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Dan Goldie
Daniel C. Goldie (born October 3, 1963) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 2 singles (1987, Newport and 1988, Seoul) and 2 doubles titles (1986, Wellington and 1987, Newport). The right-hander reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1989 where he beat Kelly Evernden, Jimmy Connors, Wally Masur and Slobodan Živojinović before losing to Ivan Lendl. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 27 in April 1989. Before turning pro, Goldie played tennis for Stanford University, where he won the 1986 National Singles Championship before graduating with a degree in Economics. In 2011, Goldie co-authored The Investment Answer, a #1 New York Times bestselling book for individual investors. Goldie is currently President of Dan Goldie Financial Services LLC, an independent financial advisor located in Palo Alto, California. He has been recognized by Barron's as one of the top 100 independent financial advisors in the U.S. He currently resides i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for ) is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city of Palo Alto was incorporated in 1894 by the American industrialist Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane Stanford, when they founded Stanford University in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto later expanded and now borders East Palo Alto, California, East Palo Alto, Mountain View, California, Mountain View, Los Altos, California, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, California, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, California, Stanford, Portola Valley, California, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park, California, Menlo Park. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 68,572. Palo Alto has one of the highest costs of living in the United States, and its residents are among the most educated in the country. However, it has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth List of governors of California, governor of and then-incumbent List of United States senators from California, United States senator representing California) and his wife, Jane Stanford, Jane, in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., Leland Jr. The university admitted its first students in 1891, opening as a Mixed-sex education, coeducational and non-denominational institution. It struggled financially after Leland died in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, university Provost (education), provost Frederick Terman inspired an entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial culture to build a self-sufficient local industry (later Silicon Valley). In 1951, Stanfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennis Channel Open
The Tennis Channel Open (its sponsored name) was a men's hard court tennis tournament also known as the Las Vegas Open. It was an ATP International Series event that was first founded as the WCT Scottsdale Open in 1986. That tournament by 2005 was officially known as the Scottsdale Open. In 2005, The Tennis Channel purchased the tournament from IMG (company), IMG and moved it from Scottsdale to Las Vegas. In April 2008, The Tennis Channel announced that it was selling the tournament to the ATP, and the week the event had been held was now the first week of Davis Cup. History Founded in 1986 as the WCT Scottsdale Open by 2005 that tournament was known as the Scottsdale Open. By the end of that year the Tennis Channel bought the rights to the event and moved it to Las Vegas where it was branded as the Tennis Channel Open in 2006 its sponsored name. The move to Las Vegas was to bring a top-level tour event back to the city to fill the gap left by the Alan King Tennis Classic tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 WCT Scottsdale Open – Doubles
Leonardo Lavalle and Mike Leach were the defending champions, but Lavalle did not participate this year. Leach partnered Gary Donnelly, losing in the first round. Rick Leach and Jim Pugh won the title, defeating Dan Goldie and Mel Purcell 6–3, 6–2 in the final. Seeds # Gary Donnelly / Mike Leach ''(first round)'' # Kevin Curren / Mike De Palmer ''(first round)'' # Andy Kohlberg / Robert Van't Hof ''(quarterfinals)'' # Rick Leach / Jim Pugh Jim Pugh (born February 5, 1964) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He grew up in Palos Verdes, California and at age 10 began taking tennis lessons from John Hillebrand. He played tennis at UCLA. He became a doub ... (champions) Draw Draw External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1987 WCT Scottsdale Open - Doubles Tennis Channel Open 1987 Grand Prix (tennis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Leach (tennis)
Michael E. Leach (born March 9, 1960) is a former collegiate and ATP Tour professional tennis player who won the NCAA singles championship in 1982 while attending the University of Michigan. Early years Leach grew up in Weston, Massachusetts outside Boston. He was the third child in a family of six and began playing tennis after he received a racket for his 11th birthday. He earned the No. 1 singles and doubles rankings in New England's 14-and-under division, and upon moving to the 16-18 division, he was ranked No. 11 nationally. University of Michigan Leach accepted a tennis scholarship to attend the University of Michigan, where he won the 1982 NCAA singles title was the first married NCAA winner in history, and was a two-time All-American. He played for Michigan's tennis team from 1979 to 1982. As a sophomore, he was Michigan's top player with a 24-4 singles record, leading to the Big Ten singles and doubles titles. As a junior, Leach won all but two individual matches and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chip Hooper
