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Bruce Manson (born March 20, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39, but he did, when ranked 112, defeat world number 1
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in 1979 at the Tennis Games Tournament at Mission Hills Country Club.


Biography

Manson is Jewish, and was born in Los Angeles, California, and lived in
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. He attended Grant High School. He was the first player to win three consecutive L.A. City Tennis Singles Championships (1973–75). He won the boys 16 and under in the
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in 1972. He was the Southern California Junior Singles Champion in both 1973 and 1974, and was a member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team. At the
University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
on a tennis scholarship, Manson was a three-time
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(1975–77). He was an
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Singles semi-finalist in both 1976 and 1977, and doubles champion in 1975 and 1977. While at USC, Manson won a gold medal in doubles at the
1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games, officially known as the VII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Mexico 1975 (), were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games ...
. In 1977, he won the 21-and-under U.S. Singles title. Manson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 8 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39. He was a member of the 1980 U.S. Davis Cup Team, and made the U.S. Open quarter-finals in 1981 by defeating
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, Richard Meyer,
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and
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, before being defeated by
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. In 1993 he was inducted into the
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. After retiring from tennis in 1985, he earned an
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from the
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in 1987, and began a career as a bond trader with First Boston in 1987 in New York. He moved to London in 1988, working for CSFB and later Barclays Bank, returned to New York in 1993 with Barclays, and moved to HSBC Bank in 2004.


Career finals


Doubles (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)


See also

* List of select Jewish tennis players


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manson, Bruce 1956 births Living people 21st-century American Jews American expatriates in the United Kingdom American male tennis players American bankers Tennis players from Los Angeles Jewish American tennis players Tennis players at the 1975 Pan American Games USC Trojans men's tennis players Wharton School alumni Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in tennis Grant High School (Los Angeles) alumni Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Jews from California 20th-century American sportsmen