McKinley won Wimbledon while still a junior at Trinity University.
After former Trinity University student Karen Hantze Susman won Wimbledon in 1962, Chuck McKinley was able to follow in her footsteps when he won Wimbledon the very next year while still a student at Trinity. For McKinley’s 1963 Wimbledon Championship, he won it without losing a set, something only a handful of male players have been able to do in Wimbledon history.
“To have someone like that on the team is just incredible,” said Butch. “He put Trinity University tennis and the whole university on the map when he won Wimbledon in 1963 without the loss of a set.” After McKinley’s win in 1963, support from the private section in San Antonio and financial help from John R. McFarlin helped promote tennis in the Alamo City. McFarlin along with the help of John H. Braubach built a foundation of tennis in more ways than one.
“That started it all, in 1968 the NCAA National Championship takes place at Trinity,” said Braubach. “The planning for McFarlin Tennis Center starts in 1970, opens in 1974, the McFarlin Foundation is set up by Mr. McFarlin and my dad, John Braubach and that continues today.”
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