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Topline Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman’s wildcard entry into a professional tennis tournament ended in swift defeat Wednesday, drawing sharp criticism from tennis fans and officials who questioned whether the hedge fund manager had earned his spot on the court. Bill Ackman, chief executive officer of Pershing Square Capital Management LP, takes a break during … More his match at the third annual Finance Cup tennis tournament in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Just before matches began at the Finance Cup tennis tournament near Miami Beach, bankers and investors huddled around hedge-fund manager Ackman to hear him riff about the stakes for his portfolio. Photographer: Mark Elias/Bloomberg © 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP Key Facts Ackman announced his wildcard selection on X last Wednesday, writing that former Grand Slam winner Jack Sock managed to list him as his doubles partner at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island—he also said he was “pretty sure” he would be “the oldest person in tennis history,” at 59 years old, to win Association of Tennis Professionals points. The Hall of Fame Open is a competitive ATP tournament Challenger series event held on grass courts, with participants generally selected based on ATP rankings, wildcards entries and qualifiers. Sock, 32, retired from professional tennis in 2023 to pursue a career in pickleball and was suddenly given a wildcard for the Newport event, and listed Ackman, a longtime tennis lover, as his partner (players can select anyone as their partner, regardless of status). Social media users mocked Ackman after he and Sock lost 6-1, 7-5 to Australians Omar Jasika and Bernard Tomic, and an op-ed published in USA Today slammed Ackman’s entry as a “mockery of pro tennis,” blasting Sock for giving “no indication that he’s planning a comeback” and Ackman because “you…

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