Haroon Rahim

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**Haroon Rahim**

Country	Pakistan
Residence	Rochester, New York, USA -- unconfirmed
Date of birth	November 12, 1949 (1949-11-12) (age 58)
Place of birth	Lahore, Pakistan
Height	5'10
Weight	155lbs
Turned pro	1968
Plays	Right
Career prize money	N/A
Singles
Career record:	119-150
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	No. 44 (July 2, 1977)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open	Second Round
Wimbledon	Second Round
US Open	Third Round
Doubles
Career record:	101-127
Career titles:	3
Highest ranking:	N/A
Infobox last updated on: June 24, 2007.

Haroon Rahim, (born 12 November 1949), the former Pakistan number one, was the youngest tennis player ever to play for Pakistan in the Davis Cup at 15 years of age. He was also the highest ranking Pakistani tennis player ever (career high ATP ranking: 44 in 1977). He led the UCLA team to victory with Jeff Borowiak and Jimmy Connors in 1970-71 and was 1971 NCAA doubles champion with Jeff Borowiak.

He was from the city of Lahore, from a large family of avid tennis players. His father, Mir Abdur Rahim, was a civil servant who encouraged his children, sons and daughters, to play tennis. His father loved tennis so much that he said he wanted to die on the tennis court. In 1968, he did exactly that.

Haroon Rahim was only the second Pakistani after Khawaja Saeed Hai to make it to the Wimbledon's main draw. He played in many Grand Slams, in both singles and doubles. Rahim won two ATP titles, the first at Little Rock against former Wimbledon runner up, Alex Metreveli of the Soviet Union, and then the second at Cleveland, against the former record holder of the fastest serve, Australian, Colin Dibley, both in 1976.

He also lost a final to Spanish US Open winner and French Open finalist, Manuel Orantes.

He also won 3 doubles titles, one at Oslo in 1974, North Conway in 1975 and Little Rock in 1978. Success was also seen in the men's doubles where he made it to the quarter finals of the US Open, the third round of Wimbledon, and the second round of the French Open. It has been reported that he now lives in Rochester, New York, but his occupation and whereabouts have not been confirmed. What has become of Haroon Rahim?

1 ATP Tour titles (5)
- 1.1 Singles wins (2)
- 1.2 Doubles wins (3)
2 ATP Tour Runner up (5)
- 2.1 Singles Runner up (2)
- 2.2 Doubles Runner up (3)
3 External links

[edit] ATP Tour titles (5)

[edit] Singles wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 January 1976	Cleveland, USA	Carpet	Alex Metreveli	6–4, 6–4
2.	24 April 1976	Little Rock, USA	Carpet	Colin Dibley	6–4, 7–5

[edit] Doubles wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	16 November 1974	Oslo, Norway	N/A	Karl Meiler	Jeff Borowiak & Vitas Gerulaitis	6–3 6–2
2.	4 August 1975	North Conway, USA	Clay	Erik Van Dillen	John Alexander & Phil Dent	7–6 7–6
3.	31 January 1977	Little Rock, USA	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Bob Hewitt & Frew McMillan	7–6(5) 6–4

[edit] ATP Tour Runner up (5)

[edit] Singles Runner up (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 March 1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Manuel Orantes	4–6, 5–7, 4–6
2.	31 January 1977	Little Rock, USA	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	2–6, 4–6

[edit] Doubles Runner up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	14 February 1971	New York, USA	N/A	Jimmy Connors	Juan Gisbert Sr & Manuel Orantes	6–7 2–6
2.	5 October 1975	Maui, USA	Hard	Jeff Borowiak	Fred McNair & Sherwood Stewart	6–3 6–7 3–6
3.	1 March 1976	Little Rock, USA	Carpet	Giuliano Pecci	Syd Ball & Ray Ruffels	3–6 7–6 3–6