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1979 Tel Aviv Open – Singles
This was the first edition of the Tel Aviv Open. Tom Okker won the tournament, beating Per Hjertquist in the final, 6–4, 6–3. Seeds # Ilie Năstase ''(second round)'' # Tom Okker (champion) # David Schneider ''(quarterfinals)'' # Raymond Moore ''(second round)'' # Mike Cahill ''(second round)'' # Michael Grant ''(second round)'' # N/A # Per Hjertquist Per Hjertquist (born 6 April 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won one singles title and one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in 1980 and a career-high doubles r ... ''(final)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References Main Draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1979 Tel Aviv Open - Singles Tel Aviv Open 1979 Grand Prix (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Okker
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Harry Fritz (tennis)
Harry Fritz (born 19 February 1951) is a Canadian-American former professional tennis player. Tennis career Fritz played his first tournament in 1971 at the Real Madrid International in Madrid, Spain where he lost to Lew Hoad in the second round. A left-handed player, Fritz was born in Yuma, Arizona and played collegiate tennis for East Texas State. He was a member of the university's 1972 NAIA championship team, in a year he also won the singles and doubles individual titles. He was a semi finalist at the Ankara International in Ankara Turkey in 1974 losing to Denmark's Lars Elvstrøm, and at the Alabama State Open Championships in 1977 where he lost to Mike Cahill. Fritz's best performances on the professional tour was winning the South Florida Open Championships in West Palm Beach in 1977 against Larry Loeb on the ILTF Independent Tour a world wide circuit of tournaments not part of the grand prix, and a runner-up finish at the Lagos Open in 1980 on the Grand Prix tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenny Svensson
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Marco Alciati
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John Feaver
John Feaver (born 16 February 1952) is a former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. Career After attending Millfield, Feaver enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he reached 10 doubles finals, achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 98 in October 1973, and a career-high doubles ranking of 104 in January 1983. He was a French Open doubles semi-finalist in 1982. For over 20 years (1976 to 1997), Feaver held the record for serving the most aces in a single Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ... match, 42, achieved against John Newcombe. He also represented Great Britain in the Davis Cup between 1977 and 1983. He also achieved the remarkable distinction of beating five-times Wimbledon champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Glickstein
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Famiano Meneschincheri
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Robin Drysdale
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Jorge Andrew
Jorge Andrew (born 2 November 1951) is a former professional tennis player from Venezuela. Most of his tennis success was in doubles. During his career, he finished runner-up at three doubles events. Andrew was a member of the Venezuelan Davis Cup team from 1967 to 1984, posting a 6–25 record in singles and a 7–10 record in doubles. Career finals Doubles (3 losses) External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrew, Jorge 1951 births Living people Tennis players from Caracas Venezuelan male tennis players 20th-century Venezuelan people 21st-century Venezuelan people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onny Parun
Onny Parun (born 15 April 1947) is a former tennis player of Croatian descent from New Zealand, who was among the world's top 20 for five years and who reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1971 and 1972. He made the final of the Australian Open in 1973, losing to John Newcombe in four sets, and was a US Open quarterfinalist in 1973 and also a quarterfinalist at the French Open in 1975. He eventually went on to coach the Bhatti brothers. Parun and Australian Dick Crealy won the French Open doubles title in 1974. He also made the Masters in 1974, qualifying by finishing in the top eight on the grand prix table. Parun played Davis Cup from 1966 to 1982 and won a string of national titles, including the Benson and Hedges Open three times in four years. Parun became the second player from New Zealand to reach a Grand Slam Singles final, 62 years after Anthony Wilding had reached the 1913 Wimbledon final, and Parun became the second player from New Zealand to win a Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Reininger
Robert Reininger (born 20 January 1958) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Biography Reininger, a right-handed player from Linz, was the Austrian junior champion in 1975. He followed it up with a national Under 21s title in 1976, then in 1979 was Austria's Indoor and Outdoor Championships in both singles and doubles. The top ranked player in Austria in 1979 and 1981, Reininger appeared in seven ties for the Austria Davis Cup team. This included a tie against Great Britain in Bristol and a match against Ilie Năstase in Bucharest. His only title on the Grand Prix tennis circuit was in the doubles at the Sofia Open in 1980. An unseeded pairing, he partnered with Hartmut Kirchhübel to win the tournament. As a singles player his best performances came in his home event, the Grand Prix tournament held in Linz. He made the quarter-finals twice, in 1981 and 1982. He now runs an insurance company in Linz. Grand Prix career finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) See also *List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan (born 20 May 1942) is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37. Biography McMillan was born in Springs, South Africa. Aside from his considerable success as a doubles player, he had a singles career with good results mostly in South Africa. He played in 38 Grand Slam singles events with a 28 to 38 win–loss record, first playing in 1961 at Wimbledon and last at the first US Open at Flushing Meadows in 1978. His best results in both came at the US Open reaching the quarter finals in 1972 and the last 16 in 1976. Arguably his greatest result was reaching the final of the 1970 South African Open held at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |