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Byron Bertram

South African tennis player

Summary

South African tennis player

Field	Value
name	Byron Bertram
country	RSA Republic of South Africa
residence	Johannesburg, South Africa
birth_date
birth_place	Johannesburg, South Africa
height
turnedpro	1970
retired	1980
plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
singlesrecord	101–127
singlestitles	0
highestsinglesranking	No. 51 (26 July 1976)
FrenchOpenresult	2R (1976, 1977)
Wimbledonresult	QF (1977)
USOpenresult	1R (1976, 1980)
doublesrecord	98–100
doublestitles	1
Team	yes
DavisCupresult	W (1974)

Byron Bertram (born 29 October 1952) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa

Bertram attended Parktown Boys' High School. During his career, he won one tour doubles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 51 in July 1976. Bertram reached the quarterfinals of the 1977 Wimbledon Championships and defeated Stan Smith at the tournament in 1975. He also was a member of the winning South Africa Davis Cup team in 1974.

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents
Loss	0–1	Feb 1974	Salisbury, U.S.	Carpet	Rhodesia Andrew Pattison	USA Jimmy Connors
RSA Frew McMillan	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet (i)	GBR John Feaver	USA Fred McNair
USA Raz Reid	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Aug 1976	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	RSA Pat Cramer	USA Stan Smith
USA Erik van Dillen	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jan 1978	Sarasota, U.S.	Carpet	RSA Bernard Mitton	SUI Colin Dowdeswell
AUS Geoff Masters	6–2, 3–6, 2–6

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1974	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	FRG Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–3, 3–6

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