| MEDIA ADVISORY | Contact: Tony Bell, Communications Deputy Office: (213) 974-5555 Cell: (213) 215-5176 E-mail: tbell@bos.lacounty.gov | |
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| July 20, 2009 | For Immediate Release | |
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| ANTONOVICH to honor sports legendS: TENNIS CHAMPION jack kramer and SOCCER STAR han duan | ||
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| WHO: Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Jack Kramer, Tennis Legend Han Duan, Soccer Superstar WHAT: Supervisor Antonovich will honor legendary tennis player and promoter Jack Kramer and women’s soccer superstar Han Duan. WHEN: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 9:15 a.m. WHERE: Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 West Temple Street, Room 869 Los Angeles, CA 90012 LOS ANGELES COUNTY -- Supervisor Antonovich will honor legendary tennis champion and promoter Jack Kramer and women’s soccer superstar Han Duan. The youngest Davis Cup final round player ever, Jack Kramer was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten five times and was ranked No. 1 in the world in 1946 and 1947, when he won a remarkable 23 of 24 tournaments. He won ten Grand Slams and 13 United States singles and doubles championships. In 1954, holding the title of world’s professional tennis champion for seven consecutive years, Kramer began his work promoting tennis events -- the Los Angeles Tennis Open was known as the Jack Kramer Open -- the only World Tour event to be named for a player. Born in Dalian, China, Han Duan debuted with the Chinese women's national soccer team in December 2000. Han finished seventh in the voting for FIFA Women's Player of the Year in 2006 and became the first Chinese player to finish in the top-10 since Sun Wen in 2002. As a member of the national team, she won an Algarve Cup in 2002, the AFC Women's Asian Cup in 2006, the Women's East Asian Cup in 2008, top three finishes at the 2002 (Runners-Up) and 2006 (3rd) Asian Games, and quarterfinal appearances at the 2003 and 2007 FIFA Women's World Cups. | ||
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