Mitty Arnold
{{Short description|American tennis player}}
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{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Mitty Arnold
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| fullname = Milton Higgins Arnold
| country_represented = {{USA}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|07|15}}
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| careerprizemoney = $14,117
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| singlestitles =
| highestsinglesranking = No. 491 (Oct 11, 1999)
| doublesrecord = 0–3
| doublestitles =
| highestdoublesranking = No. 268 (Jul 10, 2000)
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Milton Higgins Arnold (born July 15, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player.
Raised in Providence, Rhode Island, Arnold attended Milton Academy in neighbouring Massachusetts and first played tennis at the age of eight.{{cite news |title=Magic Mitty Works His Balancing Act on Court |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1996/3/15/magic-mitty-works-his-balancing-act/ |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=March 15, 1996}} He is a 1997 graduate of Harvard University.{{cite news |last1=Bethell |first1=John T. |title=The Crimson Triumphant |url=https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2011/09/the-crimson-triumphant |work=Harvard Magazine |date=August 23, 2011 |language=en}}
Arnold was named on the Ivy League First Team for doubles in each of his four seasons at Harvard (1994-1997). As a senior in 1997 he and partner Thomas Blake earned All-American honors, reaching the NCAA doubles semi-finals.
While competing on the professional tour, Arnold had career best rankings of 491 in singles and 268 in doubles.
Arnold made three doubles main draw appearances at the ATP Tour tournament in Newport.
ITF Futures titles
=Singles: (1)=
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!No. !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |
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|1. |{{dts|Oct 1999}} |Sweden F2, Gothenburg |Hard |{{flagicon|SWE}} Marcus Sarstrand |6–4, 6–3 |
=Doubles: (3)=
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!No. !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |
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|1. |{{dts|Sep 1998}} |Sweden F1, Gothenburg |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Meringoff |{{flagicon|SWE}} Joel Christensen |4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
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|2. |{{dts|Sep 1999}} |Norway F1, Oslo |Carpet |{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Blake |{{flagicon|SWE}} Henrik Andersson |6–2, 7–6 |
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|3. |{{dts|Oct 1999}} |Sweden F2, Gothenburg |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Thomas Blake |{{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Lindstedt |1–6, 7–6, 7–5 |
References
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External links
- {{ATP|a315}}
- {{ITF profile|mitty-arnold/800197311/usa}}
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Category:American male tennis players
Category:Harvard University alumni
Category:Harvard Crimson men's tennis players
Category:Tennis players from Rhode Island