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Douglas "Doug" Burke (born 25 July 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Jamaica.〔(ITF Pro Circuit Profile )〕 ==Career== Burke was the Canadian Junior Champion in both the Under-18s and Under-21 categories.〔(ATP World Tour Profile )〕 The Jamaican born player competed in collegiate tennis for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the early 1980s and was an NCAA All-American on five occasions, for singles in 1981 and for both singles and doubles in 1982 and 1983. He and Ken Flach were the 1982 NCAA Division II doubles champions.〔 Burke began representing the Jamaican team in Davis Cup competition in 1987. He went on to appear in a total of 18 ties, before retiring in 1995. Of his 36 rubbers, Burke won 20, 11 in singles and nine in doubles. His partnership with fellow Canadian-Jamaican player Karl Hale, which resulted in eight wins, remains a national record.〔(Doug Burke Davis Cup Profile )〕 In 1988, at New York's OTB Open, Burke became the first Jamaican to reach a quarter-final on the Grand Prix tennis circuit. He had wins over Jim Gurfein and Martin Blackman, before falling in the quarter-finals to Pete Sampras.〔 The following year he was also a quarter-finalist at the BP National Championships in Wellington, beating Peter Doohan and David Lewis.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doug Burke (tennis)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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