Jack Tuero
Full name | Jack Meredith Tuero |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Born | (1926-07-03)July 3, 1926 Waco, Texas, U.S. |
Died | October 27, 2004(2004-10-27) (aged 78) |
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | QF (1943) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
US Open | F (1945) |
Jack Meredith Tuero (July 3, 1926 –- October 27, 2004) was an American tennis player. He is a member of the Louisiana Tennis Hall of Fame. His niece Linda Tuero was also a tennis player.[1]
Tuero was the son of Cuban-born baseball pitcher Oscar Tuero, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals. He lived in various cities growing up as his father had stints at several minor league teams and once he moved to New Orleans he began excelling at tennis. As a 17-year-old in 1943 he made the quarter-finals of the U.S. National Championships.[1]
A varsity tennis player for Tulane University, Tuero won all but one of his 60 conference matches and was the NCAA singles champion in 1949, coming from two sets down against Sam Match in the title decider.[2]
Tuero, a U.S. Clay Court doubles champion, was doubles runner-up at the 1945 U.S. National Championships.[3]
Grand Slam finals
Doubles (1 runner-up)
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1945 | U.S. Championships | Grass | Bob Falkenburg | Gardnar Mulloy Bill Talbert | 10–12, 10–8, 10–12, 2–6 |
References
External links
- Jack Tuero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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- 1946: Bob Falkenburg (USC)
- 1947: Gardner Larned (W&M)
- 1948: Harry Likas (San Francisco)
- 1949: Jack Tuero (Tulane)
- 1950: Herbert Flam (UCLA)
- 1951: Tony Trabert (Cincinnati)
- 1952: Hugh Stewart (USC)
- 1953: Ham Richardson (Tulane)
- 1954: Ham Richardson (Tulane)
- 1955: José Agüero (Tulane)
- 1956: Alex Olmedo (USC)
- 1957: Barry MacKay (Michigan)
- 1958: Alex Olmedo (USC)
- 1959: Whitney Reed (San José State)
- 1960: Larry Nagler (UCLA)
- 1961: Allen Fox (UCLA)
- 1962: Rafael Osuna (USC)
- 1963: Dennis Ralston (USC)
- 1964: Dennis Ralston (USC)
- 1965: Arthur Ashe (UCLA)
- 1966: Charlie Pasarell (UCLA)
- 1967: Bob Lutz (USC)
- 1968: Stan Smith (USC)
- 1969: Joaquín Loyo-Mayo (USC)
- 1970: Jeff Borowiak (UCLA)
- 1971: Jimmy Connors (UCLA)
- 1972: Dick Stockton (Trinity–TX)
- 1973: Alex Mayer (Stanford)
- 1974: John Whitlinger (Stanford)
- 1975: Billy Martin (UCLA)
- 1976: Bill Scanlon (Trinity–TX)
- 1977: Matt Mitchell (Stanford)
- 1978: John McEnroe (Stanford)
- 1979: Kevin Curren (Texas)
- 1980: Robert Van't Hof (USC)
- 1981: Tim Mayotte (Stanford)
- 1982: Mike Leach (Michigan)
- 1983: Greg Holmes (Utah)
- 1984: Mikael Pernfors (Georgia)
- 1985: Mikael Pernfors (Georgia)
- 1986: Dan Goldie (Stanford)
- 1987: Andrew Burrow (Miami-FL)
- 1988: Robbie Weiss (Pepperdine)
- 1989: Donni Leaycraft (LSU)
- 1990: Steve Bryan (Texas)
- 1991: Jared Palmer (Stanford)
- 1992: Alex O'Brien (Stanford)
- 1993: Chris Woodruff (Tennessee)
- 1994: Mark Merklein (Florida)
- 1995: Sargis Sargsian (Arizona State)
- 1996: Cecil Mamiit (USC)
- 1997: Luke Smith (UNLV)
- 1998: Bob Bryan (Stanford)
- 1999: Jeff Morrison (Florida)
- 2000: Alex Kim (Stanford)
- 2001: Matías Boeker (Georgia)
- 2002: Matías Boeker (Georgia)
- 2003: Amer Delić (Illinois)
- 2004: Benjamin Becker (Baylor)
- 2005: Benedikt Dorsch (Baylor)
- 2006: Benjamin Kohllöffel (UCLA)
- 2007: Somdev Devvarman (Virginia)
- 2008: Somdev Devvarman (Virginia)
- 2009: Devin Britton (Ole Miss)
- 2010: Bradley Klahn (Stanford)
- 2011: Steve Johnson (USC)
- 2012: Steve Johnson (USC)
- 2013: Blaž Rola (Ohio State)
- 2014: Marcos Giron (UCLA)
- 2015: Ryan Shane (Virginia)
- 2016: Mackenzie McDonald (UCLA)
- 2017: Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (Virginia)
- 2018: Petros Chrysochos (Wake Forest)
- 2019: Paul Jubb (South Carolina)
- 2021: Sam Riffice (Florida)
- 2022: Ben Shelton (Florida)
- 2023: Ethan Quinn (Georgia)