Eighty-six-year-old Lyn Abbot has been playing and winning at tennis since he was taught by his father in New Jersey at age 8.

A member of Courtside Tennis Club in Venice since 1991, Abbot has played four to five days per week except when in rehab for his two hip and right knee replacements. He was an MP and NCO in the Army at the end of WWII, stationed in the Philippians after being drafted during his senior year of high school.