Greg Holmes (tennis)
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Greg Holmes (born August 29, 1963) is a former professional
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player from the United States. He won one doubles title on the
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and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in February 1985. Holmes won the 1983
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, playing for the
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. In 1989, Holmes defeated
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5–7, 6–4, 7–6(5), 4–6, 14–12 in the second round at Wimbledon, a match that was the longest men's singles match at Wimbledon timed at 5 hours 28 minutes until the epic Isner–Mahut match in 2010. During his seven-year career he twice beat Jimmy Connors and had wins over
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, and
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Grand Prix career finals


Doubles: 1 (1–0)


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* * 1963 births Living people American male tennis players Sportspeople from Covina, California Tennis players from California Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in tennis Utah Utes men's tennis players {{US-tennis-bio-stub