Steve Turner (tennis)
Appearance
Full name | Steven Turner |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | October 17, 1946 |
Singles | |
Career record | 18–56 |
Highest ranking | No. 105 (June 14, 1976) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 1R (1976) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (1972) |
US Open | 2R (1975) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–33 |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | 2R (1976) |
US Open | 2R (1975) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
US Open | 1R (1976) |
Steven Turner (born October 17, 1946) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]
Raised in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, Turner turned professional at the age of 23, competing on the international tour for seven years during the 1970s. He registered a career high singles ranking of 105 in the world.[2]
Turner, who is Jewish, is a scholar of Kabbalah, an esoteric system of Jewish mystic thought. He is a tennis pro in Manhattan and has a noticeable appearance, wearing his hair in two clumped dreadlocks, as a Jewish mystical vow.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Friedman, Charles (December 29, 1976). "Steve Turner Travels the World In Search of His Tennis Dream". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Tennis Mystic". Observer. May 31, 1999.
- ^ Kilgannon, Corey (August 25, 2016). "Tennis Without Thought, or Backhands". The New York Times.