American tennis player

Jim Gurfein (born January 4, 1961) is a former professional tennis player from the U.S. Gurfein reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 96 in September 1983.

Contents

• 1 Early years
• 2 Tennis career
• 3 Career finals
  • 3.1 Singles (1 loss)
  • 3.2 Doubles (1 win, 3 losses)
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early years

Gurfein was born in New York, New York, and is Jewish. Gurfein grew up in Great Neck, New York. He attended Great Neck North High School and Stanford University. While on tour, Gurfein kept a residence in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tennis career

Gurfein was runner-up of the 1981 NCAA singles tennis championship, falling to Stanford University teammate Tim Mayotte, and was an All American that year with teammates Mayotte, Scott Bondurant, and Scott Davis. He was a member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team in 1981.

In 1982, he won a doubles *le in Cairo with Drew Gitlin. In July 1983, the 22-year-old Gurfein defeated world #22 Henri Leconte of France in a tournament in North Conway, New Hampshire, and upset world #34 Christophe Roger-V*elin in the Swedish Open in Båstad, Sweden.

Gurfein reached a career-high singles ranking of #96 in September 1983. He won one doubles *le and reached his high doubles ranking of #100 in June 1984.

In 1984, he won the USTA Hawaiian Satellite tournament. In 1988, he defeated world #31 Michiel Schapers of the Netherlands in straight sets in a tournament in Key Biscayne, Florida and was a doubles winner in Seattle with Buff Farrow).

Career finals

Singles (1 loss)

Doubles (1 win, 3 losses)

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

External links

• Jim Gurfein at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Jim Gurfein at the International Tennis Federation