Allen E Fox was born on June 25,1939 and is an American former tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s who went on to be a college coach and author.
20 Facts About Allen Fox
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Allen Fox was ranked as high as US No 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the US five times between 1961 and 1968.
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Allen Fox won a gold medal in singles at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Allen Fox attended Beverly Hills High School, and played tennis for the school.
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Allen Fox only lost twice in dual match play while in college, to Rafael Osuna and Chuck McKinley.
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Allen Fox was named All-American in 1959,1960, and 1961, and was named All-UCLA and All-University of California Athlete of the Year.
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Allen Fox helped lead UCLA to NCAA team championships in 1960 and 1961.
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When he graduated, Allen Fox was the 4th-ranked singles player in the United States.
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Allen Fox won the singles title at Cincinnati in 1961.
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Allen Fox won the 1962 US National Hard Court title.
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Allen Fox played doubles in the 1964 Wimbledon Championships with Nagler.
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Allen Fox won a gold medal at the 1965 Maccabiah Games in Israel.
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Allen Fox was named to the US Davis Cup team in 1961,1962, and 1966.
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Allen Fox played 2 singles matches, winning both of them without giving up more than 2 games in any of the 6 sets that he played.
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Allen Fox was elected to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Hall of Fame as a player and a coach in 1988.
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Allen Fox was inducted into the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 2002.
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Allen Fox was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Allen Fox coached the Pepperdine University men's tennis team, at the highest level-Division 1, for 17 years.
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Allen Fox was named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame and, aside from Gilbert, coached players such as Robbie Weiss, Kelly Jones, and Martin Laurendeau.
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Allen Fox has two sons, Evan and Charlie, and lives in San Luis Obispo, California, with his wife Nancy.