Chip Hooper (born October 24, 1958) is a former tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ... from the United States, who won five doubles titles during his professional career. The right-handed Hooper reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 17 in April 1982 Hooper played collegiately at Memphis State University (now University of Memphis) and the University of Arkansas Currently, he is working as a private tennis coach in Miami. Grand Prix career finals Singles (2 runner-ups) Doubles (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) External links * * 1958 births Living people African-American tennis players American male tennis players Arkansas Razorbacks men's tennis players 21st-century African-American sportsmen 20th-century African-American spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Scott (sports Administrator)
Larry Scott (born November 21, 1964) is an American sports administrator and former professional tennis player who was the commissioner of the collegiate Pac-12 Conference until 2021. He has also served as chairman and CEO of the Women's Tennis Association and as president and COO of ATP Properties, a division of the Association of Tennis Professionals. Early life and education Scott was born in New York City. A speaker of French, Scott graduated in 1986 from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. in European History. While at Harvard, he was captain of the tennis team and named an All-American. Professional tennis player As a professional athlete, professional tennis player, Scott reached a career-high tennis singles, singles ranking of No. 210 and tennis doubles, doubles ranking of No. 69 in the world. He also won one doubles title. ATP Properties Following his retirement as a pro tennis player, Scott spent a decade serving as president and COO of ATP Propert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Castle
Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was Great Britain's number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim Wilkison of the United States. Castle reached one Grand Slam final in his career in the 1987 Australian Open mixed doubles event with Anne Hobbs. He won three ATP titles in men's doubles, as well as one title on the Challenger tour. He won in prize money (equivalent to in 1992). Between 2000 and 2010, Castle was a presenter on the now defunct ITV breakfast programme ''GMTV'', sharing duties with Ben Shephard to present its weekday magazine programme. In 2009, he began presenting the ITV daytime game show '' Divided''. In 2013, Castle began presenting for LBC. In November 2023, without any official announcement or explanation before or since, he was removed from all LBC broadcasting. He has also taken part in ''St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul Open
The Seoul Open is a defunct Grand Prix tennis circuit, Grand Prix and Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP Tour affiliated men's tennis tournament played from 1987 to 1996. It was held at the Seoul Olympic Park Tennis Center in Seoul in South Korea and played on Hardcourt, outdoor hard courts. Past finals Singles Doubles External linksATP Tour Website {{ATP World Series tournaments Seoul Open, Hard court tennis tournaments Grand Prix tennis circuit Former ATP Tour tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in South Korea Sports competitions in Seoul 1987 establishments in South Korea 1996 disestablishments in South Korea Recurring sporting events established in 1987 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Seoul Open – Singles ...
Jim Grabb was the defending champion, but lost in the first round this year. Dan Goldie won the tournament, beating Andrew Castle in the final, 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0. Seeds # Andre Agassi ''(second round)'' # Eliot Teltscher ''(semifinals)'' # John Fitzgerald ''(quarterfinals)'' # John Frawley ''(quarterfinals)'' # Dan Goldie (champions) # Jim Grabb ''(first round)'' # Joey Rive ''(quarterfinals)'' # Todd Nelson ''(quarterfinals)'' Draw Finals Top half Bottom half References External links Main draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1988 Seoul Open - Singles Singles Singles are people not in a committed relationship. Singles may also refer to: Film and television * ''Singles'' (miniseries), a 1984 Australian television series * ''Singles'' (1992 film), written and directed by Cameron Crowe * ''Singles'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sammy Giammalva Jr
Sammy Giammalva Jr. (born March 24, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During his career he won 2 singles titles and 4 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 28 in 1985 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 22 in 1984. Giammalva's father Sam played top-level amateur tennis and participated on two Davis Cup winning teams for the U.S. His older brother Tony was also a touring pro. Giammalva left the Grand Prix tour in 1989 and enrolled in Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University, is a Private university, private research university in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. Established in 1912, the university spans 300 acres. Rice University comp .... ATP career finals Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) Doubles: 17 (4 titles, 13 runner-ups) Performance timeline Singles Doubles References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giammal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Hall Of Fame Tennis Championships
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
