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Editor's Note: This interview with Richard Evans was originally published last December.

We are republishing it today in honor of renowned journalist Richard Evans' induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday, July 20th at the iconic Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.


Facing the legendary Althea Gibson at Wimbledon is a daunting assignment.

Dancing with Gibson at the Wimbledon ball was a life-changing experience for Richard Evans.

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“The person I have to thank for my tennis career is Althea Gibson,” Evans told Tennis Now in a Zoom call conducted the day after Christmas—63 years after he and Althea glided across the floor at the Grosvenor House.

A renowned tennis journalist and historian, Evans has danced, drank, dined with iconic champions and devoted his career contributing to the sport’s growth and global reach.

Next summer Evans will be honored for his lifetime of work as he joins former doubles world No. 1 Leander Paes and their good friend Vijay Amritraj as the three inductees for the International Tennis Hall of Fame's Class of

During his career, he has reported on over Grand Slams and authored 23 books. Richard Evans served as lead writer for two of the most respected American publications, World Tennis and Tennis Week. Evans later served as editor-at-large for Tennis Week Magazine.

Evans joins Tennis Week founder Gene Scott, Bud Collins, Steve Flink, Vic Braden and photographer Russ Adams as the sixth former Tennis Week staffer to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.



A random series of fortuitous bounces launched Evans' tennis career at Wimbledon.

It all started when his editor Charles Wintour, father of Vogue’s Anna Wintour, assigned the young Evans to collaborate with two-time Wimbledon champion Gibson on her column for the Evening Standard newspaper.

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