Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation

Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation

J. Allen Morris, South Carolina, North Carolina, 1985

J. Allen Morris, South Carolina, North Carolina, inducted in 1985Allen Morris

  • Attended Georgia Tech on football scholarship but left to play tennis in South Carolina.
  • Won four South Carolina State intercollegiate tennis titles at Presbyterian College.
  • Ranked number 16 in the United States and quarterfinalist at Wimbledon in 1956.
  • Won the North Carolina Open Singles Championships seven times between 1958-67.
  • Head Tennis Coach at the University of North Carolina from 1980-93.
  • Led his UNC team to ACC Championships in 1990 and 1992.
  • Member of seven Halls of Fames.

Gardnar Mulloy, Florida, 1984

Gardnar Mulloy, Florida, inducted in 1984Gardnar Mulloy

  • Seven Davis Cup teams.
  • Seven 45 and over national championships.
  • 14 years in the United States top ten.
  • Six Florida state championships.
  • Three World Senior ITF Singles Championships.
  • Wimbledon Doubles Championship in 1957 with Budge Patty.
  • Member of nine Halls of Fames. The Mulloy Cup, for players 80 years of age and over, is named in his honor.

Alex Guerry, Tennessee Texas, 1984

Alex Guerry, Tennessee Texas, inducted in 1984Alex Guarry

  • Recommended two new USTA junior age divisions for boys and girls (the 12s and 14s.)
  • Responsible for reorganizing the USTA senior tennis competition (35s-85s.)
  • Chattanooga Tennis Singles Champion ten times and Senior Doubles 20 times.
  • Won the National Father-Son Doubles Championships in 1966 and 1971.
  • Valedictorian of Baylor School and University of the South. Four time recipient of the Jo Conn Guild Medal for highest academic average.
  • Served in WWII as Army Air Force pilot from 1941-1945, rising to rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
  • President and chairman of the board of directors of Chattem Drug and Chemical Company until his death in 1990.

Jack Bushman, Alabama, 1984

Jack Bushman, Alabama, inducted in 1984Jack Bushman

  • Captain National Junior Davis Cup team 1957-58.
  • Ranked number one in Southern Doubles with Ham Richardson.
  • Southern Doubles Champion with Harris Everett.
  • Winner William P. Jacobs Award.
  • Member Southern Tennis, National Collegiate, and Alabama Sport Hall of Fames.
  • President of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association in 1949.
  • Founder of the prestigious Blue Gray National Collegiate Tennis Classic.

Dorothy “Ma” Vest, Mississippi, 1983

Dorothy “Ma” Vest, Mississippi, inducted in 1983Dorothy Vest

  • Vest is known for establishing the sport of tennis in Mississippi.
  • Her family was selected as USTA’s Ralph W. Westcott Family of the Year in 1979.
  • Director of Tennis for Jackson, Mississippi for 30 years.
  • Undefeated in mixed doubles with her partner, “Slew” Hester, for their tennis careers.
  • Mississippi awards the Dorothy Vest Award annually to the most outstanding male and female players in Mississippi.
  • Received the Marlboro Award, the Jacobs Bowl, and the Touchstone Award.
  • Inducted into the Mississippi Hall of Fame in 1983.