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Robert McKinley (tennis)

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Country (sports)
  
United States

Name
  
Robert McKinley


Role
  
Tennis player

Education
  
Trinity University

Residence
  
College Station, Texas, USA

Robert McKinley is a right-handed former professional tennis player for the ATP Tour. He is currently the assistant men's tennis coach at Texas A&M University.

As a professional player, McKinley reached as high as No. 50 in the ATP singles rankings, and reached the semi-finals of the 1972 U.S. Open doubles draw with partner Dick Stockton.

McKinley was a 4-time all-American at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and captained Trinity's 1972 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship. He also led Trinity to the NCAA finals as a coach in 1977 and 1979, and was named the NCAA coach of the year after the 1977 season. As a junior player, he was once ranked No. 1 junior tennis player in the United States.

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Robert McKinley (tennis) Wikipedia