13 Facts About Haroon Rahim

Haroon Rahim was born on 12 November 1949 and is a Pakistani former tennis player.

Haroon Rahim was active from 1965 to 1978 and won 12 singles tour titles.

Haroon Rahim was the highest ranking Pakistani tennis player.

Haroon Rahim was from the Punjab city of Lahore, from a large family of avid tennis players.

Haroon Rahim's father, Mir Abdur Rahim, was a civil servant who encouraged his children, sons and daughters, to play tennis.

Haroon Rahim's father loved tennis so much that he said he wanted to die on the tennis court.

Haroon Rahim played and won his first tournament in the easter of 1965 at the Huddersfield Open in England.

Haroon Rahim was only the second Pakistani after Khawaja Saeed Hai to make it to Wimbledon's main draw.

Haroon Rahim won 8 tour titles on the ILTF World Circuit including the Ojai Championships the Northumberland Championships and Cranleigh Open all in 1969.

Haroon Rahim won two ATP titles, the first at the Arkansas International in Little Rock against former Wimbledon runner up Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union and then the second at National Tennis Foundation Open in Cleveland against Colin Dibley, both in 1976.

Haroon Rahim lost a final to Spanish US Open winner and French Open finalist Manuel Orantes.

Haroon Rahim won three doubles titles, at Oslo in 1974, North Conway in 1975, and Little Rock in 1978.

Haroon Rahim played his last tour event at the Surrey Hard Court Championships on clay in 1978.