Michael E. Green (born 20 February 1937 in Miami, Florida) is a former amateur
tennis
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player from the
United States
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who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. He played on the
1956 NCAA Championship Team at UCLA and was the #2 player behind
Mike Franks for three years.. He reached the quarterfinals of the
Australian Championships in
1957 and
1958. Green played
Davis Cup in
1956 and
1957, both years the team reached the Challenge Round before losing to
Australia
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. Mike died in Ohio in 2016.
In 1959 he was a runner-up to
Alex Olmedo
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People
Multiple
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in the singles event at the
Eastern Grass Court Championships
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History
The first edition was held in 1927 at the Westchester Country Club, in ...
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American male tennis players
1937 births
Living people
UCLA Bruins men's tennis coaches
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Australian Championships (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players from Miami
American tennis coaches