Alexander Boyd Andrews IV is best known to the global and American tennis community as Andy. A Raleigh, N.C., native, Andrews, 62, is renowned for his playing ability and service to the USTA and Southern tennis.
In the early 1980s, he began compiling a list of ATP Tour achievements that remain a shining example of tennis prowess. He reached No. 32 in the world in doubles and No. 78 in the world in singles while competing in all four Grand Slam tournaments in singles and doubles. He won three doubles titles in 1982 and reached the Australian Open doubles final. In two of the titles and in the Australian Open, he teamed up with fellow North Carolinian and Southern Tennis Hall of Fame inductee John Sadri. The following year he and Sadri reached the US Open semifinals. Injuries would cut Andrews’ career short after just five years.
In his 2016 induction video for the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, Andrews said, “I will never forget that feeling of walking out on that court (at the Australian Open). It’s hard to explain but that’s the pinnacle of all the things in your life that you’ve run up to, having a dream. So, dreams do come true.”
Prior to turning pro, he had an outstanding career at North Carolina State. Andrews was a two-time All-American and won five individual ACC titles and two team ACC titles. Recognized as one of the top 50 ACC tennis players during a 50-year span, Andrews won a National Interscholastic doubles champion Gold Ball and a Silver Ball in national 21 and under competition.
After professional tennis Andrews entered the real estate world and in 2006 founded Dominion Realty Partners, LLC, headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., where today he serves as Chairman and CEO. DRP is located in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and in 12 cities and has developed over $2.6 billion dollars of green-certified vertical developments. Since 2016 DRP has created over 38,600 jobs working on our developments at an average salary of $24 per hour.
In addition to the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame, Andrews also was inducted into the George Whitfield Hall of Fame. In 2009, he received the North Carolina Mary Milam Lifetime Tennis Achievement Award and, in 2011, he received the North Carolina Tennis Association President’s Award.
He was nominated by former USTA Southern President & CEO Bonnie Vandegrift. Supporting letters came from two past USTA Presidents – Lucy Garvin and Katrina Adams – among others.
Highlights of Andrews’ service to the USTA and the tennis community include:
- Leading a capital campaign that raised $1.6 million to build the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center on his alma mater’s campus
- Heading a capital campaign that raised $1.7 million to build the USTA North Carolina office and North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame
- Serving as two-time Raleigh (N.C.) Racquet Club President
- Serving as USTA Southern Secretary and Director At Large
- Serving on the USTA Varsity Collegiate, Junior Competition and Foundation Advisory committees
- Serving on the boards of the Southern Tennis Foundation and North Carolina Tennis Foundation
- Serving as a member of the Adult Tennis Council
- Starting in 2013, serving as a USTA Board member
- Elected as USTA First Vice President, 2015-16. Although he was nominated to serve as Chairman of the Board and President, he declined to spend time with his daughter, Rhyne, who later passed away from cancer
Another assignment that illustrated Andrews stepping up to further American tennis came when he accepted the volunteer role of Chairman of USTA Major Construction. The USTA’s goal was to realize the plans begun under our Southern Tennis Hall of Fame member Garvin’s tenure. He volunteered his time and talents to oversee the renovation of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the renovation on the Lindner Family Tennis Stadium (used for the Western & Southern Open near Cincinnati, Ohio) and the creation of the USTA National Campus in Lake Nona, Fla. all totaling a $1 billion price tag.
Andrews and his wife, Carol, live in Raleigh and have one son, Alex.
Highlights
- Reached No. 32 in the world in doubles and No. 78 in singles
- He won three ATP Tour doubles titles in 1982
- Played in the 1982 Australian Open doubles final and reached the 1983 US Open semifinals, both with North Carolinian John Sardi
- Headed two committees that raised more than $3.3 million for North Carolina projects
- Served as USTA Southern Secretary and Board Director At Large
- Served as USTA First Vice President, nominated to post of USTA Chairman of the Board & President but declined for family reasons
- Oversaw the renovation of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, the renovation of the Cincinnati tennis stadium and the creation of the USTA National Campus, Lake Nona, Fla. all totaling a $1 billion price tag.