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Kramer: Tennis's most important person

By Joel Drucker
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The life of the most important person in tennis history was celebrated this past Saturday. Fittingly, Jack Kramer's memorial service was held on the tennis courts at UCLA, the location of the Los Angeles Tennis Open, an ATP tournament run by his son Bobby for more than 25 years and an event Kramer had won, run and at times even funded right out of his pocket. But that one event was only a single jewel in a massive crown. The lowdown on Kramer, who died two weeks ago at age 88, is quite ...

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