Donald Dell (born June 17, 1938 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA) was an outstanding tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup captain, tennis leader and administrator. 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Official website: Location Location of Bethesda within Montgomery County, Maryland. ... Logo The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ...

Dell played his collegiate tennis at Yale University where he was a three-time All-American (in 1958, '59 & '60). He reached the NCAA singles finals in 1959 (falling to Whitney Reed of San Jose State University), and was a semifinalist in 1960. Yale University is a private university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Whitney Reed (born August 21, 1932, in Oakland, California) was an outstanding tennis player in the 1950s and 1960s. ... San Jose State University San José State University, commonly shortened to San Jose State and SJSU, is the oldest university in what became the California State University system. ...

He played on the U.S. Davis cup team in 1961 and 1963 and was the captain of the winning Cup teams of 1968 and 1969.

He was a quarterfinalist at the U.S. National championships (now known as the U.S. Open), in 1961, and at the historic tournament in Cincinnati he was a singles finalist in 1959 and a semifinalist in 1958. The United States Open tennis championships, commonly refered to as the U.S. Open (or as simply the Open in the U.S. only), is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. ... The Cincinnati Masters is an annual tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city. ...

Dell received his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1960, and his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1964. Website Virginia. ...

He was an associate for the law firm of Hogan & Hartson from 1966 to 1967, was Special Assistant to Sargent Shriver (Peace Corps Founder and Director of OEO), from 1968 to 1969, founded ProServ, Inc., (now known as SFX) in 1970 and was its chairman until 1997, was a co-founder of the ATP (the Association of Tennis Professionals, the player's union), and was a founder of the tennis tournament in Washington D.C.

Dell is the Vice Chairman of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, a member of the board of directors for the Arthur Ashe Institute of Urban Health. He has been enshrined into the ITA College Tennis Hall of Fame and has been a tennis television commentator.

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