Irvin Dorfman

Irvin Dorfman
Full name Irvin Sherrod Dorfman
Country (sports)  United States
Born 1924
Brooklyn, New York City, USA
Died October 8, 2006(2006-10-08) (aged 82)
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open QF (1950)
Wimbledon 3R (1950, 1952)
US Open 3R (1947, 1953, 1956)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1950, 1952)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1956)

Irvin "Irv" Sherrod Dorfman (1924 – October 8, 2006)[1] of Brooklyn, New York, was an outstanding amateur American tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s.

Dorfman was ranked No. 15 in singles in the United States in 1947, and No. 3 in doubles in the U.S. in 1948.

Tennis career

Dorfman reached the quarterfinal of the 1950 French Championships in which he lost to eventual champion and compatriot Budge Patty.

At the Cincinnati Masters, Dorfman reached the 1948 singles final, only to fall to Herbert "Buddy" Behrens in a match that lasted 64 games: 5–7, 9–11, 6–2, 8–6, 4–6. To this day, it is the longest final in games in the history of the Cincinnati tournament, which started in 1899 and is now the oldest tournament played in its original city in the United States.

Dorfman also won the doubles title in 1948 in Cincinnati, partnering with future International Tennis Hall of Fame enshrinee Pancho Gonzalez.[2]

Dorfman played his collegiate tennis at Yale University.[3] He graduated from that Ivy League school in 1947.

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