Alan Rodney 'Rod' Mandelstam (born 8 April 1942) is a former

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n tennis player. Mandelstam won the 1960 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title. At the

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in Israel he won a gold medal in mixed doubles, and a silver medal in men's doubles. Mandelstam played collegiate tennis for the

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at the

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, where he was inducted into the University of Miami Hall of Fame.

Tennis career

Mandelstam won the 1960 Wimbledon Boys' Singles title by beating

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in the final. He attended college in the United States at the

, where he was a member of the university's tennis team and he earned

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honours for three years from 1962 to 64. Mandelstam was inducted into the University of Miami Hall of Fame in 1990. At the

in Israel he won a gold medal in mixed doubles with

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, and a silver medal in men's doubles, playing with Julie Mayers and against American gold medal winners

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and Mike Franks. Mandelstam competed internationally and won four tournaments between 1962 and 1970. He also participated at the

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, the

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, and the

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. His best result at a

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tournament was reaching the third round at the 1962 US Open.

Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandelstam, Rod 1942 births Living people Maccabiah Games gold medalists for South Africa Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa Maccabiah Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 1961 Maccabiah Games South African male tennis players Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Miami Hurricanes men's tennis players South African expatriate tennis players in the United States Sportspeople from Boksburg Tennis players from Gauteng 20th-century South African sportsmen