Peter Fishbach (born August 29, 1947) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

Fishbach was born and raised in New York City. He attended

Great Neck North High School John L. Miller Great Neck North High School or simply "Great Neck North," is a public high school, including grades 9 through 12, in the village of Great Neck, New York, operated by the Great Neck School District. As of the 2018–19 school year ...

. In 1963, 1964, and 1965 he was the New York State Public Schools Athletic Association tennis singles champion. He is the son of Joe Fishbach, who is considered a pioneer of indoor tennis courts, opening the country's first in 1958. His younger brother

Mike Fishbach Michael Fishbach (born December 1, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Biography Fishbach, who grew up in Great Neck, New York, was a right-handed player, who famously used the controversial "spaghetti racquet" at ...

was a professional player, most famous for his controversial use of the "spaghetti racquet". A right-handed player, Fishbach played collegiate tennis for the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

. He also competed on tour, twice getting through to the second round of the US Open, in 1967 and 1968. His win in the former, against John Sharpe, went to 16–14 in the fifth set. At the

1969 Maccabiah Games At the 8th Maccabiah Games from July 29 to August 7, 1969, 1,450 athletes from 27 countries competed in 22 sports in Israel. The final gold medal count was the United States in first place (64), Israel second (48; though it won the greatest numbe ...

in Israel, he and partner Tom Karp were defeated by American Davis Cup player

Allen Fox Allen E. Fox (born June 25, 1939) is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the U.S. five times between 1961 ...

and Ronald Goldman in the semifinals. He is a former coach of South African player

Christo van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg (born 23 October 1962) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983. He won his first doubles title on ATP Tour later that year at Cleveland. Van Rensburg won 20 top-l ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fishbach, Peter 1947 births Living people American male tennis players Jewish American sportspeople Jewish tennis players Maccabiah Games competitors for the United States Competitors at the 1969 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games tennis players Tennis people from New York (state) Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players