Fred Hemmes Sr. (born 14 June 1950) is a former professional

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player from the

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.ATP World Tour Profile
Atpworldtour.com. Retrieved on 2014-01-21. His son, Fred Hemmes Jr., also had a career as a tennis player.

Career

Hemmes played

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tennis for the

from 1971 to 1977. He featured in eight ties and won seven of his 18 matches, four in singles and three in doubles. His matches included singles rubbers against

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and

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. The Dutchman appeared in both the men's doubles and mixed doubles main draws at the

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, partnering Jan Hordijk and Tine Zwaan respectively. He also took part in the 1974 Wimbledon mixed doubles, with Nora Lauteslager. He had his best performance on tour in the 1976 Dutch Open, where, despite entering the tournament as a lucky loser, he was able to defeat top seed

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in the opening round.''

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"Ashes advances in Austria"
14 July 1976

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemmes, Fred Sr. 1950 births Living people Dutch male tennis players Tennis players from The Hague 20th-century Dutch sportsmen