Myron Jay Franks (born December 23, 1936) is a former American

United States

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 tennis player.

Franks was ranked # 3 in doubles in America in 1956, 1957, and 1959. In 1959, he also was ranked # 7 in American singles.

Tennis career

Franks was one of the top U.S. players of the 1950s.

Franks attended the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was runner-up in the Pac-10 singles championships in 1956 and 1958.

Maccabiah Games

Franks, who is Jewish, teamed with Wimbledon Champion Dick Savitt

Dick Savitt

Richard "Dick" Savitt is a 6’ 3" and 185-pound right-handed American male former tennis player.Savitt was ranked 2nd in the world in 1951. That year, at the age of 24, he won both the Wimbledon Singles Championship and the Australian Singles title...

 to win the Doubles Championship at the 1961 World Maccabiah Games

Maccabiah Games

The Maccabiah is an international Jewish athletic event similar to the Olympics held in Israel every four years under the auspices of the Maccabi Federation, affiliated with the Maccabi World Union. The Maccabiah Games is the third largest international sports competition in the world...

.http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/detail.asp?id=61

External links

• Jews in Sports bio