Greg Holmes (tennis)
Greg Holmes ( born August 29, 1963 in Covina, California ) is a former American professional tennis player.
Life
Holmes graduated from the University of Utah and in 1983 was the first tennis player from the University who could win a National Collegiate Athletic Association individual title. Moreover, won both the single and the double title of the Western Athletic Conference. He was then called to the Best All-American selection. At the Pan American Games in 1983, he took up in singles and doubles for the United States. He won this gold medal in the singles and bronze in doubles. He was also a member of the Junior Davis Cup team. It was the end of 1983 professional tennis player and graduated the following year, his first season as a professional through.
However, his great success as a junior player, he could not repeat on the professional tour. Although he scored at major tournament events over and over again notable successes as wins over Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Tim Mayotte, but he could not win on the ATP World Tour or ATP Challenger Tour, depending on the a single title, let alone reach a final. His best results were semi-finals in La Quinta, Seoul and Honolulu. He also reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Championship Series tournament in Memphis and the second round of the Championship Series tournament in Key Biscayne. His biggest success on the ATP World Tour in 1987, he celebrated a double when he won at the side of Gary Donnelly the title in Livingston in the doubles players Ken Flach and Robert Seguso. The previous year, he had been standing there with Sammy Giammalva in the final. In 1985 and 1986 he was also in the doubles final of Tokyo, but the tournament could not win. The highest quotation in the tennis world ranking he reached in 1985 with position 22 in the singles and 1987, position 66 in doubles.
His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round of the U.S. Open, which he succeeded three times in a row between 1983 and 1985; at its first participation, he joined yet as an Amateur, defeating Guillermo Vilas, among others. In 1989 he played at Wimbledon, the longest up to that individual; against Todd Witsken he was 5 hours and 28 minutes on the court. This record was one of the party John Isner - Nicolas Mahut broken at the Wimbledon Championships 2010. In the doubles competition, he reached in 1988 with Matt Anger the knockout stages of Wimbledon. There he stood in 1984 on the side of Carling Bassett - Seguso in mixed also in the second round.
After the end of his professional career Holmes returned to the University of Utah, circa 1995 catch there his bachelor's degree in geography. He is married and has three children.