Matt Richard Klinger (born 17 July 1979) is a Canadian former professional
tennis
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player.
Born in
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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, Klinger is the son of a world ranked men's high jumper who fled communist Poland.
Klinger featured mostly on the
ITF Circuit during his time on tour but made the final qualifying round of the
2003 Canada Masters
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in Montreal. He featured in a
2003 Davis Cup
The 2003 Davis Cup was the 92nd edition of the most important tournament between nations in men's tennis. A total of 135 nations participated in the tournament. In the final, Australia defeated Spain at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia, ...
tie against Peru in Calgary, serving 27 aces to beat Willy Lock in straight sets. Before competing professionally he played collegiate tennis for
Arizona State University
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.
ITF Futures finals
Singles: 1 (0–1)
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
See also
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List of Canada Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Canada Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Canada has taken part in the competition since 1913.
Davis Cup players
:''*Active players in bold, statistics as of November 25 ...
References
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1979 births
Living people
Canadian male tennis players
Arizona State Sun Devils men's tennis players
Tennis players from Toronto
Canadian people of Polish descent