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Revision as of 20:11, 27 May 2013
Full name | Wayne R. Sabin |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | Des Moines, IA, USA | April 1, 1915
Died | September 14, 1989 | (aged 74)
Height | Boca Raton, FL, USA |
Plays | Right-handed |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 6 US Ranking (1937, 1941) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | QF (1939, 1941) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | F (1929) |
Wayne Sabin (April 1, 1915 – September 14, 1989) was an American male tennis player who ranked No. 7 among the U.S. amateurs in 1937 and 1941.
He reached the final of the men's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships (now US Open). He partnered with Gardnar Mulloy and lost the final in straight sets against Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder.[1] His best singles performance came in 1939 and 1941 when he reached the quarterfinals at the U.S. National Championships but lost to Welby Van Horn and Don McNeill (tennis) respectively.
In 1939 Sabin won the singles title at the National Indoors Tennis Championships, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York.[2]
In 2009 Sabin was inducted into the USTA Pacific Northwest Hall of Fame.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles
Runner-ups (1)
Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1941 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Gardnar Mulloy | Jack Kramer Ted Schroeder |
7–9, 4–6, 2–6 |
References
- ^ Collins, Bud (2010). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed. ed.). [New York]: New Chapter Press. p. 477. ISBN 978-0942257700.
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has extra text (help) - ^ USTA, United States Tennis Association (1979). Bill Shannon (ed.). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (Rev. and updated 1st ed. ed.). New York: Harper & Row. p. 255. ISBN 0060144785.
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