Ronald W. Fisher (born August 28, 1939) is an American former
tennis
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player.
Fisher, a player from
Houston
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, played collegiate tennis for
Rice University
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. An All-American for the
Rice Owls, he was
Southwest Conference
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singles and doubles champion in both 1958 and 1959. He made the singles third round of the
1961 U.S. National Championships and featured overseas at
Wimbledon
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, reaching a doubles fourth round in 1963.
A mathematics graduate from Rice University, Fisher went on to work at
IBM for 32-years and has served on the committee of
USTA Texas. He is a member of Rice's Athletic Hall of Fame and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.
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1939 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Rice Owls men's tennis players
Tennis players from Houston