steve
Boudreau,
Drew Moore, Blaine McCown, Bill Gonso, Brian Mitchell
Ponca City High School Tennis
Team - 1966
L-R: Jim Hill, Dickie Smith, John Hampton, Wally Smith,
Terry Snow, Rod Bucker, Chuck Meek
The University of Oklahoma
Tennis Team - 1966
L-R:
Mike McSpadden, Vance McSpadden,
Steve Stockton, Hal McCoy, Jim Cobb, Dick Gilkey, Coach Jerry Keen
Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1966
L-R: Gerald Schlief, David Dinelle, Roger Dabney, Jim
Merrick,
Richard M. Perry, Joe Walcher, John Aitken, Jim Henson, Eddie
Blackmon
L-R: Molly Hannas, Kathy
Kraft, Patsy Rippy, Susan Kraft, Lisa Barry, Debbie
Strickland, - 1966
Paul Lockwood, Doug Bromley,
and Jodie Davis win the Tulsa Jaycee Tennis Tournament -
1966
18 and under National
Championships - 1966
Patsy Rippy is 2nd from the right on the front row
13 year old Kathy Kraft is fourth from the left on the
fourth row
L-R: Paul Lockwood,
Janet Thomas, Buz Walters (top),
Lisa Barry (bottom), Susan Kraft, Kathy Kraft - 1966
Harding High School Tennis Team - 1967
L-R: Francis Baxter, John Holt, Blaine McCown,
Frank Thompson, Chris Walker, Steve Boudreau, Brian Mitchell
1967 Sugar Bowl
Janet Thomas is third from left
Janet Thomas wins the 14 Singles and Doubles
1967 Sugar Bowl
Janet Thomas wins the Sportsmanship Award
L-R: Janet Thomas,
coach Don Holden, Kathy Kraft - 1967
Paul Lockwood National
ranking - 1967
L-R: Billie Jean King,
Lisa Barry, Janet Thomas, Kathy Kraft, Susan Kraft - 1967
L-R: Kathy Kraft, Susan
Kraft, Lisa Barry, Janet Thomas
Sugar Bowl - 1967
Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1968
Back Row L-R: Richard M. Perry, Jim Hill, Coach Ray O'Keefe, Jim
Merrick, Colin Robertson
Front Row L-R: Roger Dabney, Brian Wilkerson, John Burkman,
Karl Coombs
Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1968
Janet Thomas is 3rd person from the left
Beverly Barger is 4th person from the left
Kathy Kraft is on the far right
12 and 14 National
Championships - 1968
Lisa Barry is on the right
12 and 14 National Championships - 1968
Janet Thomas is on the second row on the right
12 and 14 National Championships - 1968
Susan Kraft is the second from the left
Oral Roberts University Tennis Team - 1968
L-R: Ian Baudinet, Pekka Saila, Oral Roberts, Bernis
Duke, Peter Van Lingen, Jose Brandi
18 and under National
Championships - 1968
Janet Thomas is on the back row, far right
Chris Evert is next to Janet Thomas
Kathy Kraft is in the third row, third person from the left
Francis Baxter and the Missouri
Valley Leadership 10-8-1968
Oklahoma City University Tennis Team - 1969
Back Row L-R: Jim Hill, Lindsay Straney, Colin
Robertson, Karl Coombes
Front Row L-R: Arturo Rojas, Brian Wilkerson, John
Burkman
Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1969
Beverly Barger is on the far left of the front row
Janet Thomas is on the far right of the front row
Kathy Kraft is on the far right of the back row
16 and under National
Championships - 1969
Chris Evert is third row up, fourth from left
Janet Thomas is second row up, second from left
Susan Kraft is second row up, sixth from left
Francis Baxter - Andy Rheinberger
Oklahoma Closed Tennis Tournament 8-24-1969
18 and under National Championships - 1969
Chris Evert is on the front row, 3rd from the right
Kathy Kraft is on the front row, 4th from the right
Janet Thomas is on the third row, 3rd from the right
Paul Lockwood National
ranking - 1969
Rosemary Casals, Beverly
Barger, Billie Jean King - 1970
Oral Roberts University Tennis
Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Evan Phillips, Mario Pakozdi, Peter Van Lingen,
Bernis Duke
Front Row L-R: Kiyoshi Tanabe, Josef Solc, Eric Ulleberg
John Marshall High School Tennis Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Francis Baxter, Bill Brown, Lew Allman, Tra Pippin,
Doug Howard, Jay Shanker
Middle Row L-R: Pat Kempf, Peter Binstock, Tim Sprague, Bob
Howard
Front Row L-R: Dan Stroud, Don Houchin, Mark Shanker, Bill
Thetford, Marty Feldman
John Marshall High School Girls Tennis Team - 1970
Back Row L-R: Mary Endres, Kathy Carter, Barbie Bagwell, Mary
Kemp
Front Row L-R: Debbie West, Kathy McGuire, Pam Fleming, Jan
Heller
Southeastern Oklahoma State
University Tennis Team - 1970
L-R: Larry
Horn, Mark Milligan, Dwight Nuckolls, Clarence Dyer, David
Bryant, Phil Carter, Kim Ketelson
Paul Lockwood playing the Tulsa Tribune Tennis Tournament -
1970
16 and under National
Championships - 1970
Chris Evert is third row up, eighth from left
