Seymour Greenberg

Seymour Greenberg (August 10, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois – March 3, 2006 in Park Ridge, Illinois) was an amateur American clay-court specialist tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s. Greenberg won the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in 1942 and 1943.

Greenberg was ranked U.S. No. 5 in singles in 1943 and 1944, and also in 1942, 1945, and 1947.

Early life Greenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois to Jacob and Sylvia Greenberg, lived in Highland Park, Illinois, and was Jewish.

Tennis career He won the Western Boys’ 15 and Under Championship, and was runner-up in the National 15s. where he was valedictorian.

In 1943 at the Cincinnati Open, Greenberg reached the singles and doubles finals but lost the singles final to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Bill Talbert. He and his partner Joe Scherr lost the doubles final to Talbert and partner Alvin Bunis.

During World War II he was a Lieutenant in the US Air Force.

Halls of Fame Greenberg has been inducted into:

the Chicago Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1982), the United States Tennis Association/Midwest (formerly Western Tennis Association) Hall of Fame (in 1990), the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame (2000), and the Chicago Tennis Hall of Fame (2004)

Personal life Greenberg married the late Wanda Henderson in 1952. Greenberg's sister Toby played in the Maccabiah Games in Israel. Greenberg's death resulted from complications of Parkinson's disease in Park Ridge Illinois .