{"id":155594,"date":"2019-09-17T16:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T20:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=155594"},"modified":"2020-02-04T15:59:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T20:59:12","slug":"jack-wright","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/develop.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/jack-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jack Wright \u00e9tait le meilleur joueur de tennis produit au Canada en premi\u00e8re demie du 20e si\u00e8cle. Au sommet de sa forme, il est grimp\u00e9 au troisi\u00e8me rang mondial.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Meilleur joueur canadien de 1926 \u00e0 1929 et en 1931, Jack Wright a remport\u00e9 trois titres en simple masculin de l\u2019Omnium du Canada (1927, 1929 et 1931) et quatre titres en double (1923, 1925 et 1929 avec Willard Crocker et 1931 avec Marcel Rainville).<\/p>\n<p>Membre de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de la Coupe Davis de 1923 \u00e0 1933 (capitaine en 1930), Wright a disput\u00e9 14 de ces tournois pour le Canada, p\u00e9riode au cours de laquelle il a jou\u00e9 40 matchs, un record de la Coupe Davis pour un Canadien. Reconnu pour son excellent service et ses magnifiques vol\u00e9es, la plus grande victoire de Wright a \u00e9t\u00e9 remport\u00e9e en 1927 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al dans un match de la Coupe Davis en simple o\u00f9 il a vaincu le troisi\u00e8me joueur mondial de l\u2019\u00e9poque, le Japonais Tacheichi Harada. Wright a disput\u00e9 cinq \u00e9ditions des Championnats des \u00c9tats-Unis (atteignant deux fois les huiti\u00e8mes de finale) et a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 une seule \u00e9dition de Wimbledon en 1929, s\u2019inclinant en quatre manches contre Wilbur Coen en premi\u00e8re ronde).<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e9 \u00e0 Nelson en Colombie-Britannique, Wright a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lev\u00e9 pr\u00e8s de Trail. Il a d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al pour fr\u00e9quenter l\u2019\u00e9cole de m\u00e9decine de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill dont il a \u00e9t\u00e9 capitaine de l\u2019\u00e9quipe de tennis. Il a termin\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudes en 1928. Il a accroch\u00e9 sa raquette tout juste avant le Deuxi\u00e8me Guerre mondiale ou il a servi comme officier m\u00e9dical \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger, puis il s\u2019est install\u00e9 \u00e0 Vancouver. Il est d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9 \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al en 1949 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 48 ans.<\/p>\n<p>Dans un sondage men\u00e9 en 1950 par la Presse canadienne, Wright a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu meilleur joueur de tennis de la premi\u00e8re moiti\u00e9 du si\u00e8cle. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 intronis\u00e9 au Panth\u00e9on des sports canadiens en 1955, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e olympique du Canada en 1972, au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e de Tennis Canada en 1991 et au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e des sports de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 McGill en 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Wright \u00e9tait le meilleur joueur de tennis produit au Canada en premi\u00e8re demie du 20e si\u00e8cle. 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