Bruce Manson

For the English cricketer and British Indian Army officer, see Bruce Manson (cricketer).

Bruce Manson

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	New York City, New York
Born	(1956-03-20) March 20, 1956 Los Angeles, California, US
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Turned pro	1977
Retired	1985
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$492,338
Singles
Career record	126–171
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 39 (August 16, 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1979, 1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1980)
US Open	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	212–160
Career titles	9
Highest ranking	No. 17 (March 23, 1981)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	SF (1980)
Wimbledon	3R (1985)
US Open	QF (1979)

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

See also

• List of select Jewish tennis players

External links

• Bruce Manson at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bruce Manson at the International Tennis Federation