Gerry Perry (tennis)
Appearance
Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | Springfield, Missouri, U.S. | June 1, 1947
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Career record | 1–5 |
Career record | 0–2 |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | F (1968) |
Gerry Perry Jr. (born June 1, 1947) is an American former tennis player who was a runner-up at the 1968 US Open mixed doubles with Tory Fretz.
Career
[edit]In 1968, he partnered Tory Fretz in the mixed doubles at the US Open, and they reached the final, losing in straight sets to Mary-Ann Eisel and Peter Curtis.[1]
In 1989, Perry was inducted into the USTA Missouri Valley Hall of Fame.[2]
Grand Slam finals
[edit]Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1968 | US Open | Grass | Tory Fretz | Mary-Ann Eisel Peter Curtis |
4–6, 5–7 |
References
[edit]- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 482. ISBN 978-0942257700.
- ^ "USTA Missouri Valley Hall of Fame". www.missourivalley.usta.com. USTA.