Syd Levy

Sydney Levy (17 October 1922 – 22 November 2015) was a South African tennis player. He competed at Wimbledon, the French Championships, the U.S. Open, and Davis Cup, and won a silver medal at the Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Biography Levy attended the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, and won the university singles title in tennis in 1942.

Levy competed in singles at the 1949 French Championships in Paris. In Round 1 Levy defeated Belgian Pierre Geelhand de Merxem in straight sets, and in Round 2 he lost to Marcel Bernard of France in four sets.

Levy competed in Men Singles Tennis at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships in England. In Round 1 he defeated Esmail Sohikish of Iran, in Round 2 he defeated Paul Rémy of France in five sets, and in Round 3 he was beaten by Vladimír Černík of Czechoslovakia.

Levy competed at the 1951 U.S. Open in New York City. In Round 1 Levy defeated American Frank Shields in straight sets, and in Round 2 he lost to American Straight Clark in straight sets.

Levy competed as well in men's singles in the 1951 French Championships.

Levy was Jewish, and competing at the 1953 Maccabiah Games in Israel, he won a silver medal, losing in the finals to American Grant Golden.

Levy died in Mount Vernon, New York on 22 November 2015, at the age of 93.