Vic Seixas, who won 15 Grand Slam tennis tournaments in the 1950s, died on Friday. The oldest living Grand Slam champion, he was 100. His death was announced by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, which did not say where he died. “From 1940 to 1968 Vic Seixas was the face of American tennis,” the Hall of Fame declared when he was inducted in 1971. Seixas won two Grand Slam singles championships, eight mixed doubles titles and five men’s doubles championships.

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Persons: Vic Seixas, “, Harry Hopman, Seixas, Kurt Nielsen, Rex Hartwig of Australia Organizations: International Tennis Hall of Fame, of Fame, Denmark, Wimbledon, U.S, Nationals, Forest, U.S . Locations: United States, Australian, Forest Hills