Allen Morris (tennis), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAllen Morris (tennis)
American tennis player
Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1932
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 14-Jan-2019
Profession: tennis player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Allen Morris (tennis)
- J.
- Allen Morris, Jr.
- (April 9, 1932 – February 27, 2017) was a tennis player and coach. Morris was ranked No.
- 16 in the United States in 1956.
- That year, he was also a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon.In 1964 he played an exhibition match against Arthur Ashe in Greensboro N.C.
- to help promote diversity & inclusion within the growing game of tennis.
- Morris defeated Ashe in front of a large crowd on Greensboro’s Memorial Stadium Tennis Courts by the score of 6-4, 7-5. In 1977 and 1978, Morris won the U.S.
- Senior Clay Court Championship in the singles and doubles division and was ranked in the top ten in the world.
- He was also head coach of the University of North Carolina men's tennis team from 1980-1993.
- As head coach, he led his team to ACC championships in 1990 and 1992.
- His record as coach was 245-123.
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