# Bob Ryland

> Robert Hayes Ryland was an American tennis player and coach, known for having been the first African-American to play professional tennis. Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including Harold Solomon, Renee Blount, Leslie Allen, Arthur Ashe, Bruce Foxworth, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams. Ryland also taught and coached at clubs in Bermuda, Puerto Rico, St. Alban's Tennis Club in Washington, D.C., and the Mid-Town Tennis Club in Manhattan. Ryland was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame (1991), Black Tennis Hall of Fame (2009), and the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002, where he also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

*American tennis player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/bob-ryland

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Tennis Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314))
- **Category:** Tennis Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1920-06-16
- **Died:** 2020-08-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Robert Hayes Ryland was an American tennis player and coach, known for having been the first African-American to play professional tennis. Ryland coached some of the world's top-ranked professionals, including Harold Solomon, Renee Blount, Leslie Allen, Arthur Ashe, Bruce Foxworth, Venus Williams, and Serena Williams. Ryland also taught and coached at clubs in Bermuda, Puerto Rico, St. Alban's Tennis Club in Washington, D.C., and the Mid-Town Tennis Club in Manhattan. Ryland was inducted into the Wayne State University Athletic Hall of Fame (1991), Black Tennis Hall of Fame (2009), and the Eastern Tennis Hall of Fame in 2002, where he also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.7

## Sources
- [Bob Ryland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ryland)
- [ボブ・ライランド](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89)
- [بوب ريلاند](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF)
- [Bob Ryland](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ryland)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26235905)

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