Bill Hoogs Jr.

William H. Hoogs Jr. (1940 – 1978) was a tennis player from the United States.[1]

William H. Hoogs Jr.
Country (sports) United States
Born1940
Died1978
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open4R (1965)
Wimbledon2R (1963, 1966)
US Open3R (1961)

Career

Hoogs formed a strong doubles combination at UC Berkeley with Jim McManus. The pair were doubles runners-up at the 1961 NCAA Championships.[2]

Together with McManus, Hoogs won doubles titles at the 1961 National Hard Court Championships and the Canadian Open in 1962.[3]

As a singles player, Hoogs notably reached the fourth round at the 1965 French Championships and only narrowly missed out on a spot in the quarter-finals, losing to Toomas Leius 7–9 in the fifth set.[1]

Death

Hoogs had his leg amputated in 1968, after developing a malignant growth on his foot. He died of cancer in 1978.[4]

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References

  1. Tennis Archives: William H. (Bill) Hoogs IV
  2. St Petersburg Times, "UCLA Takes NCAA Tennis", 26 June 1961, p. 23
  3. The Montreal Gazette, "Couder, Ann Barclay Champs in Canadian Tennis Event", 6 August 1962, p. 13
  4. World Tennis, Volume 26. CBS Publications. 1978.
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