Alan Rodney 'Rod' Mandelstam (born 8 April 1942) is a former

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

n tennis player. Mandelstam won the 1960 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title. At the

1961 Maccabiah Games The 6th Maccabiah Games were held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1961, with 1,100 athletes from 27 countries competing in 18 sports. The Games were officially opened in an Opening Ceremony on August 29, 1961, in Ramat Gan Stadium by Israeli President Yit ...

in Israel he won a gold medal in mixed doubles, and a silver medal in men's doubles. Mandelstam played collegiate tennis for the

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at the

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, where he was inducted into the University of Miami Hall of Fame.

Tennis career

Mandelstam won the 1960 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title by beating

Jaidip Mukerjea Jaidip Mukerjea (born 21 April 1942) is a retired professional tennis player from India. Personal life Mukerjea is the grandson of Indian independence leader Chittaranjan Das. He completed his schooling from La Martiniere Calcutta. Tennis car ...

in the final. He attended college in the United States at the

, where he was a member of the university's tennis team and he earned All-American honours for three years from 1962 to 64. Mandelstam was inducted into the University of Miami Hall of Fame in 1990. At the

in Israel he won a gold medal in mixed doubles with

Marlene Gerson Marlene Gerson (born June 1940) is a female former tennis player from South Africa who was active in the late 1950s and the first half of the 1960s. Her best singles result at the Wimbledon Championships was reaching the third round in 1959. Par ...

, and a silver medal in men's doubles, playing with Julie Mayers and against American gold medal winners

Dick Savitt Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked world No. 2 the same year behind fellow ...

and Mike Franks. Mandelstam competed internationally and won four tournaments between 1962 and 1970. He also participated at the

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, the

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, and the US Open. His best result at a

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tournament was reaching the third round at the 1962 US Open.

Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandelstam, Rod 1942 births Living people Maccabiah Games gold medalists for South Africa Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1961 Maccabiah Games South African male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Miami Hurricanes men's tennis players People from Boksburg Sportspeople from Gauteng