Harry Hoffman Jr. is an American former

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player of the 1950s and 1960s.

Tennis career

Hoffman, a native of

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, is one of two sons born to tour player Harry Hoffman Sr. He made the singles fourth round of the 1961 U.S. National Championships, where he fell to the third-seeded

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. Hoffmann won the Middle Atlantic Invitation Championships at Baltimore in 1957 defeating

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in the final in three straight sets and the same tournament again in 1959 defeating

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in the final, also in three straight sets. One of his best wins was a marathon match against the then U.S. No. 2

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at the

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in 1963 which went to 64 games over two sets.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoffman, Harry Living people American male tennis players Tennis players from Philadelphia 1937 births 20th-century American sportsmen