100 Years of the
WEST SUBURBAN CONFERENCE

ATHLETES HONOR ROLL

MARTY RIESSEN -- Hinsdale Central

A four-time tennis singles state champion, Riessen never lost a match or a set in his four-year high school career.  Marty won the Illinois High School Association singles titles in 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960.  In his senior year, Riessen won 49 of his 53 sets by perfect 6-0, 6-0 scores, and lost only nine games all season.  An exceptional athlete, Marty was All-State in basketball and was the Most Valuable Player of the Red Devils tennis, basketball and cross-country teams.  At Northwestern University, Riessen reached the NCAA singles finals three straight years in 1962, 1963 and 1964.  As a professional tennis player, Marty won 75% of his singles matches and compiled a 675-226 win-loss record, and was ranked as a high as the number eight player in the world.  Riessen won 62 career titles, including nine Grand Slam doubles and mixed doubles  championships in the Australian Open (1969), French Open (1969, 1971), Wimbledon (1975) and the U.S. Open (1969, 1970, 1972, 1976, 1980).  Riessen is enshrined in the United State Tennis Association Hall of Fame.