Clark Graebner
Clark Graebner is a retired American professional tennis player.
Early life
Graebner was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of Paul Graebner, a doctor, and his wife, the former Janice Clark. Paul had been a moderately successful youth player. Clark won the state high-school tennis championship three times. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.In 1964 he married rising American tennis player Carole Caldwell. They had two children, a daughter, Cameron, and a son, Clark. The couple separated in 1974 and eventually divorced. In 1975, Graebner married Patti Morgan. Caldwell died in New York City following a brief battle with cancer on November 19, 2008.
Tennis career
Graebner was considered to be one of the fastest servers in his time. In the 1967 United States Championship, the last time the event, today's U.S. Open, was open only to amateur players, Graebner lost in the final to John Newcombe. The following year he reached the semifinals in singles at both Wimbledon and the inaugural U.S. Open.Graebner and Arthur Ashe led the U.S. Davis Cup team to victory in the 1968 Davis Cup, its first in five years. The Americans won four more titles in as many years. John McPhee's book Levels of the Game, which is about a semifinal match played between Graebner and Ashe at the 1968 U.S. Open at Forest Hills. Ashe won the match.
Graebner's most significant title was probably the men's doubles title at the 1966 French Championships, where he and Dennis Ralston beat Ion Ţiriac and Ilie Năstase in the final. He also won the 1968 U.S. Men's Clay Court singles Championship in Milwaukee, the 1969 and 1970 U.S. Men's Clay Court doubles Championship, and the 1963 doubles title at Cincinnati.
Graebner also reached the singles quarterfinals in Cincinnati in 1970, falling to eventual champ Ken Rosewall.
Graebner ranks #32 on the list of best career set win/loss records in Grand Slam events, at 108-58, for a 65% record.
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
Singles
Career finals
Singles: 11 (4 wins, 7 losses)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 1971 | New York, U.S. | Indoor |  Željko Franulović | 2–6, 7–5, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | 1971 | Salisbury, U.S. | Hard |  Cliff Richey | 2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 7–6, 6–0 |
| Loss | 2. | 1971 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard |  Ilie Năstase | 5–7, 4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 1971 | Houston, U.S. | Hard | Cliff Richey | 1–6, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | 1971 | Merion, U.S. | Hard | Dick Stockton | 6–2, 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 |
| Win | 3. | 1971 | South Orange, U.S. | Hard |  Pierre Barthès | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | 1972 | London Indoor, England | Hard | Cliff Richey | 5–7, 7–6, 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1972 | Jacksonville, U.S. | Hard | Jimmy Connors | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 1973 | Des Moines, U.S. | Hard |  Nicholas Kalogeropoulos | 7–5, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6. | 1973 | Paramus, U.S. | Hard | Jimmy Connors | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 1974 | Baltimore, U.S. | Carpet | Sandy Mayer | 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles finals: 21 (10 wins, 11 losses)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | 1969 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay |  Bill Bowrey | Dick Crealy Allan Stone | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | 1970 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay | Arthur Ashe | Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | 1971 | Salisbury, U.S. | Hard |  Thomaz Koch |  Juan Gisbert Sr. Manuel Orantes | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7 |
| Win | 3. | 1971 | Macon, U.S. | Hard | Thomaz Koch | Željko Franulović  Jan Kodeš | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 1971 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard | Thomaz Koch | Ilie Năstase Ion Ţiriac | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 1971 | Indianapolis, U.S. | Clay | Erik van Dillen | Željko Franulović Jan Kodeš | 6–7, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Win | 4. | 1971 | Merion, U.S. | Hard | Jim Osborne | Robert McKinley Dick Stockton | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | 1971 | South Orange, U.S. | Hard | Erik van Dillen | Bob Carmichael Tom Leonard | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 1971 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | Frank Froehling | John Alexander Phil Dent | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 1972 | Washington, U.S. | Carpet | Thomaz Koch | Tom Edlefsen Cliff Richey | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 7. | 1972 | Bristol, England | Grass | Lew Hoad |  Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5. | 1973 | Baltimore, U.S. | Hard | Jimmy Connors | Paul Gerken Sandy Mayer | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | 1973 | Birmingham, U.S. | Hard | Ion Ţiriac | Pat Cramer  Jürgen Fassbender | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 6. | 1973 | Salisbury, U.S. | Hard | Ilie Năstase | Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert Sr. | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 7. | 1973 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard | Ilie Năstase | Jimmy Connors Ion Ţiriac | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9. | 1973 | Louisville, U.S. | Clay | John Newcombe | Manuel Orantes Ion Ţiriac | 6–0, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 10. | 1974 | Baltimore, U.S. | Carpet | Owen Davidson | Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler | 6–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 11. | 1974 | St. Petersburg WCT, U.S. | Hard | Charlie Pasarell | Owen Davidson John Newcombe | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8. | 1974 | La Costa WCT, U.S. | Hard | Charlie Pasarell | Roy Emerson Dennis Ralston | 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 |
| Win | 9. | 1975 | Boca Raton, U.S. | Hard | Juan Gisbert Sr. | Jürgen Fassbender Juan Gisbert Sr. | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 1976 | Boca Raton, U.S. | Hard | Vitas Gerulaitis | Bruce Manson Butch Walts | 6–2, 6–4 |