Jeff Klaparda

Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Jeff Klaparda
Full nameJeff Klaparda
Country (sports) United States
Born (1963-11-07) November 7, 1963
Los Angeles, California
Turned pro1986
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record5–9
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (July 13, 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open2R (1984)
Doubles
Career record15–23
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 59 (August 31, 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1989)
Wimbledon3R (1987)
US Open2R (1987)

Biography

Klaparda, who is Jewish, won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games, in the mixed doubles with Andrea Leand.[1]

He went to UCLA in the early 1980s and was an All-American player on the tennis team. In the 1984 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships he was captain of the UCLA side that won the Championship and he also made the semi-finals of the singles.[2][3] He won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title.

At a Grand Prix tournament in Cleveland in 1984, Klaparda had an upset win over top 20 player Bill Scanlon, before exiting in the semi-finals.[4] Soon after he qualified for the main draw in the 1984 US Open and beat countryman John Hayes in the first round, then lost a four-set second round match to eight seed Aaron Krickstein.[5] It was his only Grand Slam appearances in singles but he competed in several doubles draws with a best performance coming at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, when he and partner Lloyd Bourne had a win over the sixth seeds Peter Fleming and Gary Donnelly, en route to the third round. It was with Bourne that he won his only Grand Prix title, the doubles at the 1987 Rye Brook Open.[6]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 1987 Rye Brook, U. S. Hard Lloyd Bourne Carl Limberger
Mark Woodforde		 6–3, 6–3

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1987 Lagos, Nigeria Hard Lloyd Bourne Loïc Courteau
Éric Winogradsky		 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
2. 1988 Aptos, U. S. Hard Peter Palandjian Ed Nagel
Jeff Tarango		 6–3, 6–4
3. 1988 New Haven, U. S. Hard Peter Palandjian Zeeshan Ali
Chris Bailey		 6–2, 7–5

See also

References
  1. "U.S. cage squad tops Israel, 91–71". Bangor Daily News. July 16, 1981. p. 22. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "UCLA Wins Tennis Title". The Victoria Advocate. May 14, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "Georgia's Pernfors gains finals in Volvo tourney". Gainesville Sun. October 28, 1984. p. 3E. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Klaparda Upsets Scanlon". Ocala Star-Banner. August 10, 1984. p. 2C. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. Johnson, Roy S. (August 31, 1984). "Gerulaitis Easily Gains at Open". New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Rye Brook - 24 August - 30 August 1987". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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