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Birth Name:

George Holland (tennis)

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 06, 1918

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Coburg, Victoria, Australia

Age:

106

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

14°

Tau

44'

About George Holland (tennis)

George Holland (born 6 May 1918) was an Australian tennis player. In 1938, tennis legend Don Budge said that, among the younger and less prominent players he had seen on his trip to Australia, Holland had the brightest future. "I have selected him after careful study of most of the leading young players. I watched many of them in match play during the Australian championships when they did not know I was about" said Budge, in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald on 14 February 1938. Budge went on to describe Holland's game by saying "he has a forceful service, hits his ground strokes with freedom and likes to chase them to the net, where he volleys and smashes severely, with just a dash of drop-volleys thrown in occasionally. And he possesses a splendid temperament. I summed him up as a clear-thinking lad with a heart as big as his happy outlook on life". George Holland made his debut in the Australian championships in 1937 and lost to Arthur Huxley in round one. At the 1938 Australian championships, 19 year old Holland beat Huxley 10–8 in the fifth set in round one. Then in round two Holland caused a big upset by beating reigning French champion and third ranked player in the world Henner Henkel after losing the first 2 sets. From the third set onwards, Holland "followed everything to the net and made some glorious volleys" and was in command of the match. "His groundstrokes had more penetration, he rarely missed his first serve, and he treated Henkel's cannon-balls in cavalier fashion to take command of the attack" according to The Argus. In the quarter finals, Holland lost in four sets to Adrian Quist. In the first round of the 1939 Australian championships, Holland lost in round one to Vivian McGrath in straight sets. During World War II, Holland reached the rank of Lieutenant. After the war, Holland resumed his tennis career.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for George Holland (tennis): Sun 14 Taurus, Moon 13 Pisces, Mercury 1 Taurus, Venus 29 Pisces, Mars 14 Virgo, Jupiter 14 Gemini, Saturn 8 Leo, Uranus 27 Aquarius, Neptune 4 Leo, Pluto 3 Cancer, Sun Trine Mars, Mercury Square Neptune, Sun Semi Square Venus, Sun Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Mars, Mercury Semi Square Jupiter, Mercury Sextile Uranus, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Square Pluto, Mars Square Jupiter, Saturn Conjunct Neptune, Neptune Semi Sextile Pluto

Categories related to George Holland (tennis): May 6 births, Australian male tennis players, 1918 births, Possibly living people, Australian tennis biography stubs, Tennis people from Victoria (Australia)