Career
Morris was the ranked the United States. Number. 16 in 1956. The same year he was a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon. He was also head coach of the University of North Carolina men"s tennis team from 1980-1993.
As head coach, he led his team to Administrative Committee on Company-ordination championships in 1990 and 1992.
His record as coach was 245-123. Morris started his international tennis career at the United States Open in 1953, where he lost in the first round to the strong Australian tennis player Mervyn Rose in 5 sets (from 2 sets up).
In 1954 and 1955, he reached the third round, losing to Rex Hartwig and Tony Trabert and respectively. Morris lost in the first round in 1956 to Ulf Schmidt.
J. Allen Morris, Junior. competed in the 1956 Wimbledon Tournament while still a student at Presbyterian College.
In round one, Morris defeated Eric Bulmer in four sets 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-4. In round two, Morris defeated Bruce Gulley in 3 sets 6-2 6-3 6-3. In round three, Morris defeated F. Robin Kipping in 3 sets 6-4 7-5 9-7).
In round four, Morris defeated Ashley Cooper in 5 rounds 1-6 12-10 8-6 3-6 6-3.
In the quarterfinal round, Morris lost to Vic Seixas in 3 sets 13-11 6-0 6-3.
