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Happy 100th Birthday, Vic Seixas!


, one of the most decorated and successful players in North Carolina men's tennis history and the oldest living Grand Slam champion, turned 100 years old on Wednesday August 30. Seixas won the Wimbledon singles championship in 1953 and won the U.S. Open championship in 1954. He went 63-3 at UNC and won the Patterson Medal. (GoHeels.com)

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Happy 100th Birthday, Vic Seixas!