Jeff Klaparda

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Jeff Klaparda
Full nameJeff Klaparda
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1963-11-07) November 7, 1963 (age 60)
Los Angeles, California
Turned pro1986
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record5–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (July 13, 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 2R (1984)
Doubles
Career record15–23
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 59 (August 31, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1989)
Wimbledon 3R (1987)
US Open 2R (1987)
Medal record
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1981 Tel Aviv Mixed doubles

Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

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Biography

Klaparda, who is Jewish, won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in the mixed doubles with Andrea Leand. [1]

He went to UCLA in the early 1980s and was an All-American player on the tennis team. In the 1984 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships he was captain of the UCLA side that won the Championship and he also made the semi-finals of the singles. [2] [3] He won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title.

At a Grand Prix tournament in Cleveland in 1984, Klaparda had an upset win over top 20 player Bill Scanlon, before exiting in the semi-finals. [4] Soon after he qualified for the main draw in the 1984 US Open and beat countryman John Hayes in the first round, then lost a four-set second round match to eight seed Aaron Krickstein. [5] It was his only Grand Slam appearances in singles but he competed in several doubles draws with a best performance coming at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, when he and partner Lloyd Bourne had a win over the sixth seeds Peter Fleming and Gary Donnelly, en route to the third round. It was with Bourne that he won his only Grand Prix title, the doubles at the 1987 Rye Brook Open. [6]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1987 Rye Brook, U. S. Hard Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd Bourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carl Limberger
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Woodforde 		6–3, 6–3

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1987 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Flag of the United States.svg Lloyd Bourne Flag of France.svg Loïc Courteau
Flag of France.svg Éric Winogradsky 		6–7, 6–2, 7–6
2.1988 Aptos, U. S. Hard Flag of the United States.svg Peter Palandjian Flag of the United States.svg Ed Nagel
Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango 		6–3, 6–4
3.1988 New Haven, U. S. Hard Flag of the United States.svg Peter Palandjian Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Bailey 		6–2, 7–5

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. cage squad tops Israel, 91–71". Bangor Daily News . July 16, 1981. p. 22. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "UCLA Wins Tennis Title". The Victoria Advocate . May 14, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Georgia's Pernfors gains finals in Volvo tourney". Gainesville Sun . October 28, 1984. p. 3E. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Klaparda Upsets Scanlon". Ocala Star-Banner . August 10, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Roy S. (August 31, 1984). "Gerulaitis Easily Gains at Open". New York Times . Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Pro Circuit - Rye Brook - 24 August - 30 August 1987". International Tennis Federation . Retrieved January 3, 2016.
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