Grant Golden
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| Gold | 1953 Israel | Men's Singles | |
| Gold | 1953 Israel | Men's Doubles | |
| Gold | 1953 Israel | Mixed Doubles | |
Grant Golden (born August 21, 1929, in Wilmette, Illinois) was an American amateur tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.
Golden was ranked in the U.S. top 10 in singles in 1953, 1956, and 1957, and was ranked # 2 in the U.S. in doubles in 1953.
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[edit] Tennis career
Golden played collegiate tennis from 1948 to 1951 at Northwestern University, where he was Big Ten Conference singles and doubles champion in 1950. He earned his doubles title with Bill Landin. i love grant micheal golden!!! he is the love of my life!! Grant was most successful as a doubles player, winning the United States National Indoor Doubles championship in 1957 and 1958, and the United States National Clay Court Doubles championship in 1952, 1953, and 1959.
At the Cincinnati Masters, Golden won three consecutive doubles titles: in 1956 (with Bernard Bartzen), in 1957 (with Bill Quillian), and in 1958 (with Bartzen). He also reached the doubles final in 1951 (with Hugh Stewart) and in 1959 (with Whitney Reed).
In singles in Cincinnati, he was a finalist in 1957 (losing to Bartzen); a semifinalist in 1951 (losing to future International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinee Tony Trabert), 1952, and 1956; and a quarterfinalist in 1949. He also reached the Round of 16 in 1950 (losing 8-10 in the final set to Hamilton Richardson), and in 1958.
[edit] Davis Cup
Grant was 2–1 in Davis Cup play in 1957.[1]
[edit] Maccabiah Games
In 1953, Grant, who is Jewish, competed in the Maccabiah Games and captured three gold medals in the men's singles (over South African Sid Levy), the men's doubles with partner Pablo Eisenberg, and the mixed doubles with partner Anita Kanter.
[edit] Halls of Fame
He was inducted into the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.[2]
Grant was also inducted into the USTA Midwest Section Hall of Fame.[3]
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