Jim Gurfein

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Jim Gurfein (born January 4, 1961, in New York, New York), is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Gurfein grew up in Great Neck, New York. He attended Great Neck North High School and Stanford University.

Gurfein reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 96 in September 1983. He won 1 doubles title and reached his high doubles ranking of World No. 100 in June 1984.

At least while on tour, Gurfein kept a residence in Atlanta, Georgia.

Gurfein was runner-up of the 1981 NCAA singles tennis championship, falling to Stanford University teammate Tim Mayotte.

Grand Prix and WCT doubles finals (4)

Titles (1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1981	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1981	Manila, Philippines	Clay	Drew Gitlin	Mike Bauer John Benson	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1982	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Drew Gitlin	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1983	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Erick Iskersky	Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson	5–7, 3–6

External links

Gurfein, Jim at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Gurfein, Jim at the International Tennis Federation

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Name	Gurfein, Jim
Alternative names
Short description	American former professional tennis player
Date of birth	January 4, 1961
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death
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