Rick Meyers Explained

Rick Meyers should not be confused with Rick Meyer.

Rick Meyers
Birth Date:14 May 1958
Height:5 ft 8 in
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:1–2
Highestsinglesranking:No. 415 (Jan 4, 1982)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (1981, 1984)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (1982)
Doublesrecord:1–4
Highestdoublesranking:No. 409 (Jan 3, 1983)

Rick Meyers (born May 14, 1958) is an American former professional tennis player.[1]

Born and raised in Abilene, Texas, Meyers won a 5A state singles championship while at Cooper High School and played collegiate tennis for Texas Christian University, where he was named All-Southwest Conference all four years.[2]

Meyers was a main draw qualifier for the 1981 Canadian Open and fell in the first round to the sixth-seeded player Eliot Teltscher. He also made a Grand Prix tournament appearance at the Caracas Open in 1982 and was eliminated in the second round by Eddie Dibbs, after a win over Roberto Vizcaíno.[3]

In 2008 he was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Jaklewicz . Greg . Coach Meyers not in it for the money . https://web.archive.org/web/20170430055939/http://www.reporternews.com/story/news/columnists/greg-jaklewicz/2017/04/28/coach-meyers-not-money/100999168/ . 2017-04-30 . live. . April 28, 2017.
  2. News: Tennis machine Rick Meyers now passing knowledge on . Abilene Reporter-News . May 24, 1989.
  3. News: Easy win for Dibbs . . February 12, 1982.
  4. Web site: Rick Meyers . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.texastennismuseum.org/meyers . 2022-02-11 . live. TTMHOF . en.