Janet Thomas is fifth row up, eighth from left
Susan Kraft is fifth row up, sixth from left
1970 Southern Championships
Janet Thomas is on the far left
L-R: Kathy Kraft, Janet
Thomas, Susan Kraft,
Ted Daniel, Coach Bill Austin, Paul Lockwood - 1970
18 and under National
Championships - 1970
Janet Thomas is on the back row, sixth person from the left
Kathy Kraft is on the third row, 18th person from the left
Chris Evert is on the front row, sixth person from the left
John Marshall High School
Tennis Team - 1971
Back Row L-R: Jay Shanker, Tra Pippin, Doug Howard, Bob Howard
Front Row L-R: Don Houchin, Tim Sullivant, Peter Binstock, Tim
Sprague
1971 Junior Wightman Cup
Squad
Kathy Kraft is the fourth person from the right
Paul Lockwood winning the
Missouri Valley Sectional 18s - 1971
18 and under National
Championships - 1971
Janet Thomas is on second row, last person on the right
Chris Evert is on the front row, 13th person from the left
Missouri Valley Intersectional Team - 1972
Janet Thomas is the far right person
18 and under National
Championships - 1972
Janet Thomas is on second row, tenth person to the right
Central State University Tennis Team - 1973
L-R: Rich Fleet, Steve Tipton, Stan Wheeler, Bill
Nelson, Marcus Kobe, Francis Baxter
1973 Executive Committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA),
now called the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Francis Baxter in center of third row up.
1973 Junior Wightman Cup Squad
Janet Thomas is 2nd from right on the front row
1974 Executive Committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association (USLTA),
now called the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
Francis Baxter in back row,
third from right.
L-R: Leonard
Scott, Bill Nelson, Dick Peters, Kip Walls
Oklahoma Open Tennis Tournament 5-29-1975
Francis Baxter directing the
1976 Sooner State
Open Tennis Tournament at Ada, Oklahoma
Central State University tennis
team - 1976
Back Row L-R: Gerald White, Marcus Jobe, Jake Jones, Francis
Baxter
Front Row L-R: Kirk Waite, Dick Villaflor, Dee Brown
Paul Lockwood - Bjorn Borg playing doubles - 1977
Central State University
tennis team - 1977
Front Row L-R: Larth Keinzle, Charlie Bible, Mike Heppler, Rick
McClain
Back Row L-R: Mike Fernandez, Jake Jones, Francis Baxter, Dee
Brown, Philip Steward
1978 Boys Intersectional Team
L-R: Garth Haynes, Rick Cowden, Francis Baxter, Paul
Batten, Martin Davis
1979 College High School boys tennis team.
Tim Leos - 1979
Central State University District Champion tennis team - 1979
L-R: David Moore, Scott Schropp, Raymon Docadou,
Lonnie Phillips, Rod Cabato, Keith Williams, Francis Baxter
Tim Leos in Cascia Hall High School - 1984
Nick Bollettieri, Tim Leos,
and Tennessee tennis coach Mike DePalmer - 1985
Francis Baxter and Kerryn Whittaker, Aussie All-American
5-31-1987
Francis Baxter receiving the new Volunteer Award
from the United States Tennis Association - April,
1988
Francis Baxter - 1989 Olympic Festival Tennis Coordinator
Billie Jean King - Curtis
Richmond, Florida - 1992
L-R: Fred Shuey, Peter Bronson, Jimmy Parker, David
Bryant
August, 1996: David Bryant and Jimmy Parker win the
National 50 Grass Courts
Jenks High School Boys State
Championship team - 1996
David Bryant and Doug Rodwell ranked # 1 nationally in Men's 35 Doubles
in 1997
1999 East All-State Team
Dick Gilkey,
Dewey Allen
Francis
Baxter, Dewey Allen
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Keith
Marshall
Bill
Nelson, Dewey Allen, Kenny Nelson
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Jenks High School Boys State Championship team - 2000
L-R: Dick Gilkey, David Bryant,
Patsy Rippy-Bond, Gend Land - December, 2000
Phillip and Bob Holland with
the 2004 State Championship trophy
Richard Perry - Pancho Segura, 2007 U.S. Open
Jim Merrick, Tony Trabert, Richard Perry, 2007 U.S. Open
2010 - Reunion of All-American Players
L-R: James Wadley, Southeastern; David Bryant,
Southeastern; Steve Prosser, Southeastern;
Jerry Hirst, East Texas; Curtis Richmond, Southeastern;
Wayne Hirst, East Texas;
Front Row: Steve Roemer, Southeastern
Richard Perry - Boris Becker, 2010 U.S. Open
Richard Perry - Tracy Austin, 2010 U.S. Open
Richard Perry - Vic Seixas, 2010 U.S. Open
Richard Perry - Virginia Wade, 2010 U.S. Open
Kevin Nebergall, Bud Collins, Richard Perry, 2010 Wimbledon
Richard Perry - Todd Martin, 2014 U.S. Open
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