Greg Failla | |
Birth Date: | 9 March 1968 |
Birth Place: | Seattle, U.S. |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Careerprizemoney: | $34,837 |
Singlesrecord: | 1–4 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 249 (May 20, 1991) |
Australianopenresult: | Q2 (1991, 1992) |
Frenchopenresult: | Q? (1991) |
Wimbledonresult: | Q2 (1991) |
Usopenresult: | Q? (1991) |
Doublesrecord: | 0–2 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 339 (Dec 10, 1990) |
Greg Failla (born March 9, 1968) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]
A native of Kirkland, Washington, Failla moved to San Diego when he was a teenager and as a student at Ramona High School was the 1985 CIF boys' singles champion.[2] He was a two-time All-American for Cal State-Long Beach (1987 & 1988) and during this time broke into the top 10 of the national collegiate rankings. In 1989 he transferred to The University of Southern California for his senior year.[3]
Failla had a best singles world ranking of 249 on the professional tour and appeared in the qualifying draw for all four grand slam tournaments. His best performance on the Grand Prix/ATP circuits came at Indianapolis in 1988, where he beat Marty Davis to make second round.[4]
Failla married tennis player Katrina Crawford and they have four children. Their eldest daughter, Jessica, currently competes on the professional tour.[5]