Editing Lew Hoad (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Lew Hoad Jennifer Staley.jpg|thumb|Hoad and [[Jenny Staley Hoad|Jennifer Staley]] (right) at the Davis Cup Ball on 30 December 1953]]
Hoad proposed to his girlfriend, Australian tennis player [[Jenny Staley Hoad|Jenny Staley]], on her 21st birthday party in March 1955 and they planned to announce their engagement in June in London while both were on an overseas tour.{{sfnp|Hoad|Pollard|2002|p=28}} After arrival in London Jenny discovered that she was pregnant and the couple decided to get married straight away.{{sfnp|Hoad|Pollard|2002|pp=29–32}} The marriage took place the following day on 18 June 1955 at [[St Mary's Church, Wimbledon]], in London, on the eve of Wimbledon fortnight.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71889118 |title=2-day honeymoon-then tennis.|work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]  |date=20 June 1955 |page=5 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tennis Star Takes Bride In London|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_AYrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TpgFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1393%2C837681|work=Reading Eagle – June 19, 1955|date=19 June 1955}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71669227 |title=My Wimbledon romance. |work=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]]  |date=23 July 1955 |page=33 |via=Trove}}</ref> They had two daughters and a son.

After announcing his retirement in 1967, due to persistent back problems, Hoad moved to [[Fuengirola]], Spain, near [[Málaga]], where he and his wife constructed, owned and operated a tennis resort, ''Lew Hoad's Campo de Tenis'',<ref name=theage19670609/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48211276 |title=Luxury "Campo de Tennis". |work=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=11 June 1969 |page=2 |via=Trove}}</ref> and the accompanying residential complex of apartments and penthouse properties, ''Lew Hoad Tennis Village''.<ref>Lew Hoad Tennis Village. https://intermarbella.com/properties-for-sale-in-lew-hoad-tennis-village-mijas/</ref> For more than thirty years they entertained personal friends such as actors [[Stewart Granger]], [[Sean Connery]], [[Richard Burton]], [[Peter Ustinov]], [[Deborah Kerr]] and her husband  writer [[Peter Viertel]], actor [[Kirk Douglas]], singer [[Frank Sinatra]] and saxophonist [[Stan Getz]]. {{sfnp|Hoad|Pollard|2002|pp=120–126}}<ref>Lew Hoad Tennis and Paddle Club:The Club. https://lew-hoad.com/en/the-club/</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.surinenglish.com/lifestyle/201711/17/coaching-rich-famous-mijas-20171117094500-v.html|title = Coaching the rich and famous in Mijas|date = 17 November 2017}}</ref> Hoad's son Peter stated, "My dad was extremely well connected."<ref>{{cite web |author1=Margaret Maccoll |title=Tennis in his blood |url=https://noosatoday.com.au/stories/27-06-2017/tennis-in-his-blood/ |website=Noosa Today |date=26 June 2017}}</ref> The athletic club including the wedding/event facilities were acquired by Spanish investors in 2005, and in 2021 were rumoured to be for sale at 10 million euros.<ref>Review of Lew Hoad Resort. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoEpQ7JJqTQ</ref> The Lew Hoad Club currently has seven tennis courts and six paddle courts, outdoor pool and gym. Weddings and events are a specialty, plus an annual ITF seniors tennis tournament and an annual IBP women's tournament.

In September 1978, Hoad's back problem was successfully treated with spinal fusion surgery, and he was relieved of pain. There had been two ruptured discs and a herniation. The doctor asked one of Hoad's friends, "How on earth did this man walk, let alone play tennis?"{{sfnp|Hodgson|Jones|2001|pp=220, 221}} In a 1980 interview, Hoad claimed that "my back is marvelous now....it's absolutely perfect now."<ref>Bud Lessor Oral History Archive, International Tennis Hall of Fame: interview by Bud Lessor, recorded at International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, Rhode Island, 12 July 1980.</ref>

Hoad was diagnosed with a rare and incurable form of [[leukaemia]] on 13 January 1994 which caused his death on 3 July 1994. Press reports of a heart attack were incorrect. Hoad's personal physician specialist was his own son-in-law Dr. Manuel Benavides, who explained the cause of death.{{sfnp|Hodgson|Jones|2001|p=222}}{{sfnp|Hoad|Pollard|2002|p=193}}<ref name=nyt19940705>{{cite news|title=Lew Hoad, 59, Tennis Champion of the 1950s|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/05/obituaries/lew-hoad-59-tennis-champion-of-the-1950-s.html|work=The New York Times|date=5 July 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118188847 |title=Tennis legend Lew Hoad dies. |work=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=5 July 1994 |page=1 |via=Trove}}</ref> A book co-written with Jack Pollard and titled ''My Game'' ("The Lew Hoad story" in the USA) was published in 1958. In 2002, Pollard teamed up with his widow, Jenny, to write ''My Life With Lew''.