Bill
Lust
Male
United States of America
1930-00-00
Minnesota, United States of America
2020-00-00
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Bill Lust (1930-2020) was born in Minnesota but reared in Old Mexico. He attended high school at El Paso High behind such greats as Dick Savitt, Bobby Goldfarb and Edgar Chew. He was a doubles finalist (with Rodolfo Gonzales) in the Texas Interscholastic League in 1946 and 1947. He continued to play in college as a part of the tennis team at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York where he reached the finals of the Eastern Intercollegiate Tournament in 1950, his senior year.
Lust's family moved to Tyler in 1947. In 1949, while still in college, he helped organize, sponsor and run the first East Texas Open. Lust remained faithful to overseeing and growing the event since its conception, including serving as tournament director for over 20 years. He also played in the East Texas Open, and in 1966, after winning the tournament three of the four previous years, had the privilege of retiring the trophy he had originally donated in honor of his father.
Lust won the 1953 Dallas Open with his partner, 1989 Hall of Fame Inductee James "Mutt" Schulze. He went undefeated in tournament play from 1956 to 1958 with Schulze. He won the Texas Sectional Doubles Championship in 1958. In 1985, Lust won the Men’s Singles 55 National Grass Championship in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Lust won the Texas Section Men’s 75 singles and doubles (with Ray Beall) titles in 2005. Along with Walt Farrington, Harry Phillips and Bob Faulkner, he founded Tyler Tennis & Swim Club which became the center of tennis in East Texas.
1954 - 1965
4
48
30
1958 - Greenville Open (Amateur)
1958 - Polar Bear (Amateur)
1957 - Dallas Open (Open)
1955 - Dallas Open (Open)
Round 1
Bill Lust 1 *
Miguel Osuna
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 2
Frank Conner 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-2
Round 4
Bill Lust 1 *
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Bill Bane
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Ed Austin
8-6
7-5
Final
Cliff Richey 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Bill Lust 1 *
Laurence Becker
6-2
6-8
7-5
Round 3
Bill Lust 1 *
Bill Ingram
6-4
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
William (Willie) Wolff 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-1
Round 1
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen 1 *
Bill Lust
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Earl Van Zandt 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Dabney Coleman 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Bill Lust 1 *
Eddie Sledge
6-3
3-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Sammy Giammalva sr 1 *
Bill Lust
6-1
6-2
Final
James Alton (Jim) Schulze 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-4
Round 2
Bill Lust 1 *
Rod Coffin
6-1
7-5
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Walton Miller
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Rex Reed 1 *
Bill Lust
14-12
6-2
Round 3
Bill Lust 1 *
Johnny Simmons
8-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Mike Amis
7-9
6-3
6-0
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Tom Haney
6-3
4-6
6-1
Final
Bill Lust 1 *
Ken Crawford
4-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
William (Willie) Wolff
8-6
6-2
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
William H. (Bill) Wright
6-4
6-3
Final
Bill Lust 1 *
Bill Dixon
10-8
10-8
Round 2
Paul Wilkins 1 *
Bill Lust
6-4
2-6
6-1
Round 1
Bernard (Tut) Bartzen 1 *
Bill Lust
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Walton Miller
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
John Lawhon
9-7
6-1
Final
Bill Lust 1 *
James Alton (Jim) Schulze
10-8
2-6
6-4
Final
Paul R. Como 1 *
Bill Lust
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Bill Lust 1 *
Charles Edward (Red) Sledge Jr.
5-7
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Rod Coffin 1 *
Bill Lust
6-3
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Bill Lust 1 *
Ken Carter
11-13
8-6
6
-1
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Slew Hester
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Johnny Hernandez
6-4
4-6
6-1
6-2
Final
John A. Been 1 *
Bill Lust
6-0
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Hayden Schilling
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer
6-1
4-6
6-4
Final
Bill Lust 1 *
James Alton (Jim) Schulze
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bernard Gerhardt 1 *
Bill Lust
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Eldon Roark
2-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Ray D. Nasher
9-7
3-6
6-3
Final
James Alton (Jim) Schulze 1 *
Bill Lust
6-3
6-4
Unknown
Bill Lust 1 *
Don Dill
2-6
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bill Lust 1 *
Alan Graham
2-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer 1 *
Bill Lust
5-7
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer 1 *
Bill Lust
4-6
6-2
6-2