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Billy Knight obituary
- Knight dies at 90, closing a storied British tennis career that spanned amateur and postwar eras.
- He won 47 singles titles and played 43 Davis Cup matches, winning 27.
- Knight teamed with Yola Ramirez to win the French mixed doubles crown at Roland Garros.
- He captained the British Davis Cup team in the 1990s in a non-playing role.
- Knight won Wimbledon and Australian junior titles and was a clay-court specialist.
- He remained connected to tennis through coaching after his playing days.
- Knight’s 1964 Wimbledon party dance with Jill Beaven led to their marriage later that year.
- Knight’s mother was killed in a car crash a year before his 1963 Europe zone semi-final appearance.
- Knight’s early life included a pport of interests, including the Hindu religion, Greek philosophy, and Javanese art.
- Knight’s best Wimbledon singles result was the fourth round in four years.
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