Keith Richardson

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Keith Richardson (television executive)

Keith Richardson is an English television executive who is Controller of Drama for ITV Yorkshire and is notable for being Executive Producer of the station's primetime soap, Emmerdale. Richardson was in charge of the programme for 24 years, during which time he oversaw its transformation from a minor, daytime, rural drama into one of the UK's major soap operas. He left Emmerdale in January 2009 and was succeeded by one of his former series producers, Steve November.

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Keith Richardson (tennis)

Keith Richardson (born 1953) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He is a member of both the North Carolina and South Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame.

Biography

Richardson grew up in Rock Hill, South Carolina and attended Rock Hill High School, where he was the state's 4A High School Tennis Champion in 1971. He got an athletic scholarship to North Carolina's Appalachian State University where he played varsity tennis from 1971 to 1975, while he studied for a BSBA degree. During this time he was a three time Southern Conference Singles Champion (1973, 1974, 1975) and two time Doubles Champion (1974, 1975).

In 1976, Richardson turned professional and began touring internationally. By the end of the 1977 he had reached his highest ranking of 74 in the world. He twice featured in the US Open, in 1977 and 1979. In his first appearance in 1977 he lost in the opening round to Phil Dent, but in 1979 he was able to make the third round. He began the 1979 US Open with a five-set win over Dave Siegler, then defeated a young Kevin Curren in straight sets, before exiting in the third round with a loss to Dick Stockton. In 1979 he also played in the first round of the men's doubles, with John Yuill. On the Grand Prix circuit his best performance came in 1979, a doubles final in Sarasota, which he and John James lost to Steve Krulevitz and Ilie Năstase. He also made his only singles quarter-final that year, at Madrid.