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On the 5th of March 2025: #FredStolle, Australian #tennisplayer (French C'ship 1965, US Nat C'ship 1966; 17 x Grand Slam doubles titles) and #broadcaster (ESPN, 9 Network), died at 86.
#RIP 🥀🪦⚰️

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Amidst all the deserved paeans to #FredStolle, let's remember that, in this era of fans griping about tennis broadcast commentators, that Stolle was excellent at that, too. Teamed with Cliff Drysdale, he offered some of the best match calling we've gotten to listen to.

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/fred-stolle-australian-tennis-legend-and-beloved-friend-dies-at-86

As #FredStolle liked to say, “For us Aussies, it was simple: ‘first to the net, first to the pub.’” RIP Fiery.. t.co/qkbR2SHKJA

Fred Stolle dies at 86: Tributes to Australian tennis great Australian tennis great Fred Stolle, who won two Grand Slam singles titles and 17 doubles titles, dies at the age of 86.

Australian great #FredStolle dies aged 86
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Deeply saddened to hear this.
RIP Fred Stolle 🙏

Grand slam, Davis Cup winner and commentary legend Stolle dies aged 86 Fred Stolle, who won two grand slam singles titles and was a three-time Davis Cup champion for Australia during the nation's greatest era of tennis, has died aged 86.

🌻genuinely sad to see this-I grew up watching tennis a lot in the 70’s & 80’s & he was one of the best commentators I can remember listening to-he was cheeky but also gave great insight & apparently a great player & decent man.Vale Fred Stolle 🖤
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Tennis has lost one of its great players and characters with the passing of #FredStolle age 86. Stolle was known to generations of tennis fans as the voice of tennis. 'Fiery' won the singles titles at the US & French Championships along with 17 Grand Slam doubles crowns @tennisaustralia.bsky.social