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Bruce Manson
Bruce Manson (born March 20, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39, but he did, when ranked 112, defeat world number 1 Björn Borg in 1979 at the Tennis Games Tournament at Mission Hills Country Club. Biography Manson is Jewish, and was born in Los Angeles, California, and lived in North Hollywood. He attended Grant High School. He was the first player to win three consecutive L.A. City Tennis Singles Championships (1973–75). He won the boys 16 and under in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1972. He was the Southern California Junior Singles Champion in both 1973 and 1974, and was a member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team. At the University of Southern California on a tennis scholarship, Manson was a three-time All-American (1975–77). He was an NCAA Singles semi-finalist in both 1976 and 1977, and doubles champion in 1975 and 1977. While at U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 French Open – Men's Singles
Defending champion Björn Borg successfully defended his title, defeating Víctor Pecci Sr. 6–3, 6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–4 in the final to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1979 French Open. Seeds The seeded players are listed below. Björn Borg is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated. # Björn Borg ''(champion)'' # Jimmy Connors ''(semifinals)'' # Guillermo Vilas ''(quarterfinals)'' # Vitas Gerulaitis ''(semifinals)'' # n/a # Harold Solomon ''(fourth round)'' # Eddie Dibbs ''(quarterfinals)'' # José Higueras ''(quarterfinals)'' # Arthur Ashe ''(third round)'' # Brian Gottfried ''(third round)'' # José Luis Clerc ''(second round)'' # Wojtek Fibak ''(fourth round)'' # Manuel Orantes ''(fourth round)'' # Tim Gullikson ''(fourth round)'' # Corrado Barazzutti ''(third round)'' # Adriano Panatta ''(third round)'' Draw Key * Q = Qualifier (tennis), Qualifier * WC = wild card (tennis), Wild card * LL = Lucky loser * r = Retire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player, known as Vitas Gerulaitis. In 1975, he won the men's doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering with Sandy Mayer. He won the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. (Gerulaitis won the tournament that was held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament.) He won two Italian Open titles, in 1977 and 1979, and the WCT Finals in Dallas in 1978. Early life Gerulaitis was born on July 26, 1954, in Brooklyn, New York, to Lithuanian immigrant parents, and grew up in Howard Beach, Queens. He attended Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1971. He attended Columbia College of Columbia University with the class of 1975 for one year before dropping out to pursue tennis full-time. Gerulaitis was nicknamed "The Lithuanian Lion". His younger sister Ruta was also a professional tennis player. Both siblings' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court behavior, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities. McEnroe is the only male player in tennis history to hold the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. Only one other male player, Stefan Edberg, ever attained No. 1 in both, although at different times. McEnroe finished his career with 77 singles titles on the ATP Tour and 78 doubles titles; this remains the highest men's combined total of the Open Era. He is the only male player to win more than 70 titles in both the men's singles and the men's doubles categories. He also won 25 singles titles on the ATP Champions tour. He won seven Grand Slam singles titles (four at the US Open and three at Wimbledon), nine Grand Slam men's dou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wojciech Fibak
Wojciech Fibak (; popularly Wojtek Fibak ; born 30 August 1952) is a former professional tennis player and Polish entrepreneur and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian Kim Warwick, although he also reached the Top 10 in singles. Biography and personal life Born in Poznań, Poland, he won his first tournament in 1976, and between then and 1982 won 15 singles titles and 52 doubles titles. His best year was arguably 1980, when he reached the quarter-finals at the French Open, the US Open and Wimbledon. Fibak's career singles win–loss record was 520–310, and he reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 on 25 July 1977. His highest doubles ranking was World No. 2, which he reached in February 1979. He was consistently ranked in the top 20 in singles, and earned $2,725,403 in career prize money. The highlight of his career was winning the Australian Open Men's Doubles in 1978 with Kim Warwick. They bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pattison
Andrew Pattison (born 30 January 1949) is a former South African-born Rhodesian and later Zimbabwean tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking was world No. 24, which he reached on 24 September 1974. Pattison won four singles tournaments, and seven doubles tournaments. Pattison has two sons, Sean and Dale. He is married to Debra Hill and they reside in Peoria, Arizona. Career finals Singles (4 titles, 7 runner-ups) World Team Tennis In 1974 World Team Tennis season, 1974, Pattison was a member of the World Team Tennis (WTT) champion Denver Racquets. He was named 1974 WTT Playoffs Most Valuable Player. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pattison, Andrew 1949 births Living people Zimbabwean people of British descent White South African people Sportspeople from Pretoria Tennis players from Scottsdale, Arizona Rhodesian male tennis players South African emigrants to Rhodesia Tennis people from Arizona White Zimbabwean sportspeople Zimbabwean emigr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Basel
