{{Short description|South African tennis player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = John Eagleton | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{RSA|1928}} | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 1–4 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 272 (14 June 1976) | doublesrecord = 4–13 | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = | USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1978) }} '''John Eagleton''' is a South African former professional tennis player.
Eagleton, a South African junior champion, was a collegiate tennis player for the University of Miami, earning four All-American selections.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ivany |first1=Kevin |title=John Eagleton: A Tennis Life |url=https://miamihurricanes.com/news/2020/10/15/john-eagleton-a-tennis-life/ |website=University of Miami Athletics |date=15 October 2020}}</ref> In the late 1970s he competed professionally and made three doubles main draw appearance at the US Open, reaching the second round in 1978 partnering Deon Joubert. He was the personal coach of doubles specialist Ellis Ferreira and the two later set up a tennis academy together in Longboat Key, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Huber |first1=Mic |title=Eagleton-Ferreira Tennis Academy lands at Serendipity |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2012/07/11/eagleton-ferreira-tennis-academy-lands-at-serendipity/29108254007/ |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=11 July 2012}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{ATP|e073}} * {{ITF profile|john-eagleton/800176128/usa}}
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