Bruce Manson

Template:Short description Bruce Manson (born March 20, 1956) is an American former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39, but he did, when ranked 112, defeat world number 1 Björn Borg in 1979 at the Tennis Games Tournament at Mission Hills Country Club.

Biography

Manson is Jewish, and was born in Los Angeles, California, and lived in North Hollywood. He attended Grant High School. He was the first player to win three consecutive L.A. City Tennis Singles Championships (1973–75). He won the boys 16 and under in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 1972. He was the Southern California Junior Singles Champion in both 1973 and 1974, and was a member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team.

At the University of Southern California on a tennis scholarship, Manson was a three-time All-American (1975–77). He was an NCAA Singles semi-finalist in both 1976 and 1977, and doubles champion in 1975 and 1977. While at USC, Manson won a gold medal in doubles at the 1975 Pan American Games. In 1977, he won the 21-and-under U.S. Singles title.

Manson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 9 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 8 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 17 in 1981. His career high singles ranking was World No. 39. He was a member of the 1980 U.S. Davis Cup Team, and made the U.S. Open quarter-finals in 1981 by defeating Danny Saltz, Richard Meyer, Peter McNamara and José Luis Clerc, before being defeated by Vitas Gerulaitis.

In 1993 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

After retiring from tennis in 1985, he earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, and began a career as a bond trader with First Boston in 1987 in New York. He moved to London in 1988, working for CSFB and later Barclays Bank, returned to New York in 1993 with Barclays, and moved to HSBC Bank in 2004.

Career finals

Doubles (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	Boca Raton, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Butch Walts	Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis Template:Flagicon Clark Graebner	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	1978	Cleveland, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rick Fisher	Template:Flagicon Dick Stockton Template:Flagicon Erik van Dillen	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	1978	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–7, 5–7
Win	1–3	1978	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Andrew Pattison	Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	7–6, 6–2
Loss	1–4	1979	Rancho Mirage, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	Template:Flagicon Gene Mayer Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–4	1979	Dayton, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Cliff Drysdale	Template:Flagicon Ross Case Template:Flagicon Phil Dent	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	3–4	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–4	1980	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–5	1980	Hong Kong	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Peter Fleming Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 2–6
Win	5–5	1980	Taipei, Taiwan	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon John Austin Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	6–4, 6–0
Win	6–5	1981	La Quinta, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Terry Moor Template:Flagicon Eliot Teltscher	7–6, 6–2
Loss	6–6	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–6	1981	Columbus, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	6–1, 6–1
Loss	7–7	1982	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Brian Teacher	Template:Flagicon Sherwood Stewart Template:Flagicon Ferdi Taygan	1–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	8–7	1982	Zell Am See WCT, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak	Template:Flagicon Sammy Giammalva Jr. Template:Flagicon Tony Giammalva	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	9–7	1982	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Brian Gottfried	Template:Flagicon Jay Lapidus Template:Flagicon Richard Meyer	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–8	1982	Chicago-2 WCT, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Mike Cahill	Template:Flagicon Anand Amritraj Template:Flagicon Vijay Amritraj	6–3, 2–6, 3–6

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

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