Thomas Karp (born October 13, 1946) is an American former professional

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player.

Biography

Karp played tennis for University High School.

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beat him in the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament 1964 Boys’ High School final. Karp, a top-10 nationally ranked junior from

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, represented the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team and during the late 1960s played for the

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in varsity tennis. He earned

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n honors for the Bruins in 1968, during which year he was co-captain of the team. His professional career included an appearance in the singles main draw of the

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. 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

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were defeated by American Davis Cup player

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and Ronald Goldman in the semifinals. During the 1972 Portuguese International Championships, he defeated

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, who had previously won twice at the

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Karp, Tom 1946 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 UCLA Bruins men's tennis players Tennis players from Los Angeles