Allison Danzig

Allison "Al" Danzig (February 27, 1898 – January 27, 1987) was an American sportswriter who specialized in writing about tennis, but also covered college football, squash, many Olympic Games, and rowing. Danzig was the only American sportswriter to extensively cover real tennis, the precursor to modern lawn tennis.

Danzig covered every tournament in the Grand Slam, the U.S. Open, the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and the French Open, as well as many others. In 1968, Danzig was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island, becoming the first journalist in the Hall.

He is credited with coining the term "ace" to describe a serve in which the opposing player fails to get their racket on the ball.

Death Danzig retired to Bergen County, New Jersey, where he died on January 27, 1987, at age 88.