Claim: Bernard Bartzen, who lost in the 1959 US Open semifinals, won three Texas state high school tennis titles and attended the College of William & Mary.
Evidence: Born in 1927 in Austin, Texas, Bartzen won three Texas state high school titles — two in singles and one in doubles — and the National Interscholastic singles championship. Bartzen attended the College of William & Mary, where the left-hander posted a 50–0 singles record. SF (1959)