Robert Irwin 'Bob' Kreiss (born 30 April 1953) is a former American tennis player who won the Wimbledon Boys' Singles tournament in 1971.

Tennis career

Kreiss won the 1971 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title by beating Stephen Warboys in the final. He attended

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, where he played tennis for

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and earned All-American honors on three occasions, in 1970, 1972 and 1973. Kreiss competed internationally and participated at the French Open, the Wimbledon Championship and the US Open. His best result at a

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tournament was reaching the second round at the 1974 US Open. During the 1974 Grand Prix season, Kreiss managed to reach two quarterfinals, at the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in

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, Maryland and at the

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in Dublin. In 1975 he reached the quarterfinals at the

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Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kreiss, Robert 1953 births Living people American male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Tennis players from Los Angeles UCLA Bruins men's tennis players 20th-century American sportsmen