William Hester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Hester

tennis player (1912-1993)

Date of Birth: 07-May-1912

Place of Birth: Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1993

Profession: tennis player

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

William Hester, also known as Slew Hester (May 7, 1912 – February 8, 1993) was an American tennis player and official.
He was the president of the United States Tennis Association from 1977 to 1978.
He was the first president of the USTA from the Deep South.
He moved the USTA out of the West Side Tennis Club into the USTA National Tennis Center (now known as the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center).
In spite of protests against the apartheid regime from African nations and civil rights activists, Hester let South Africa compete in two tournaments against the United States, first in Newport Beach, California in April 1977 and next at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in March 1978.
He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1981.