Malcolm Fox (tennis)

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Malcolm Fox
Full nameMalcolm Fox
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1928-05-08) May 8, 1928 (age 95) [1]
Maryland, United States [1]
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (1954, 1956)
Wimbledon 2R (1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962)
US Open 2R (1951)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1954, 1958) [2]
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1953, 1959) [2]

Malcolm "Mal" Fox (born May 8, 1928) was a tennis player from the United States who competed in the mid-20th century and lost the final of the 1954 Austrian International Championships to Kurt Nielsen. [3]

From 1950 to 1952 he was enlisted in the US Army and spent nine months with the infantry in Korea. [1] The following year he went to Europe to play tournaments in Italy, Belgium, France, Sweden and England. [1] Some of his best results include reaching the last 16 of the 1954 Monte Carlo Championships and the quarterfinals of the 1954 Torneo Godó and of the 1955 Swiss International Championships. He also reached the semifinals of the 1956 Internationales Weissenhofturnier in Stuttgart, losing to Jack Arkinstall, who would go on to win the title.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 G.P. Hughes, ed. (1957). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual 1957. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 318–319.
  2. 1 2 Wimbledon Results Archive
  3. Alpenländer-Pokal Champions