Zan Guerry
US tennis player
Alexander "Zan" Guerry III (born February 12, 1949) is an American former professional tennis player.
Biography
Guerry, winner of the Under-16s Orange Bowl title in 1964, grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and won 13 national junior titles in the 1960s. He attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, at the same time as Roscoe Tanner, a teammate in the school's tennis team.
College
After finishing at Baylor in 1967, Guerry went to Rice University for four years and played in a strong varsity side which were runners-up in the NCAA Championships twice, in 1968 and 1970. He was a losing finalist, to Butch Seewagen, at the 1969 United States Amateur Championships and earned multiple All-American selections, before graduating in 1971. Following that he went to Wharton Business School and worked at the Texas Commerce Bank in Houston as a financial planner when not playing tennis.
Professional career
During the 1970s, Guerry competed professionally on the world tennis circuit. He had a win over a young Guillermo Vilas early in his career in 1970. His only Grand Prix title came at Jackson in 1973, when he partnered South African Frew McMillan to win the Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championship doubles tournament. He made the main draws of the singles at the French Open in 1969 and Wimbledon in 1973, in addition to five appearances at the US Open.
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