About Greg Holmes
Born 1963. Greg Holmes is an American tennis player.
Greg Holmes (born August 29, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He won one doubles title on the ATP Tour and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 22 in February 1985.
Holmes won the 1983 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship, playing for the University of Utah.
In 1989, Holmes defeated Todd Witsken 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(5), 4–6, 14–12 in the second round at Wimbledon, a match that was the longest men's singles match at Wimbledon timed at 5 hours 28 minutes until the epic Isner–Mahut match in 2010. During his seven-year career he twice beat Jimmy Connors and had wins over Andre Agassi, Aaron Krickstein, and Tim Mayotte.
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 1987 Livingston, U.S. Hard Gary Donnelly Ken Flach Robert Seguso 7–6, 6–3
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Who is Greg Holmes?
US tennis player
When was Greg Holmes born?
Greg Holmes was born on 29 August 1963 in Covina.
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Greg Holmes is a tennis player.
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Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Greg Holmes (tennis)
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