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He was born in Los Angeles, California.
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Sam Match
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Rice University; San Francisco State University.
Career
Match was ranked among the top ten amateur players in the United States in 1948, 1949, and 1950 in both singles and doubles play. Lawn Tennis and Badminton magazine ranked him as the 12th best professional player for the year 1955. Sam Match twice defeated United States Number.
1, Pancho Gonzales.
The first time was 1948 at Newport, Rhode Island and the second time was in 1949 at River Oaks in Houston. He was a terrific player with classic groundstrokes. In 1949, playing for San Francisco State College, Jack Tuero of Tulane beat Match in five sets in the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament.
Match and Art Larsen lost the doubles championship in the finals.
Match was the runner-up in Louisiana Jolla (March 19, 1950), the California State in San Francisco (May 21, 1950), the Colorado State in Denver (June 9, 1950), and in Salt Lake City (July 2, 1950). Match"s first appearance in a professional tournament was at the California State Pro in Beverly Hills, California (August 11–16, 1953).
In 1991, Match was inducted into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame.
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January 23, 2010 (aged 87) -
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United States