Rick Meyers (born May 14, 1958) is an American former professional

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player. Born and raised in

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, Meyers won a 5A state singles championship while at Cooper High School and played collegiate tennis for

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, where he was named All-Southwest Conference all four years. Meyers was a main draw qualifier for the 1981 Canadian Open and fell in the first round to the sixth-seeded player

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. He also made a Grand Prix tournament appearance at the Caracas Open in 1982 and was eliminated in the second round by

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, after a win over

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. In 2008 he was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meyers, Rick 1958 births Living people American male tennis players TCU Horned Frogs men's tennis players Tennis players from Texas Sportspeople from Abilene, Texas 20th-century American sportsmen