Buff Farrow
{{short description|American tennis player}}
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| name = Buff Farrow
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| fullname = Buff Farrow
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|5|28}}
| birth_place = Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
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| height = {{convert|5|ft|7|in|cm|abbr=on}}
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| careerprizemoney = $39,624
| singlesrecord = 2–4
| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 224 (July 9, 1990)
| currentsinglesranking =
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| doublesrecord = 2–3
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| highestdoublesranking = No. 294 (September 12, 1988)
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| USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1988)
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Buff Farrow (born May 28, 1967) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Born in Wichita, Farrow won the United States Amateur Championships in 1986 and played tennis for the UCLA Bruins. His collegiate career included making both the singles semi-finals and doubles final of the 1988 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-28-sp-3321-story.html|title=NCAA Men's Tennis : Weiss Coasts; Garrow Outlasts Farrow in All-UCLA Semifinal|date=May 28, 1988|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2 September 2018}}
Farrow competed in the men's doubles draw at the 1988 US Open with Greg Van Emburgh and made it to the second round, in what would be his only grand slam main draw appearance.
As a professional player he had the biggest win of his career at the 1993 Volvo International in New Haven, where he beat former world number one Mats Wilander, who was making a comeback to the tour.{{cite news|url=https://www.courant.com/1993/08/18/wilander-downplays-comeback/|title=Wilander Downplays Comeback|date=August 18, 1993|work=Hartford Courant|access-date=2 September 2018}}
Challenger titles
=Doubles: (1)=
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|1988 |Seattle, U.S. |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Gurfein |{{flagicon|USA}} Patrick Galbraith |6–1, 6–4 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{ATP|f174}}
- {{ITF profile}}
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:Sportspeople from Wichita, Kansas
Category:Tennis players from Kansas