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Dec 11 2015

John Sadri, North Carolina, 2015

John Sadri, North Carolina, inducted in 2015John Sadri

  • Top junior player who won the North Carolina State High School Singles Championship while attending Myers Park High in Charlotte
  • Won 2 ACC singles and doubles titles, had a 55-4 singles record the last 2 seasons at North Carolina State University and earned All American honors in 1977 and 1978
  • Played John McEnore in the 1978 NCAA singles finals serving 24 aces before losing the 4 hour match in 4 sets, 3 which were decided in a tiebreaker, with McEnroe winning 144 points and Sadri 143 points
  • Began playing on the ATP World Tour in 1979, made the singles finals of the Australian Open that year, earned a number 14 world ranking in 1980 and played in all 4 Grand Slams
  • Won 2 ATP singles titles at Auckland and Denver and 2 ATP doubles titles in Newport and Stowe
  • Retired in 1988 after 10 years on the tour with an ATP tour singles record of 213 wins against 189 loses and began operating the John Sadri Tennis Academy in Charlotte
  • Inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame in 1991 and the International Tennis Collegiate Hall of Fame in 2004

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