It meant that under the rules of amateur tennis, after the new year he would be able to compete in the 65-to-70-year-old age bracket.
Apart from his photography career, Gottlieb was also involved in amateur tennis as a hobby.
Apart from playing amateur tennis he was a devoted mountain-climber and occasional golfer.
Kramer was among the few who dominated amateur and professional tennis during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
And, it was the era of amateur tennis characterized by the marvelous Australians.
Born in Nuremberg, he had almost no background in amateur tennis.
He played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.
While playing amateur tennis he worked as a tire salesman in the mean time.
The honor is awarded annually to the family who in recent years has done the most to promote amateur tennis, primarily on a volunteer basis.
In professional and amateur tennis, the reverse slice serve is rarely used except as a novelty.