Jeffrey Alan Morrison (born February 4, 1979) is a retired American professional
tennis player.
Morrison was the last American male left in the singles draw at
Wimbledon
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in
2002
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, going on to defeat future World No. 1
Juan Carlos Ferrero en route to the third round.
Morrison attended the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the
Florida Gators men's tennis team in
National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition. He defeated
James Blake of
Harvard University in the NCAA Singles National Championship final in 1999. Morrison was a two-time
All-American during his sophomore and junior seasons. He was inducted into the
University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame
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as a "Gator Great" in 2012.
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During his career, Morrison won three Challenger
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events and reached as high as World No. 85 in singles and World No. 81 in doubles (both in the summer of 2002).
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 11 (4–7)
Doubles: 16 (11–5)
See also
* Florida Gators
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* List of Florida Gators tennis players
* List of University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame members
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1979 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Florida Gators men's tennis players
Sportspeople from Huntington, West Virginia
Tennis people from West Virginia
Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in tennis
Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games