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Guinness World Records

Here is the proper source for the claim in the year 1953 for Hoad being the youngest ever world No. 1. It is now accepted as the official record by the Guinness World Records, according to this link.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/648301-youngest-tennis-player-to-be-ranked-world-no-1

As I do not engage in editing this article, I would ask that someone include this information into the "citation needed" space for 1953, and also into the records section of this article. Tennisedu (talk) 10:34, 28 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Correction of Link and Updated Link

For the 1959 Jack Kramer fall tour brochure entitled "World Championship Tennis" from November 1959 held in The National Library of Australia, the corrected link is:

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/795653.

I do not edit this page, so I would recommend that this correction be made by some other editor. Tennisedu (talk) 22:31, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hoad overall wins v Gonzales

I was just looking through some screenshots of old Tennis Base data (dated October 2018). In 2019 krosero put the figures for total documented matches between Hoad and Gonzales onto wikipedia (Tennis Base was the source). Then on 13 January 2021 Tennisedu edited the page, correcting the figure, upgrading the number of Hoad wins from 77 to 78 and he cited a source of the Sydney Morning Herald 5 February 1958. But the Hoad-Gonzales match reported on 5 February 1958 was already listed on Tennis Base in 2018, so from 13 January 2021 onwards it has been entered twice. Whilst I am not ruling out the possibility of Hoad beating Gonzales in additional unreported or yet to be found matches (just as I am not ruling out the possibility of Gonzales beating Hoad in additional unreported or yet to be found matches), wikipedia lists known matches. Also what is written on wikipedia is based on sources. The sources do not match the data. The 77 figure should be reinstated. Tennishistory1877 (talk) 09:25, 5 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]