Steve Flink
Steve Flink (born June 26, 1952 in Santa Monica, California
Flink was born in the New York City and became a fan of tennis in 1965, at age 12, when his father Stanley took the boy to the Wimbledon Championships. Later the same year Steve for the first time watched the US National Championships in New York. Flink himself recalls that as 15 years old he has already decided to become a tennis reporter. While still a boy, he also developed an interest in sports statistics.[2]
In 1970, Flink moved to England where he began studying at the
In 1973 Flink interviewed
As a tennis historian, Flink wrote two reputable monographs: The Greatest Tennis Matches of the 20th Century and The Greatest Tennis Matches of All-Time. In addition, for 12 years he was creating biographical portraits of players for John Barrett's annual book World of Tennis.[3] Since 1994 he has been a consultant and writer for the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and later a member of this organization's Nominating Committee[5]
Colleagues commend Steve Flink's journalistic work for its eloquence and commitment to facts, also noting his general charm as a person. In 2010, he was inducted into the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in New York,[2] and in 2017 he was elected in a Contributor category to the International Tennis Hall of Fame together with Andy Roddick, Kim Clijsters, the late coach Vic Braden and the wheelchair tennis champion Monique Kalkman-Van Den Bosch.[3]
References
- ^ International Tennis Hall of Fame profile Archived 2024-05-21 at the Wayback Machine. Access: 21 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Nancy Gill McShea. (2010-04-25). "Sir Steve Makes Mark: Tennis Historian, Journalist Steve Flink Inducted Into Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame". Tennis Now. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ a b c d "ITHF Class of 2017 Announced!". International Tennis Hall of Fame. January 22, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ "Steve Flink". Tennis Channel. Archived from the original on 2017-04-04. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ "About Steve". Steve Flink's personal website (old). Archived from the original on 2017-04-22. Retrieved 2017-04-03.