Jeff Klaparda
| Full name | Jeff Klaparda | ||||||||
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| Country (sports) | |||||||||
| Born | November 7, 1963 Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
| Turned pro | 1986 | ||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||
| Career record | 5–9 | ||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 153 (July 13, 1987) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1984) | ||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||
| Career record | 15–23 | ||||||||
| Career titles | 1 | ||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 59 (August 31, 1987) | ||||||||
| Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R (1989) | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R (1987) | ||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1987) | ||||||||
Medal record
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Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]Doubles: 1 (1–0)
[edit]| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1987 | Rye Brook, U. S. | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 |
Challenger titles
[edit]Doubles: (3)
[edit]| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1987 | Lagos, Nigeria | Hard | 6–7, 6–2, 7–6 | ||
| 2. | 1988 | Aptos, U. S. | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| 3. | 1988 | New Haven, U. S. | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "U.S. cage squad tops Israel, 91–71". Bangor Daily News. July 16, 1981. p. 22. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "UCLA Wins Tennis Title". The Victoria Advocate. May 14, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Georgia's Pernfors gains finals in Volvo tourney". Gainesville Sun. October 28, 1984. p. 3E. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Klaparda Upsets Scanlon". Ocala Star-Banner. August 10, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Roy S. (August 31, 1984). "Gerulaitis Easily Gains at Open". New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ "Pro Circuit - Rye Brook - 24 August - 30 August 1987". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
External links
[edit]- 1963 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- Jewish American tennis players
- Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis
- Maccabiah Games gold medalists for the United States
- Competitors at the 1981 Maccabiah Games
- UCLA Bruins men's tennis players
- Tennis players from Los Angeles
- 21st-century American Jews
- Jews from California