Ron Fisher | |
Fullname: | Ronald W. Fisher |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1939 |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1963, 1964) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1961) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 4R (1963) |
Ronald W. Fisher (born August 28, 1939) is an American former tennis player.
Fisher, a player from Houston, played collegiate tennis for Rice University. An All-American for the Rice Owls, he was Southwest Conference singles and doubles champion in both 1958 and 1959.[1] He made the singles third round of the 1961 U.S. National Championships and featured overseas at Wimbledon, reaching a doubles fourth round in 1963.[2]
A mathematics graduate from Rice University, Fisher went on to work at IBM for 32-years and has served on the committee of USTA Texas. He is a member of Rice's Athletic Hall of Fame and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.[3]