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Harry Hoffman Jr.

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Harry Hoffman Jr.
Country (sports) United States
Born (1937-01-14) January 14, 1937 (age 87)
Singles
Career record184-104
Career titles35
Grand Slam singles results
US Open4R (1961)

Harry Hoffman Jr. is an American former tennis player of the 1950s and 1960s.

Tennis career

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Hoffman, a native of Philadelphia, is one of two sons born to tour player Harry Hoffman Sr.[1]

He made the singles fourth round of the 1961 U.S. National Championships, where he fell to the third-seeded Roy Emerson.[2]

Hoffmann won the Middle Atlantic Invitation Championships at Baltimore in 1957 defeating Reynaldo Garrido in the final in three straight sets and the same tournament again in 1959 defeating John Powless in the final, also in three straight sets.

One of his best wins was a marathon match against the then U.S. No. 2 Frank Froehling at the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships in 1963 which went to 64 games over two sets.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "At 75, Hoffman Hasn't Lost Zest For Competition Tennis Player Might Soon Earn Top U.S. Ranking In His Age Group". Sun-Sentinel. January 10, 1988.
  2. ^ "Three U.S. Players Stay In Net Meet". The Times-News. September 7, 1961.
  3. ^ "Froehling, Dell Are Upset In Pennsylvania Net Play". The Richmond News Leader. July 25, 1963.
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