The Swiss Indoors is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland. History The historical precursor event to this tournament was called the Swiss International Covered Courts that ran from 1920 to 1959, that was a fully open event for international players. To fill that gap this tournament was created in 1970 by Roger Brennwald and originally featured mainly Swiss top players. It became an event on the Grand Prix tennis circuit in 1977, when Björn Borg won the title and stayed until 1989. Since 2009 it has been part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. Before 2009, it was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 which became the ATP International Series in 2000. It has been held annually at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, in October, since 1995. Basel native Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament ten times, in 2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Van Dillen
Erik van Dillen (born February 21, 1951) is an American retired tennis player who played over 25 Grand Slam championships at Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Tennis career Born in San Mateo, California, van Dillen first played tennis aged six years old. During his junior career, he won both the singles and doubles competitions at the "USTA Boys 16 & 18 National Championships" in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as well as winning other national titles in the 12- and 14-year-old divisions. In total, he won 12 U.S. junior titles and is the only player ever to win singles and doubles titles in all four age groups: 12, 14, 16, and 18. (Source USTA Yearbooks). Van Dillen first played on the men's circuit in 1967 when he appeared at the U.S. Championships for the first time. In 1968, he had his first big win when he beat his future doubles partner and then American No. 1 Charlie Pasarell at the U.S. national tournament at Boston in five sets when only 17. He was ranked in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Stockton (tennis)
Richard "Dick" LaClede Stockton (born February 18, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. In addition to his playing career, he was the head coach of the men's tennis team at the University of Virginia. for three years, from 1998-2001. Stockton also served as the Head Men's Tennis Coach at Piedmont College in Demorest, GA from 2018-2021. Stockton's highest world ranking was world No. 8. He reached the semifinals of Wimbledon in 1974, the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in 1976 and 1977 and the semifinals in the 1978 French Open. Stockton played on the U.S. Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organi ... Team five times (1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979), including the U.S. Davis Cup Championship Team in 1979. Career finals Singles: 18 (8 ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Fisher (tennis)
Rick Fisher (born March 29, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Career Fisher played collegiate tennis at Stanford University and was an All-American in 1973.''Los Angeles Times'', "Resident Tennis Professionals Reap Harvest of Boom Sport", March 15, 1973 At the 1978 Grand Prix Cleveland tournament, Fisher was runner-up in the doubles, with Bruce Manson Bruce Manson (born March 20, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39, but he did, when ranked 112, defeat world n .... His best singles result on tour came in the 1979 Australian Hard Court Tennis Championships, where he was a semi-finalist. He had an upset straight sets win over second seed John Alexander at the 1979 Australian Open. Grand Prix career finals Doubles: 1 (0–1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Fisher, Rick 1951 births Living people American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ATP Cleveland
The Grand Prix Cleveland' was a men's tennis tournament played in Cleveland, Ohio in the United States. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1972 through 1982 and in 1984 and 1985. It was played on outdoor hard courts. It was titled the WCT Cleveland 1972 to 1973, the National Tennis Foundation Open in 1976 International Open in 1978; the Gray International in 1979; the Western Open in 1980 and 1981; the Fazio's Tennis Classic/95th Western Tennis Championships in 1982; the Society Bank Western Open Tennis Championships in 1984; and the Society Bank Tennis Classic in 1985. It was a Challenger-level tournament in 1983. Past finals Singles Doubles {, class="wikitable" , - !style="width:40px", Year !style="width:200px", Champions !style="width:200px", Runners-up !style="width:150px" class="unsortable", Score , - , 1972 , , Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor , , Frank Froehling Charlie Pasarell , , 7–6, 6–3 , - , 1973 , , Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark Graebner
Clark Graebner (born November 4, 1943) is a retired American professional tennis player. Early life Graebner was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of Paul Graebner, a doctor, and his wife, the former Janice Clark. Paul had been a moderately successful youth player. Clark won the state high-school tennis championship three times. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity. In 1964 he married rising American tennis player Carole Caldwell. They had two children, a daughter, Cameron, and a son, Clark. The couple separated in 1974 and eventually divorced. In 1975, Graebner married Patti Morgan. Caldwell died of cancer in New York City on November 19, 2008. Tennis career Graebner was considered to be one of the fastest servers in his time. In the 1967 United States Championship, the last time the event, today's U.S. Open, was open only to amateur players, Graebner lost in the final to John Newcombe. The following year he reached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Walts
Butch Walts (born June 4, 1955) is a former professional tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ... player from the United States. During his career, Walts won 4 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 32 in 1979 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 23 in 1984. Career finals Singles (4 titles, 1 runner-up) Doubles (14 titles, 8 runner-ups) Notes References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walts, Butch American male tennis players Sportspeople from Modesto, California Sportspeople from Arizona Tennis people from California USC Trojans men's tennis players 1955 births Living people Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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