About Gene Garrett
Lived 1925 – 1993 (aged 68). Gene Garrett was a tennis player and coach.
Walter Eugene Garrett (July 11, 1925 – October 17, 1993) was an American professional tennis player.
Raised in San Diego, Garrett was a collegiate tennis player for the UCLA Bruins and in 1950 won the NCAA doubles championship partnering Herbert Flam. His collegiate tennis career also include a singles win over Vic Seixas.
Garrett, who made third round of the French Open and Wimbledon in 1951, later competed as a professional. He defeated Bobby Riggs en route to winning the Eastern Professional Championships in 1955 and the following year played a quarter-final at the U.S. Pro Tennis Championships, which he lost to Pancho Segura.
In 1956 he was appointed to coach Syracuse University.
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Gene Garrett was born on 11 July 1925.
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Gene Garrett died on 17 October 1993.
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