Wayne Hearn (born August 5, 1962) is a former American professional

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player. Born in

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, Hearn won the North Carolina state championship in 1980 at

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. He played two seasons of collegiate tennis for the

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. He won an ACC championship in 1984 at No. 2 singles and was ACC Player of the Year in 1985. Hearn competed on the professional tour in the late 1980s and had a best world ranking of 247. He qualified for the main draw of the 1987 US Open and upset world number 33

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in the first round, then fell in the second round to

Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hearn, Wayne 1962 births Living people American male tennis players North Carolina Tar Heels men's tennis players Tennis people from North Carolina Sportspeople from Charlotte, North Carolina