Herbert Flam

Herbert Flam (November 7, 1928 – November 25, 1980) was an American tennis player who was ranked by Lance Tingay as the World No. 4 amateur (and World No. 5 by Adrian Quist) in 1957.

Biography Flam was born in New York City, and he was Jewish. He reached his first Grand Slam final at the U.S. championships in 1950, beating Bill Talbert and Gardnar Mulloy and then losing to Art Larsen. That year, he was ranked number 2 in the United States.

In 1951, he won the Ojai Tennis Tournament in men's singles. At Wimbledon in 1951, Flam beat Frank Sedgman and the lost to Dick Savitt in the semifinals. That year, he was ranked number 4 in the U.S. In September 1956 Flam won the singles title at the Pacific Southwest Championships, defeating Rosewall in the final in five sets. That year, he was ranked number 2 in the U.S. At the U. S. championships, Flam beat Seixas and then lost to Cooper in the semifinals. into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, and into the University of California at Los Angeles Hall of Fame in 2006. In 2017, he was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (twice runner-up)