Kevin Menton

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Kevin Menton
Country (sports) Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland
Singles
Career record2–9 (Davis Cup)

Kevin Menton is an Irish former tennis player.

Menton is a son of association football administrator Brendan Menton and attended St Paul's College, Raheny. [1] He was also involved in football during his youth, captaining his college to a Leinster Schools Cup title. [2]

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A Leinster inter–provincial representative, Menton won four successive singles titles at the County Dublin Championships from 1976 to 1979. [3] He played Davis Cup for Ireland during the 1970s as a singles specialist, with appearances in seven ties. This included a 1978 tie against a strong Swedish team in Dublin, where he was beaten by Kjell Johansson without winning a game. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Irish selectors playing it safe". Evening Herald . 8 August 1968.
  2. ↑ "Menton's tennis future bright". Irish Independent . 30 July 1970.
  3. ↑ "Another Dublin title for Menton". Sunday Independent . 22 July 1979.
  4. ↑ "Borg salutes potential of Sorensen". Irish Independent. 20 March 1978.
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