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Richard Dick Savitt (born March 4 1927) is a 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 metres) and 185-pound (84 kg) right-handed American male former tennis player.In 1951 at the age of 24 he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men’s singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked World No. 2 the same year behind fellow amateur Frank Sedgman though was declared World No. 1 by The New York Times and The Owosso Argus-Press following his Wimbledon victory.