William Neil Scanlon was a tennis player from the United States, who won seven singles and two doubles titles during his 13-year professional career.
17 Facts About Bill Scanlon
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Bill Scanlon is known for having upset top-seeded John McEnroe in the fourth round at the 1983 US Open.
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Bill Scanlon peaked in 1983 when he reached the semi-finals of the US Open.
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Bill Scanlon defeated Henrik Sundstrom, Chris Lewis, Pat Cash, John McEnroe, and Mark Dickson, before losing to Jimmy Connors.
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In 1985 Bill Scanlon underwent two knee surgeries, missing most of the season.
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Bill Scanlon continued to compete through 1989, winning only one more singles title, the 1986 Hall of Fame Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Bill Scanlon achieved a golden set against Marcos Hocevar of Brazil in the first round of the WCT Gold Coast Classic at Delray Beach, Florida on February 22,1983.
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Bill Scanlon was inducted into the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Bill Scanlon's Golden Set achievement is represented in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
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Bill Scanlon served on the ATP Board of Directors during his professional career and founded the Dallas Youth Foundation in 1984 to provide sports activities to Dallas area youth featuring professional tennis players, Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Mavericks, and Olympic athletes.
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Bill Scanlon served on the board of the Southern California Tennis Association and the USTA Davis Cup committee.
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Bill Scanlon was chairman of the Carl Reiner Celebrity Pro-Am and was co-founder of the Beverly Hills Invitational Charity Event.
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Bill Scanlon was founder and principal of Advantage Capital Advisors LLC, a registered investment advisor in Los Angeles, California.
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Bill Scanlon was formerly the senior partner of The Scanlon Group, a top wealth management team at UBS Financial in Los Angeles.
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In 2014, Bill Scanlon authored "Zen Tennis - Playing in the Zone" with co-author Dr Joe Parent.
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Bill Scanlon authored the book Bad News for McEnroe: Blood, Sweat, and Backhands with John, Jimmy, Ilie, Ivan, Bjorn, and Vitas in 2004 as a tribute to the era during which he participated on the ATP International Tour.
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Bill Scanlon died of cancer on June 2,2021, at the age of 64.