Michael Zimmerman (tennis)
| Full name | Michael John Zimmerman | ||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  United States | ||||||||
| Born | May 19, 1970 | ||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Prize money | $26,982 | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 349 (Oct 3, 1994) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (1994) | ||||||||
| US Open | Q2 (1993, 1994) | ||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||
| Career record | 1–3 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 225 (Nov 14, 1994) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (1994) | ||||||||
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Michael John Zimmerman (born May 19, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. In both 1991 and 1992 he earned Ivy League Player of the Year and ITA All-American honors. In 1993, Zimmerman was a men's doubles gold medalist at the 1993 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
Biography
[edit]Zimmerman grew up in Great Neck, New York, attended Great Neck North High School,and was coached by his uncle Bob Litwin.[1] He played varsity tennis for Harvard University and was a member of four successive Ivy League championship winning teams, from 1989 to 1992. In both 1991 and 1992 he earned Ivy League Player of the Year and ITA All-American honors.[2] As a junior, he was ranked as high as seventh in the U.S. and No. 1 in the East.[1]
In 1993, Zimmerman was a men's doubles gold medalist at the 1993 Maccabiah Games (with Giora Payes) in Israel.[3]
Zimmerman reached a best singles world ranking of 349 on the professional tour. He featured mostly at satellite and ATP Challenger level, but had a quarter-final appearance in doubles at an ATP Tour tournament in Bordeaux in 1994.
Personal life
[edit]Zimmerman, who founded finance company Prentice Capital, married financial analyst Holly Becker in 2000.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nickel, Lori (May 2, 1993). "Up the Tennis Ladder Via Great Neck Courts" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ Nickel, Lori (May 2, 1993). "Up the Tennis Ladder Via Great Neck Courts". The New York Times.
- ^ Golland, Mike (August 13, 1993). "Sport". The Australian Jewish News.
- ^ "WEDDINGS; Holly Becker, Michael Zimmerman". The New York Times. August 6, 2000.
External links
[edit]- 1970 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- John L. Miller Great Neck North High School alumni
- Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
- Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
- Jewish American tennis players
- Tennis players from New York (state)
- People from Great Neck, New York
- Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
- Jews from New York (state)
- 20th-century American sportsmen