Bob Falkenburg, the Tennis Hall of Famer who captured the 1948 Wimbledon singles championship in a thrilling fifth-set comeback and also won a pair of Grand Slam men’s doubles titles, then forged a second career as a businessman who introduced fast food outlets to South America, died on Thursday at his home in Santa Ynez, Calif. He was 95.
His death was confirmed to The Associated Press by his daughter Claudia.
Falkenburg was ranked among the nation’s top 10 tennis players at age 17 and remained in that elite category for the next five years.
His signature achievement came at Wimbledon in 1948, when he was down three match points facing John Bromwich of Australia.