North Carolina Archives - Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation

Jan 11 2016

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

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

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.

Dec 11 2015

John Sadri, North Carolina, inducted in 2015

Top junior player who won the North Carolina State High School Singles Championship while attending Myers Park High in Charlotte
Won 2 ACC singles and doubles titles, had a 55-4 singles record the last 2 seasons at North Carolina State University and earned All American honors in 1977 and 1978
Played John McEnore in the 1978 NCAA singles finals serving 24 aces before losing the 4 hour match in 4 sets, 3 which were decided in a tiebreaker, with McEnroe winning 144 points and Sadri 143 points
Began playing on the ATP World Tour in 1979, made the singles finals of the Australian Open that year, earned a number 14 world ranking in 1980 and played in all 4 Grand Slams
Won 2 ATP singles titles at Auckland and Denver and 2 ATP doubles titles in Newport and Stowe
Retired in 1988 after 10 years on the tour with an ATP tour singles record of 213 wins against 189 loses and began operating the John Sadri Tennis Academy in Charlotte
Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991 and the International Tennis Collegiate Hall of Fame in 2004

Dec 11 2015

Judy Utley, North Carolina, inducted in 2014

USTA League and recreational player and helped create the Gate City Women’s Tennis League and the Carlton Harris, Jr. Tennis League and was President of the Greensboro Tennis Association
Served as North Carolina State League Coordinator and as a member of the Board and was elected President of USTA North Carolina in 2000
Chaired the North Carolina Tennis Patrons Foundation Board and the Foundation Building Committee which raised over $1 million to build the USTA North Carolina offices and North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
Received numerous North Carolina awards for her dedication to the sport including the 1989 Adult/Senior Tennis Council Award, the 1990 and 1997 District Service Award and the 1997 USTA League Award
Chairman of the USTA Southern League Committee, elected to the USTA Southern Board in 2001, President in 2007 and Chairman of the Southern Tennis Patrons Foundation in 2011
USTA Southern Delegate, a member of the USTA Executive Committee, Learning and Leadership Committee, Adult League Committee and Chairman of the USTA League Regulations Subcommittee, a USTA Council Chair and Chairman of the USTA Advisory Group on Committees
Received the Gerrie Rothwell Award, Jacobs Bowl and Charles Morris Volunteer Service Award from USTA Southern, the Barbara Williams Leadership Award from USTA and was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011

Dec 10 2015

William “Bill” Weathers, North Carolina, inducted in 2008 Bill Weathers

Worked a full time job as a youngster and learned the game in Chapel Hill under the direction of longtime UNC coach John Kenfield while serving in the United States Navy
Learned and improved quickly and made the varsity team for the University of North Carolina at the number 4 and 5 positions
After serving in the Navy transferred to North Carolina State University playing the number 1 singles position 3 years
Won over 300 North Carolina and Southern singles and doubles tourna-ment titles and held the number 1 singles ranking in every age group since the 55’s and won numerous sportsmanship awards
Served as Director of Tennis at a private country club in Pinehurst and is known for his exceptional clay court maintenance skills
Received the 1982 North Carolina Tennis Family of the Year Award
Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 2005

Dec 10 2015

John Peddycord, North Carolina, inducted in 2006

Spent 45 years volunteering to improve tennis in his community, state, section and nation and served as a board member for the Winston-Salem Tennis Association for 40 years and as President in 1974
Co-chairman of the North Carolina Junior Qualifying Tournament twice, Chairman of the USTA Boy’s 12U Clay Court Championships 4 times and Chairman of the Zanne Meads Awards Banquet for 10 years
USTA North Carolina Board member for over 35 years, including President in 1979 and 1980 and helped establish the North Carolina Tennis Foundation and North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
Elected to the Southern Tennis Association Management Committee and spent 2 years as USTA Delegate, 3 years as Vice-President, 5 years as chairman of the Junior Tennis Council and 8 years as chairman of the Investment and Finance Committee.
Served on numerous USTA committees and chaired the Junior Competition Committee and the Nominating Committee
Received the North Carolina Family of the Year and the USTA Southern Jacobs Bowl and the Charles Morris Volunteer Service Award
Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1990