Spanish Tennis Federation anunced on October 9 that oldest first-time grand slam champion of open era, Andres Gime has passed away at of 82. Gime's top achievements include reaching Australian Open final in 1969, semi-finals in Wimbledon in 1970 and winning Roland Gaross at of 34 in 1972. Spanish Tennis Federation re in a statement on Wednesday that Gime was one of iconic figures of Spanish tennis. Federation cited prolonged illness as reason behind veteran tennis star's death. 

'Royal Spanish Tennis Federation expressed condolence to Andres Gime's family and relatives on ir loss,' re statement.

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Gime's splendid career in tennis

Andres Gime has 44 titles to his fame. tennis star represented Spain at Davis Cup from 1958 to 1960 and 1972 to 1973. He won World Championship in 1966, beating Rod Laver in five sets and same tournament in doubles. His or titles include Nerlands Open, Mison Square Garden's Championship in 1969, Dakar and Hamburg in 1971 during period. Earlier, tennis champion was ranked world . 6 for 1961 by L'Équipe, and world . 4 for 1964 by Joe McCauley. For his incredible career in tennis, he was inducted into International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009. 

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Tennis stars and organisation pay tribute 

Tennis star Rafael Nal, who w stands at second rank in world, took to Twitter to pay tribute to veteran player. 12-time Roland Garros champion wrote on Twitter that Gime h been a pioneer for sport in Spain. He furr said that news has sdened him. Former Australian tennis player, Rod Laver who was beaten down by Gime in World Championships in 1966 also called Andres a great athlete and conveyed condolences to his family. Moreover, various tennis organisations also mourned loss on ir respective Twitter handles.

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