Harry Fritz (tennis)

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Harry Fritz
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1951-02-19) 19 February 1951 (age 69)
Yuma, Arizona
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record7–16
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open 1R (1980)
Doubles
Career record4–19
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1978)
Wimbledon 1R (1973)
US Open 2R (1981)

Harry Fritz (born 19 February 1951) is a Canadian-American former professional tennis player.

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Biography

A left-handed player, Fritz was born in Yuma, Arizona and played collegiate tennis for East Texas State. He was a member of the university's 1972 NAIA championship team, in a year he also won the singles and doubles individual titles. [1]

Fritz's best performance on the professional tour was a runner-up finish at the Lagos Open in 1980. He also featured in the main draw of the 1980 US Open and as a doubles player made further appearances at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

While based in Toronto he qualified to represent Canada and was for a period the top ranked Canadian player. [2] In 1982 he appeared in three Davis Cup ties for his adoptive country. This included the longest ever singles rubber in Davis Cup history, which he won over Jorge Andrew of Venezuela 16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9, for a total of 100 games. [3]

His brother Guy Fritz was also a professional tennis player and is the father of Harry's nephew Taylor Fritz. [4]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–2)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 1980 Lagos, NigeriaClay Flag of Austria.svg Peter Feigl 2–6, 3–6, 2–6

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References

  1. "Harry Fritz (2010) - A&M-Commerce Athletic Hall of Fame". Texas A&M University-Commerce Athletics.
  2. "Tennis tour formed". Winnipeg Free Press . 9 May 1978. p. 71.
  3. "Match Lasts 100 Games". The New York Times . 16 January 1982.
  4. Hickey, Pat (3 August 2019). "Félix Auger-Aliassime draws good friend Vasek Pospisil in Rogers Cup opener". Montreal Gazette .