Herbert Flam
Flam, circa 1950 | |
Country (sports) | United States |
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Born | (1928-11-07)November 7, 1928 New York City, United States |
Died | November 25, 1980(1980-11-25) (aged 52) |
Turned pro | 1945 (amateur tour) |
Retired | 1963 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Singles | |
Career record | 382-131 |
Career titles | 20 |
Highest ranking | No. 4 (1957, Lance Tingay)[1] |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | SF (1956) |
French Open | F (1957) |
Wimbledon | SF (1951, 1952) |
US Open | F (1950) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (1956, 1957) |
Herbert Flam (November 7, 1928 – November 25, 1980) was an American tennis player who was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur (and World No. 5 by Adrian Quist) in 1957.[1][2]
Biography
Flam was born in New York City, and he was Jewish.[3][4][5] He reached his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. championships in 1950, beating Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Art Larsen.[6] That year, he was ranked number 2 in the United States.[7]
In 1951, he won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in men's singles.[8] At Wimbledon in 1951, Flam beat Frank Sedgman and the lost to Dick Savitt in the semifinals.[9] That year, he was ranked number 4 in the U.S.[7]
In 1952 at Wimbledon, Flam beat Mulloy and Vic Seixas and then lost in the semifinals to Jaroslav Drobny.[9] That year, he was ranked number 5 in the U.S.[7] In the 1956 Australian Championships, Flam beat Ashley Cooper and then lost in the semifinals to Ken Rosewall.[10][11] In September 1956 Flam won the singles title at the Pacific Southwest Championships, defeating Rosewall in the final in five sets.[12] That year, he was ranked number 2 in the U.S.[7]
At the 1957 French championships Flam beat Mervyn Rose in a five-set semifinal and then lost in straight sets to Sven Davidson in the final.[13] At the U. S. championships, Flam beat Seixas and then lost to Cooper in the semifinals.[13] That year, he was ranked number 2 in the U.S., behind Seixas.[7]
Flam was inducted into the International Tennis Association Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987,[14] into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1990,[15] into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and into the University of California at Los Angeles Hall of Fame in 2006.[16] In 2017, he was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.[17]
Grand Slam finals
Singles (twice runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1957 | French Championships | Clay | Sven Davidson | 3–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1950 | U.S. National Championships | Grass | Art Larsen | 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6 |
See also
References
- ^ a b United States Lawn Tennis Association (1972). Official Encyclopedia of Tennis (First Edition), p. 427.
- ^ "Times Have Changed, Says Adrian Quist", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 October 1957.
- ^ Great Jews in Sports. J. David Publishers. 2000. ISBN 9780824604332.
- ^ Jewish Sports Stars: Athletic Heroes Past and Present. Kar-Ben Publishing ™. January 2014. ISBN 9781512490312.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Jews in Sports. Bloch Publishing Company. 1965.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1951). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual and Almanack 1951. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 181–182, 184.
- ^ a b c d e "Maintenance Page". www.usta.com.
- ^ "OJAI Records of Events Index" (PDF). The Ojai Tennis Tournament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Wimbledon player archive – Herbie Flam". AELTC.
- ^ Collins, Bud (2016). The Bud Collins History of Tennis (3rd ed.). New York: New Chapter Press. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-937559-38-0.
- ^ "Championship tennis". The Argus (Melbourne). 30 January 1956. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ G.P. Hughes, ed. (1957). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual 1957. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. p. 262.
- ^ a b G.P. Hughes, ed. (1958). Dunlop Lawn Tennis Annual 1958. London: Ed. J. Burrow & Co. Ltd. pp. 201–203, 247–250.
- ^ "ITA Men's Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home". scjewishsportshof.com.
- ^ Herb Flam Inducted into UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame
- ^ "Sampras Webster Headed to SCTA Hall of Fame". UCLA.
External links
- Herbert Flam at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Herbert Flam at the International Tennis Federation
- Herbert Flam at the Davis Cup
- Jews in Sports bio
- Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
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