General Bill
Lust
Male
United States of America
1930-00-00
Minnesota, United States of America
2020-00-00
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About

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.



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Archive statistics 1954 - 1965
4
48
30


Tournament wins 1958 - Greenville Open (Amateur)
1958 - Polar Bear (Amateur)
1957 - Dallas Open (Open)
1955 - Dallas Open (Open)


Tournaments River Oaks - Qualifying - 1965 Texas Sectional Championships - 1963 Dallas Open - 1961 Dallas Invitation - 1959 Dallas Open - 1959 Texas Sectional Championships - 1958 Dallas Invitation - 1958 East Texas Open - 1958 Austin Labor Day - 1958 Greenville Open - 1958 Polar Bear - 1958 River Oaks Tournament - 1957 Dallas Invitation - 1957 Dallas Open - 1957 East Texas Open - 1957 Texas Sectional Championships - 1955 Louisiana State Championships - 1955 Dallas Open - 1955 Castle Heights Open - 1955 Dallas Open - 1954 Castle Heights Open - 1954 Dallas City Parks - 1954

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