42 Facts About Clark Graebner

Clark Graebner was born on November 4,1943 and is a retired American professional tennis player.

Clark Graebner was four times a world top ten ranked player each year from 1966 to 1969, reaching world No 3 in 1967 and world No 7 the following year.

Clark Graebner was ranked eight times in the top ten US players by the USTA, reaching US No 2 in 1968 behind Arthur Ashe, and US No 3 in 1966 and 1971.

Clark Graebner was a member of the US Davis Cup team which won the Davis Cup in five straight years from 1968 to 1972.

Clark Graebner won a Grand Slam doubles title at the 1966 French Championships at Roland Garros with doubles partner Dennis Ralston.

Clark Graebner graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.

Clark Graebner won his first important international tournament in December 1965 at the Victorian Championships at Melbourne's Kooyong Stadium.

Clark Graebner defeated Ray Ruffels, Tony Roche in a close five set match, Herb Fitzgibbon, Fred Stolle, and Roy Emerson in a five set final.

Clark Graebner lost to John Newcombe in the quarterfinal of the Australian Open.

Clark Graebner returned the favour by defeating Newcombe in the third round at the French Championships at Roland Garros that season.

Clark Graebner won the Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championships at the Merion Cricket Club defeating Charlie Pasarell in the semifinal and Stan Smith in the final.

Clark Graebner was ranked world No 9 for 1966 by McCauley.

Clark Graebner was ranked the No 3 US player for that year by the USTA.

Clark Graebner lost to Newcombe, the champion that year, in the 4th round of the 1967 Wimbledon championships.

Clark Graebner defeated the No 2 seed Roy Emerson in a marathon quarterfinal, but lost in the final to Newcombe.

Clark Graebner was ranked world No 3 for 1967, which would be his highest world ranking, by the Martini and Rossi panel of tennis experts using a point system for tournament play.

Clark Graebner was ranked the US No 4 by the USTA for that year.

Clark Graebner then reached the semifinals in singles at the 1968 Wimbledon, defeating both Manuel Santana and Stolle, before losing a close match to Roche.

Clark Graebner won the 1968 US Men's Clay Court Championships in Milwaukee defeating Charlie Pasarell in the semifinal and Stan Smith in the final.

Clark Graebner was ranked US No 2 by the USTA for 1968 and world No 7 by Lance Tingay as well as by most other ranking authorities.

Clark Graebner won both of his singles matches in the Challenge Round against Australia, defeating Bill Bowrey and Ruffels in five set matches.

Clark Graebner won seven tournaments in the 1969 season, beginning with the Richmond WCT Indoor in February, defeating Thomaz Koch in the final.

At Wimbledon in 1969, Clark Graebner defeated Ilie Nastase and Andres Gimeno before losing to Roche again in the quarterfinal, this time in a marathon five sets.

That same season, Clark Graebner won the Southampton Invitational at Long Island on grass, defeating Bill Bowrey in the semifinal and Lutz in the final, both matches in three straight sets.

Clark Graebner was ranked world No 10 for 1969 by the Daily Express.

Clark Graebner was ranked the US No 4 player by the USTA ranking.

Clark Graebner won the 1970 River Oaks International Tennis Tournament on clay in Houston, Texas, in April defeating Santana in the semifinal and Cliff Richey in a close five-set final.

At Wimbledon, Clark Graebner eliminated Nastase again in the fourth round, but lost in the quarterfinal to Taylor.

At the US Open, Clark Graebner lost to Newcombe in the fourth round, although he had beaten Newcombe earlier in the season at the 1970 US Pro Tennis Championships at Longwood.

Clark Graebner reached the singles quarterfinals in Cincinnati in 1970, falling to eventual champion Ken Rosewall.

Clark Graebner was ranked the US No 4 player by the USTA for 1970.

Clark Graebner won the US National Indoor Championships in February 1971, his third US national title, defeating Nastase in the semifinal and Richey in the final in tight five-set matches.

Clark Graebner survived two match points against him in the final with Richey serving, on one of those points returning an overhead finishing shot from Richey.

At Wimbledon that year, Clark Graebner lost in the third round to Rod Laver.

Clark Graebner was ranked the US No 3 player by the USTA for 1971.

At Wimbledon that year, Clark Graebner lost his second round match to Nastase in four sets, Nastase proceeding to a classic Wimbledon final against Smith.

Clark Graebner won his final ITF tournament at the Des Moines Open International Indoor defeating Nicholas Kalogeropoulos in the final.

Clark Graebner defeated the world No 1 Nastase in the semifinal of the Charleston International ITF tournament in a close match after losing the first set.

At the US Championships Clark Graebner lost in the first round to Geoff Masters.

Clark Graebner lost in the third round to Ray Moore.

Clark Graebner won the 1969 and 1970 US Men's Clay Court Doubles Championship, and the 1963 doubles title at Cincinnati.

Clark Graebner was considered to be one of the fastest servers of his time, and was a powerful hitter with relatively flat groundstrokes.