John Richard Beddington
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| Born | John Richard Beddington Haslemere, Surrey, England |
| Nationality | British-Canadian |
| Occupation | Tennis Tournament Director Squash Tournament Director Sports organization executive and consultant |
| Organization | Tennis_Canada |
| Known for | Tennis Canada Hall of Fame, 2006 inductee[1]
Tournament_director |
Notable work | Play Better Squash[2] [3] |
| Board member of | Duke of Edinburgh's award, Director, Toronto, 1990-1995 Canada Open Squash Championships, Chair, 1985-1995 Professional Squash Association, Director, 1998-1999 Association of Tennis Professionals Tour Tournament Council, 1984-1993 Women's Tennis Association Tour, Director, 1993-1999[citation needed] |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Uncle is Jack_Beddington |
John Richard Beddington managed over 150 international tennis tournaments between 1965 to 2006. Tennis Canada, the governing body for Tennis in Canada, praised him in 1995 as "the single biggest driving force in the success of the organization in its 100 year history."[5]Over his 17 year tenure running the two primary Canadian professional tennis tournaments the event budget increased 30 times. The events grew to be considered top 10 in the world by the time of his departure.[6]
Later in his career John founded the end of year Champions Tour event at the Royal Albert Hall in London, running it from 1997-2006.[7]
John Beddington was the Tournament Director of the ATP season finale (now the Nitto ATP Finals) from 1972 to 1976. This event is currently played in the O2 in London after John Beddington assisted by arranging sponsorship from Barclays in 2008.[8]
Squash
John ran a number of squash tournaments including the Canadian Open from 1984 to 1995, the Loews Cup from 1983 to 1990 and two British Opens (2003, 2004).[9]
John founded the World Series of Squash, the first international squash competitive circuit and at one point he managed 15 of the top 20 squash players in the world.[10]
Charity
John Beddington has been involved with a number of charities and non profits, particularly sports charities. At one point he was the Honorary President of The Tennis Ball[11], which raised money for Give It Your Max and IC Philanthropy.
Published works
Play Better Squash was a bestseller published in English, French, German, Spanish and Swedish. The book had 11 editions printed between 1974 and 2015, as well as an Amazon Kindle edition.[12]
References
- ↑ Tennis Canada (2006). "Tennis Canada Hall of Fame, 2006 inductee". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ John Beddington (15 May 2015). "Play Better Squash". Amazon. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ James Zug (29 May 2015). "Book Review: Play Better Squash by John Beddington". www.squashmagazine.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Rogers Cup. "Rogers Cup Tournament Directors 1979-1994". www.rogerscup.com/about-rogers-cup/tournament-history/. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Tennis Canada (2006). "John Beddington Tennis Canada Hall of Fame bio". www.tenniscanada.com/hall-of-fame/john-beddington/. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Tennis Canada (2006). "John Beddington Tennis Canada Hall of Fame bio". www.tenniscanada.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Tennis Canada (2006). "John Beddington Tennis Canada Hall of Fame bio". www.tenniscanada.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ James Buddell (18 November 2020). "Rock The House: An era of new at the O2". www.atptour.com/en/news/superstar-tennis-the-o2-london-nitto-atp-finals-50-year-anniversary. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ James Zug (29 May 2015). "Book Review: Play Better Squash by John Beddington". www.squashmagazine.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ Alan Gratias (8 December 2017). "County & Quinte Living". www.countyandquinteliving.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ IC Philanthrophy (10 November 2018). "The Tennis Ball". www.icphilanthropy.ictennis.net. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
- ↑ James Zug (29 May 2015). "Book Review: Play Better Squash by John Beddington". www.squashmagazine.com. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
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