Ray Senkowski


Ray Senkowski was an American tennis player. He grew up in Hamtramck, Michigan and at age 17 won the 1958 national scholastic tennis championship in Charlottesville, Virginia, defeating Frank Froehling. He also defeated the No. 1 seed, Ian Vermaak, at the 1959 Western Open Tennis tournament while a High School Senior. Senkowski was recruited by Coach Bill Murphy and enrolled at the University of Michigan where he won the 1961 Big Ten Conference singles and doubles championships. He was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1996.
He lost to Allen Fox of UCLA in the Singles Finals of the 1961 NCAA Tennis Championships at Iowa State Universary by scores of 6–1, 6–2, and 6–4.