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Haroon Rahim
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The former Pakistan and Asian Number. He was also the highest ranking Pakistani tennis player ever (a career-high singles ranking of World Number 44 in July 1977). He was from the Punjab city of Lahore, from a large family of avid tennis players.
His father loved tennis so much that he said he wanted to die on the tennis court.
Haroon Rahim was only the second Pakistani after Khawaja Saeed Hai to make it to the Wimbledon"s main draw. He played in many Grand Slams, in both singles and doubles.
Success was also seen in the men"s doubles where he made it to the quarter finals of the United States Open, the third round of Wimbledon, and the second round of the French Open. Last known to be in the United States, Haroon retired from tennis, severed contact with his family and his whereabouts are unknown.
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1, Rahim was the youngest tennis player ever to play for Pakistan in the Davis Cup at 15 years of age. He led the University of California, Los Angeles team to victory with Jeff Borowiak and Jimmy Connors in 1970-1971 and was 1971 National Collegiate Athletic Association doubles champion with Jeff Borowiak. Rahim won two Association of Tennis Professionals titles, the first at Little Rock against former Wimbledon runner up, Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union, and then the second at Cleveland, against the former record holder of the fastest serve, Australian, Colin Dibley, both in 1976. He also lost a final to Spanish United States Open winner and French Open finalist, Manuel Orantes. He also won 3 doubles titles, one at Oslo in 1974, North Conway in 1975 and Little Rock in 1978. Haroon Rahim is the winner of the closest match ever played, he beat Tom Gorman 6–7(3–5), 7–6(5–1), 7–6(5–4) Pennsylvania Grass Championships, as both players never losing their serve, each set went to a tie break with Haroon winning the match by just one point.
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