Abe Segal is a former South African tennis player. During the 1950s and 60s, he was the doubles partner of Gordon Forbes

Gordon Forbes

Gordon Forbes born February 21, 1934 Cape Town, South Africa is a former South African professional tennis player and author.During the 1950s and 60s, he was the doubles partner of Abe Segal...

. Together, they were considered one of the best doubles teams in the world.

Due to South Africa's policy of Apartheid, Alex Metreveli

Alex Metreveli

Alexander Metreveli is a retired Soviet amateur tennis player.Metreveli is probably best known for making the final at Wimbledon in 1973, where he lost to Jan Kodeš of Czechoslovakia...

 and Istvan Guylas both refused to compete in the 1964 Wimbledon against Segal, a white South African. This prompted the International Lawn Tennis Federation to pass a resolution prohibiting racial discrimination and dropping out of the tournament except due to "health or bereavement"

After retiring from tennis, Segal took up painting.