S.L.
Shofner
Male
United States of America
0000-00-00
, -
S. L. Shofner can best be described as a natural athlete. He first started playing tennis in his senior year of high school. He then went to Central State University in Edmond where he played four years of tennis. He won three conference singles titles and in 1955 he became Central State's first ever National Singles Champion. Not bad for a young man who went to college on a basketball scholarship and played semi-pro basketball for three years after graduation.
He was ranked # 1 in both Oklahoma and the Missouri Valley in Men's 35 and 45 Singles and Doubles over a 12 year period. In 1969, he won the National Men's 35 Indoor Championships in Singles and Doubles with Ollie Gresham. In 1970, he was nationally ranked # 1 in Men's 35 Singles and # 2 in Doubles. He also won tournaments in Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Arkansas. He continued to play competitively until a degenerative hip, followed by hip replacement surgery, forced him to hang up his racket.
S. L. is a member of the Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma) Athletic Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Missouri Valley Tennis Association Hall of Fame in 1998. He is one of the five original members of the Oklahoma Tennis Hall of Fame.
1953 - 1973
5
43
24
1969 - Monroe Invitation (Open)
1969 - Norman Rotary (Open)
1965 - Tri-State (Texas) (Amateur)
1964 - Oklahoma State Closed (Amateur)
1961 - Oklahoma State (Open)
Quarterfinals
Scott Martin 1 *
S.L. Shofner
8-5
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Bill Marsh
7-6
6-3
Final
Francisco (Pacho) Castillo 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-1
6-7
6-3
Final
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Ronnie Flores
6-2
8-6
Final
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Robert P. (Bob) McKenna
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Jack Theimer
9-7
6-3
Semifinals
Colin Robertson 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 1
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Howard Butt
6-2
6-1
Round 2
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Steve Brown
6-2
9-7
Round 3
Van Hill 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-2
6-4
Final
Bill Austin 1 *
S.L. Shofner
7-5
3-6
10-8
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Robert P. (Bob) McKenna
6-2
7-5
Final
Gerry Perry Jr. 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Gerry Perry Jr. 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-4
11-9
Round 3
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Richard M. Perry
7-9
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
Glen Mullins 1 *
S.L. Shofner
7-5
2-6
6-4
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Gene Land
6-3
5-7
10-8
Final
Dale Miller 1 *
S.L. Shofner
11-9
ret.
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Jim Barnett
6-0
6-0
Final
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Peter B. (Pete) Barizon
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Robert P. (Bob) McKenna
3-6
6-4
6-4
Final
Gene Land 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-4
6-2
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Roger Dabney
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Gene Land 1 *
S.L. Shofner
3-6
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Mike Oberlander
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Rudy Hernando 1 *
S.L. Shofner
4-6
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Dickie Gilkey
9-7
6-3
Final
S.L. Shofner 1 *
John Pryor
6-4
6-4
Final
Gene Land 1 *
S.L. Shofner
10-8
6-4
Semifinals
Gene Land 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Donald (Don) Walraven
5-7
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Gerry Chaney
7-5
6-2
Final
Barry Walraven 1 *
S.L. Shofner
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Mike Hannas
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Sonny Straw
3-6
2-0
ret.
Final
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Jay Lysaught
7-5
9-7
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Tom Haney
6-0
2-6
6-?
Final
Charles D. (Charlie) Cunningham 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-4
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Charles D. (Charlie) Cunningham
7-5
6-3
Final
Glyndon Riley 1 *
S.L. Shofner
9-7
4-6
2-6
7-5
6-4
Final
John Lawhon 1 *
S.L. Shofner
7-5
8-6
Quarterfinals
S.L. Shofner 1 *
Gene Land
4-6
7-5
13-11
Semifinals
Robert (Bobby) Wertheimer 1 *
S.L. Shofner
6-2
6-4