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Jeff Klaparda (born November 7, 1963) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Jeff Klaparda

Full name	Jeff Klaparda
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1963-11-07) November 7, 1963 (age 58) Los Angeles, California
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	5–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 153 (July 13, 1987)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	2R (1984)
Doubles
Career record	15–23
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 59 (August 31, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1989)
Wimbledon	3R (1987)
US Open	2R (1987)
Medal record Maccabiah Games 1981 Tel Aviv Mixed doubles

Biography

Klaparda, who is Jewish, won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel, in the mixed doubles with Andrea Leand.[1]

He went to UCLA in the early 1980s and was an All-American player on the tennis team. In the 1984 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships he was captain of the UCLA side that won the Championship and he also made the semi-finals of the singles.[2][3] He won the 1984 USTA National Amateur Clay Courts title.

At a Grand Prix tournament in Cleveland in 1984, Klaparda had an upset win over top 20 player Bill Scanlon, before exiting in the semi-finals.[4] Soon after he qualified for the main draw in the 1984 US Open and beat countryman John Hayes in the first round, then lost a four-set second round match to eight seed Aaron Krickstein.[5] It was his only Grand Slam appearances in singles but he competed in several doubles draws with a best performance coming at the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, when he and partner Lloyd Bourne had a win over the sixth seeds Peter Fleming and Gary Donnelly, en route to the third round. It was with Bourne that he won his only Grand Prix title, the doubles at the 1987 Rye Brook Open.[6]

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1987	Rye Brook, U. S.	Hard	Lloyd Bourne	Carl Limberger Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1987	Lagos, Nigeria	Hard	Lloyd Bourne	Loïc Courteau Éric Winogradsky	6–7, 6–2, 7–6
2.	1988	Aptos, U. S.	Hard	Peter Palandjian	Ed Nagel Jeff Tarango	6–3, 6–4
3.	1988	New Haven, U. S.	Hard	Peter Palandjian	Zeeshan Ali Chris Bailey	6–2, 7–5

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

References

External links

• Jeff Klaparda at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Jeff Klaparda at the International Tennis Federation

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