| Intro | Zimbabwean tennis player |
| Is |
Athlete Tennis player |
| From | Zimbabwe |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 16 May 1938, Harare, Harare Province, Zimbabwe |
| Age: | 82 years |
| Star sign | Taurus |
Adrian Bey is a former Zimbabwean tennis player.
Early life
Bey was born on 16 May 1938, in Harare, Zimbabwe.
He began playing tennis at the age of 6 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. He attended Salisbury’s Prince Edward School which won the national inter schools Mim du Toit tennis trophy eleven times in succession from 1954 to 1964.
Career
In 1955, Bey won national junior colors and was the country’s junior champion that year and also in 1956.
He turned professional tennis player in 1957, at the age of nineteen.
He reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon twice, in 1959 and in 1963, and made it to the semifinals of the French Open in doubles. In 1963, when he was of twenty-five, he was named 1963 Sportsman of the Year for the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
In 1964 Davis Cup, he teamed up with Frank Solomon and beat Israel 5-0, losing 0-5 to Italy in the second round.
In 1975 he moved with his family to Texas, United States, where he became a tennis professional and works for the Austin Country Club. He was a tour pro at Westside Tennis Club in Houston from 1975 – 1982 before moving to Montgomery County to serve as the head pro at April Sound and Bentwater Country Club. In 2010 he entered the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.