General Rodney
Harmon
Male
United States of America
1961-08-16
Richmond VA, United States of America


About

He was ATA Men’s Singles Champion in 1978 and he won the USTA Nat’l Boy’s Doubles champion in 1979.
He was the USTA Nat’l Boys Clay Court Doubles Champion with Mike DePalmer in 1979.
He was NCAA Doubles Champion of 1980 with Mel Purcell representing the University of Tennessee. He was transferred to Southern Methodist University, where he was an All-American (1982, 1983) and two-time Southwest Conference singles champion.
He graduated from SMU with a degree in Broadcast/Film Arts.
He was the first Black Coach of the Men’s US Olympic Team.
He reached the ¼ finals of Wimbledon in 1980. He was the first African-American man since Arthur Ashe to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open, an accomplishment Harmon achieved as an amateur in 1982 before losing to eventual champion Jimmy Connors.
Rodney was the first Black Director of Mens Tennis in the USTA High Performance Program. Before serving in this position, Harmon was the USTA's Director of Multicultural Development, in which he developed strategies and implemented initiatives to increase the diversity of national tennis programs in all communities and aided minority coaches and players in their tennis development.



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Archive statistics 1978 - 1985
2
59
36


Tournament wins 1981 - United States 2 Satellite - Leg 2 (Open)
1978 - American Tennis Association Championships (Open)


Tournaments Wimbledon - 1985 Queens Club Tournament - 1985 Australian Open - 1984 Wimbledon - 1984 US Open - 1984 Wimbledon - 1983 US Open - 1983 Philadelphia Indoors - 1983 US Open - 1982 Hall of Fame Championships - 1982 Washington Open - 1982 South Orange Open - 1982 Stowe - 1982 US Pro Championships - Qualifying - 1982 Stowe - Qualifying - 1982 Tampa Open - 1981 Cleveland Grand Prix - 1981 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 2 - 1981 United States 2 Satellite - Leg 4 - 1981 United States 2 Satellite - Masters - 1981 US Pro Championships - 1980 Intercollegiate Championships - 1980 Washington Open - 1980 South Orange Open - 1980 US Open Qualifying - 1978 American Tennis Association Championships - 1978

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