# Perry Jones

> Perry T. Jones was an amateur tennis official who was a major fundraiser for the Los Angeles Tennis Club and its tournaments. He took control of Southern California Tennis in the 1930s and ran the Pacific Southwest Championships, the second most prestigious tournament after the U.S. Championships. He became one of the most powerful officials in tennis because most of the good players were developed in Southern California. However, as the "Czar" of Southern California tennis he threw up many roadblocks in the early career of Billie Jean King.

*American tennis player (1890-1970)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/perry-jones

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Tennis Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q10833314))
- **Category:** Tennis Players
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1890-06-22
- **Died:** 1970-09-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Perry T. Jones was an amateur tennis official who was a major fundraiser for the Los Angeles Tennis Club and its tournaments. He took control of Southern California Tennis in the 1930s and ran the Pacific Southwest Championships, the second most prestigious tournament after the U.S. Championships. He became one of the most powerful officials in tennis because most of the good players were developed in Southern California. However, as the "Czar" of Southern California tennis he threw up many roadblocks in the early career of Billie Jean King.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 35.2

## Sources
- [Perry T. Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_T._Jones)
- [Perry Jones (Tennisfunktionär)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Jones_(Tennisfunktion%C3%A4r))
- [بيري تي جونز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D9%8A_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2)
- [Perry Jones](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry_Jones)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1660141)

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