Donald Dell
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Donald Dell (born June 17, 1938 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA) was an outstanding tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup captain, tennis leader and administrator.
Dell played his collegiate tennis at Yale University where he was a three-time All-American (in 1958, '59 & '60). He reached the NCAA singles finals in 1959 (falling to Whitney Reed of San Jose State University), and was a semifinalist in 1960.
He played on the U.S. Davis cup team in 1961 and 1963 and was the captain of the winning Cup teams of 1968 and 1969.
He was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. National championships (now known as the U.S. Open), in 1961, and at the Cincinnati Masters he was a singles finalist in 1959 and a semifinalist in 1958.
Dell received his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1960, and his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1964.
He was an associate for the law firm of Hogan & Hartson from 1966 to 1967, was Special Assistant to Sargent Shriver (Peace Corps Founder and Director of OEO), from 1968 to 1969, founded ProServ, Inc., (now known as SFX) in 1970 and was its chairman until 1997, was a co-founder of the ATP (the Association of Tennis Professionals, the player's union), and was a founder of the tennis tournament in Washington D.C.
Dell is the Vice Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, a member of the board of directors for the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health. He has been enshrined into the ITA College Tennis Hall of Fame and has been a tennis television commentator.
