Jim Gurfein is a former professional tennis

Tennis

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 player from the United States.

Gurfein grew up in Great Neck, New York. He attended Great Neck North High School and Stanford University.

Gurfein reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 96 in September, 1983. He won 1 doubles title and reached his high doubles ranking of World No. 100 in June, 1984.

At least while on tour, Gurfein kept a residence in Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta, Georgia

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Gurfein was runner-up of the 1981 NCAA singles tennis championship, falling to Stanford University

Stanford University

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 teammate Tim Mayotte

Tim Mayotte

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Titles (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1982	Cairo Cairo Open The Cairo Open is a defunct Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1991. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts.... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...	Clay	Drew Gitlin Drew Gitlin Drew Gitlin , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No...	Heinz Günthardt Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....     Markus Günthardt Markus Günthardt Markus Günthardt is a former Swiss tennis player. Günthardt won three doubles titles during his professional career...	6–4, 7–5

Runner-ups (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1981	Bordeaux ATP Bordeaux This is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under various names, The Bordeaux Open Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from it then became an ATP Tour event until 1995... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	Clay	Anders Järryd Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...	Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Andrés Gómez Santos is a former professional tennis player from Ecuador. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 1990.-Career:...     Belus Prajoux Belus Prajoux Belus Prajoux Nadjar is a retired professional tennis player from Chile.Prajoux won six doubles titles on the ATP Tour during his career. He was a member of the Chile Davis Cup team, and played on the team that reached the final of the 1976 Davis Cup...	5–7, 3–6
2.	1981	Manila Manila Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,... , Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	Clay	Drew Gitlin Drew Gitlin Drew Gitlin , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Gitlin reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 88 in January, 1983. During his career he won 3 doubles titles and reached a high doubles ranking of World No...	Mike Bauer Mike Bauer Mike Bauer is a retired American tour professional tennis player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career. He reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 29 in November 1984....     John Benson John Benson (tennis) John Benson , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Benson enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 142 in 1984.-Grand Prix, WCT, and Grand Slam doubles...	4–6, 4–6
3.	1983	Barcelona, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	Clay	Erick Iskersky	Anders Järryd Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...     Hans Simonsson Hans Simonsson Hans Simonsson is a retired professional tennis player from Sweden. Primarily a doubles specialist, he won 12 ATP Tour titles in his career. He won the French Open doubles title in 1983 with his countryman Anders Järryd. He also played in the 1983 Davis Cup final for Sweden. He reached his...	5–7, 3–6

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