Budge Patty

Edward John Patty (February 11, 1924 - October 4, 2021) was an American tennis player better known as Budge Patty. He was an American world number 1 tennis player whose career spanned a period of 15 years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950. Budge was the second American male player to win the Channel Slam (winning the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year) and one of only three as of 2021.