Eric Amend (born November 17, 1965) is an American former

tennis player Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cove ...

who represented the

United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics The United States was the host nation of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. It was the nineteenth time that ''Team USA'' participated, having boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics. 522 competitors, 339 men and 183 women, took part i ...

. Born in

Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...

, the right-hander did not win any ATP titles during his professional career reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 20, 1993, when he became the World No. 234. Amend served as an assistant coach for his alma mater's Tennis Team, at the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

, for five years during which the team won the 2009 & 2010 NCAA National Championships. He was a 4 time All-American at USC and teamed with Byron Black to win the 1989 NCAA Doubles Championship.

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