Seymour Greenberg was an amateur American clay-court specialist tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.
13 Facts About Seymour Greenberg
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Seymour Greenberg was ranked US No 5 in singles in 1943 and 1944, and in 1942,1945, and 1947.
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Seymour Greenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois to Jacob and Sylvia Seymour Greenberg, lived in Highland Park, Illinois, and was Jewish.
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Seymour Greenberg won the Western Boys' 15 and Under Championship, and was runner-up in the National 15s.
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Seymour Greenberg won the Illinois State high school singles titles in 1936 and 1937 while at Lane Technical College Prep High School in Chicago, where he was valedictorian.
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Seymour Greenberg repeated in 1941 and won the Big Ten doubles championships in 1940,1941, and 1942.
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Seymour Greenberg led the Northwestern Wildcats to the Big Ten team championships in 1940 and 1942.
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Seymour Greenberg was a member of the Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity.
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Seymour Greenberg won the US Men's Clay Court Championships in 1942 and 1943.
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Seymour Greenberg was a singles quarterfinalist at the US Championships in 1942,1943,1944, and 1945.
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Seymour Greenberg won the men's singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1947.
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In 1943 at the Cincinnati Open, Seymour Greenberg reached the singles and doubles finals but lost the singles final to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Bill Talbert.
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Seymour Greenberg's death resulted from complications of Parkinson's disease in Park Ridge Illinois.