Haroon Ismail (born February 27, 1955) is a former

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professional from

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and

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. Ismail reached his highest ATP singles ranking on February 22, 1982, when he became world Number 95. He became runner-up in the 1980 Dutch Open tennis tournament. In 1981, Ismail won two rounds at the

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, beating Francisco Gonzalez and Eric Deblicker, before losing to 14th-seed

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. Ismail played college tennis at

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* * * 1955 births Living people Sportspeople from Chattanooga, Tennessee Tennis players from Harare Rhodesian male tennis players SMU Mustangs men's tennis players Expatriate tennis players in the United States Zimbabwean expatriates in the United States Zimbabwean male tennis players {{Zimbabwe-tennis-bio-stub