Jeff Klaparda Explained

Jeff Klaparda
Fullname:Jeff Klaparda
Birth Date:7 November 1963
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California
Plays:Right-handed
Turnedpro:1986
Singlesrecord:5–9
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 153 (July 13, 1987)
Usopenresult:2R (1984)
Doublesrecord:15–23
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 59 (August 31, 1987)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1989)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (1987)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (1987)
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Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

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

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

width=40No.width=50Yearwidth=200Tournamentwidth=60Surfacewidth=160Partnerwidth=200Opponentswidth=160Score
1.1987Lagos, NigeriaHard Lloyd Bourne Loïc Courteau
Éric Winogradsky
6–7, 6–2, 7–6
2.1988Aptos, U. S.Hard Peter Palandjian Ed Nagel
Jeff Tarango
6–3, 6–4
3.1988New Haven, U. S.Hard Peter Palandjian Zeeshan Ali
Chris Bailey
6–2, 7–5

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: U.S. cage squad tops Israel, 91–71. July 16, 1981. Bangor Daily News. 22. 3 January 2016.
  2. News: UCLA Wins Tennis Title. May 14, 1984. The Victoria Advocate. 2C. 3 January 2016.
  3. News: Georgia's Pernfors gains finals in Volvo tourney. October 28, 1984. Gainesville Sun. 3E. 3 January 2016.
  4. News: Klaparda Upsets Scanlon. August 10, 1984. Ocala Star-Banner. 2C. 3 January 2016.
  5. News: Gerulaitis Easily Gains at Open. Johnson. Roy S.. August 31, 1984. New York Times. 3 January 2016.
  6. Web site: Pro Circuit - Rye Brook - 24 August - 30 August 1987. International Tennis Federation. 3 January 2016.