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General First nameGerald L. (Jerry)
LastnameSlobin
GenderMale
CountryUnited States of America
Date of birth1932-00-00
Place of birthHartford County, Connecticut, United States of America
Date of death2001-11-28
Place of deathHartford County, Connecticut, United States of America


About

Born in Hartford, Slobin was a 1950 graduate of Weaver High School, lettering three years in football, basketball and tennis. He started playing tennis at Keney Park and played both singles and doubles for three years in high school. He was the Class ‘A’ undefeated singles champion from 1948-1950 and was ranked No. 1 in New England in the 15-and-under category and then for two years in the 18-and-under category. Nationally he was ranked #17 in singles and #10 in doubles.

He was offered a tennis scholarship to the University of Miami where he continued his career. He was the only freshman on the undefeated 1951 team, which was ranked first nationally. Slobin was team captain of his junior and senior years, during which the team was unbeaten. He was the first Miami player to be elected captain in his junior year.

Slobin joined the armed services in 1954 and played in Europe as a member of the 1955 European USA Armed Services Tennis Team. Each year from 1956 through 1959 he played in the French National Championships and he played in the U.S. Open at Forrest Hills in 1954 and then from 1956-62, competing against the best tennis players in the world.

He won numerous championships in Hartford and Connecticut and was ranked first in both singles and doubles in the state. He started an insurance business, but his heart was in tennis and in 1963 he built the first indoor tennis club in the greater Hartford area. He turned professional in 1967 and taught tennis, managed his tennis club and consulted with other tennis entrepreneurs. In 1971 he established the first adult tennis camp in Connecticut. During the 1970s, he and Bob Yellin played tournament doubles and reached the finals of the New England Racquetball championship.

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Archive statistics Career1951 - 1970
Tournament wins2
Matches119
Match wins59


Tournament wins 1963 - Western Massachusetts (Open)
1960 - New Britain (Open)


Tournaments Connecticut Championships - 1970 Miami - 1968 Connecticut Championships - 1968 Central New England - 1968 Western Massachusetts - 1968 Connecticut Championships - 1967 Central New England - 1967 Western Massachusetts - 1967 Connecticut State Indoors - 1967 New England Park Championships - 1967 Connecticut Hard Courts - 1967 Central New England Indoors - 1967 New England Championships - 1966 Connecticut Championships - 1966 Oyster Harbors Invitation Tournament - 1966 Wentworth Invitation - 1966 New England Indoors - 1966 Central New England - 1966 Connecticut State Indoors - 1966 North Shore Indoors (Massachusetts) - 1966 Connecticut Championships - 1965 Central Massachusetts - 1965 Western New England - 1965 Central New England - 1965 Brooklyn Men's - 1965 Mt. Snow - 1965 Essex County -Framingham - 1965 Wentworth Invitation - 1964 US Open - 1963 Connecticut Championships - 1963 Oyster Harbors Invitation Tournament - 1963 Western New England - 1963 US Open Qualifying - 1963 Wentworth Invitation - 1963 Western Massachusetts - 1963 Pioneer Valley - 1963 Southern New England Championships - 1963 Western New England - 1962 Central New England - 1962 Connecticut Championships - 1961 Wentworth Invitation - 1960 Green Mountain Championships - 1960 White Mountain Championships - 1960 New Britain - 1960 Connecticut Championships - 1959 Connecticut Championships - 1958 Southern Connecticut - 1958 Westport Invitation - 1958 Pioneer Valley - 1958 Connecticut Championships - 1957 Roland Garros - 1956 US Open - 1954 Miami - 1954 New England Championships - 1954 Maine State Championships - 1954 University of Miami - 1954 Good Neighbor Tournament - 1954 Austin Smith Championships - 1954 Adirondack Invitation - 1954 Westfield Invitation (MA) - 1954 Essex County - 1953 Good Neighbor Tournament - 1953 US Open - 1951