| Country (sports) |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | San Luis Obispo,California | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1939-06-25)June 25, 1939 (age 85) Los Angeles,California | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1955 (amateur tour) | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||
| College | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) | |||||||||||||||||
| Official website | AllenFoxTennis.com | |||||||||||||||||
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| French Open | 2R (1965,1968) | |||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (1965) | |||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 4R (1960,1961) | |||||||||||||||||
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Allen E. Fox (born June 25, 1939) is an American formertennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the U.S. five times between 1961 and 1968.[2]
In 1960, he won theNational Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) doubles title withLarry Nagler for theUniversity of California at Los Angeles. In 1961, Fox won the NCAA singles title. In 1962 he won the US National Hard Court title. He won a gold medal in singles at the1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel. At the1969 Maccabiah Games he won gold medals in singles and doubles.
Fox was elected to theIntercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame, theSouthern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame, and theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
Fox attendedBeverly Hills High School, and played tennis for the school.[3]
After Fox successfully convinced his friendLarry Nagler to join him and attend theUniversity of California at Los Angeles and play tennis for theBruins, on a team where Fox was the #1 player, Nagler says "we were bitter rivals and close friends."[4] They were on the juniorU.S. Davis Cup team together. Nagler recalled how: "Allen was a vicious competitor who hated to lose, especially to me. One year [1960] at UCLA I beat him in the singles final of theOjai tournament. After he lost, he broke two racquets and sneered at me that he was going to throw the doubles finals. And I was his partner! He said he couldn't stand for me to win another title. Sure enough, we lost to UCLA teammates we usually thrashed."[4][5] Nagler and Fox won the doubles title at Ojai in 1961, defeatingBill Hoogs andJim McManus.[5]
In 1960, he won theNational Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) doubles title with Larry Nagler for UCLA.[6] In 1961, as team captain, Fox won the NCAA singles title, beatingRay Senkowski of Michigan, 6–1, 6–2, and 6–4.[6][7] He only lost twice in dual match play while in college, toRafael Osuna andChuck McKinley.[8] He was namedAll-American in 1959, 1960, and 1961,[6] and was named All-UCLA and All-University of California Athlete of the Year.[6] Fox helped lead UCLA to NCAA team championships in 1960 and 1961.[6] In 1961, he was ranked # 8 in the United States ion doubles with Nagler, by theUnited States Lawn Tennis Association.[9] He graduated from UCLA with aB.A. inphysics in 1961, and later earned aPh.D. there inpsychology in 1968.[10]
When he graduated, Fox was the 4th-ranked singles player in the United States.[6][11] He won the singles title atCincinnati in 1961. He won also the 1962 US National Hard Court title.[6][11] That year, he reached the singles final in Cincinnati, falling toMarty Riessen.
Fox playeddoubles in the 1964 Wimbledon Championships with Nagler. They defeatedGerry Oakley andHumphrey Truman of the United Kingdom in the first round, but lost toNaresh Kumar of India andJiří Javorský of Czechoslovakia in the second round.[12][13]
In 1965 he won theOjai Tennis Tournament in men's singles.[14] In 1965 he reached the quarterfinals atWimbledon.[11]
In 1966, he won theCanadian Nationals and the (40th annual)Los Angeles Open, formerly known as thePacific Southwest Championships, as a graduate student, beating the then-current champions of all four Major Slams –Manuel Santana (Wimbledon),Fred Stolle (U.S.),Tony Roche (French), andRoy Emerson (Australian), in the finals.[15][16]
He won a gold medal at the1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[18]
Four years later, he was back at the1969 Maccabiah Games as the top seed, and again won the gold medal, this time defeating South AfricanJulian Krinsky in the men's individual semi-finals and South African Davis Cup playerJack Saul in the finals.[19][20][21] In doubles, he and partner Ronald Goldman won the gold medal after they defeated AmericansTom Karp andPeter Fishbach in the semifinals, and then AmericansEd Rubinoff and Leonard Schloss in the finals.[22]
He was named to the U.S.Davis Cup team in 1961, 1962, and 1966.[6] He played 2 singles matches, winning both of them without giving up more than 2 games in any of the 6 sets that he played.[23]
Fox was elected to theIntercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame as a player and a coach in 1988.[11] In 1991, he was inducted into theSouthern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[24]
He was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2002. Fox was also inducted into theUCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.[6][25]
Fox coached thePepperdine University men's tennis team, at the highest level-Division 1, for 17 years.[11] His teams, which includedBrad Gilbert, reached the NCAA finals twice, the semifinals three times, and the quarterfinals six times. In his career, he coached his teams to a 368–108 won-lost record between 1979 and 1995; the .778 winning percentage is the best in Pepperdine tennis history.[26] He was named to theIntercollegiate Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame and, aside from Gilbert, coached players such asRobbie Weiss (NCAA singles winner),Kelly Jones (NCAA doubles winner and world No. 1 doubles player), andMartin Laurendeau (Captain of the Canadian Davis Cup Team).
Fox has worked as a broadcaster, writer, and lecturer.[2] He has authored several books, includingThink to Win: The Strategic Dimension of Tennis (1993),If I'm The Better Player, Why Can't I Win?, andThe Winner's Mind: A Competitor's Guide to Sports and Business Success.[6] He is a former editor ofTennis Magazine.
Allen has published two videos, titledAllen Fox's Ultimate Tennis Lesson (2001) andAllen Fox's Ultimate Tennis Drills (2001).[2]
Fox has two sons, Evan and Charlie, and lives inSan Luis Obispo, California, with his wife Nancy.
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