Mike Franks
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Competitor for the  United States |
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| Gold | 1961 Israel | Men's Doubles | |
Myron ("Mike") Jay Franks (born December 23, 1936) was an American tennis player.
Franks was ranked # 3 in doubles in America in 1956, 1957, and 1959.
In 1959, he also was ranked # 7 in American singles.
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[edit] Tennis career
Franks was one of the top U.S. players of the 1950s.
Franks attended the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was runner-up in the Pac-10 singles championships in 1956 and 1958.
[edit] Pan American Games
Franks won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan-American Games.
[edit] Maccabiah Games
Franks, who is Jewish, teamed with Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt to win the Doubles Championship at the 1961 World Maccabiah Games.[1]
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