Paul Cranis

Paul Cranis (born 1935) is an American former professional tennis player.

Paul Cranis
Country (sports) United States
Born1935 (age 87–88)
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Career record90-83
Career titles7
Grand Slam singles results
US Open2R (1955, 1967)

A left-handed player from New York, Cranis went to high school in Brooklyn and did not start playing tennis until the late age of 17.[1] He went to George Washington University on a basketball scholarship but left after one year.[2]

Cranis, who served two years in the army after college, twice made the singles second round of the U.S. national championships.

In 1956, Cranis won the Brooklyn Indoor Championships, defeating George Mandel in the semifinal. Mandel had won the New York Indoor title that same season.

In 1960, Cranis won the Seventh Regiment Armory Invitational indoor in New York City, defeating Sidney Schwartz in the quarterfinal and J. Allen Morris in the final.

In 1967 he had an win over Frank Froehling at the Southampton Invitational, New York.[3]

In 1971, Cranis won the Eastern Hardcourt Championships in Woodbury, Long Island, N.Y. defeating Don Brosseau in the final.

References
  1. "Cranis' Early Loss Spurred Net Career". The Tennessean. April 26, 1967.
  2. "Cranis Finds Love Match With Tennis". Sun Sentinel. July 24, 1992.
  3. "Paul Cranis Tops Fran Froehling In Tennis Upset". The Gazette and Daily. August 10, 1967.
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