{{short description|American tennis player (born 1949)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Zan Guerry | image = | fullname = Alexander Guerry III | country_represented = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|2|12}} | birth_place = Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, United States | death_date = | death_place = | plays = | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 28–62 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 105 (January 16, 1978) | currentsinglesranking = | AustralianOpenresult = | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1969) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1973) | USOpenresult = 3R (1977) | doublesrecord = 14–27 | doublestitles = 1 | highestdoublesranking = | currentdoublesranking = | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1969) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (1973) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (1977) }} '''Alexander "Zan" Guerry III''' (born February 12, 1949) is an American former professional tennis player.
==Biography== Guerry, winner of the Under-16s Orange Bowl title in 1964, grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and won 13 national junior titles in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19651223&id=NRAdAAAAIBAJ&pg=3360,4636903&hl=en|title=Guerry After Orange Title|date=December 23, 1965|work=The Tuscaloosa News|page=7|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="Branton">{{cite news|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/2010/7/22/180381/Zan-Guerry-Peaches-and-Tennis-Titles.aspx|title=Zan Guerry, "Peaches" and Tennis Titles|last=Branton|first=B.B.|date=July 22, 2010|work=The Chattanoogan|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> He attended Baylor School in Chattanooga, at the same time as Roscoe Tanner, a teammate in the school's tennis team.<ref name="Frierson">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/story/2010/may/27/guerry-in-college-tennis-hall-of-fame/18128/|title=Guerry in college tennis Hall of Fame|last=Frierson|first=John|date=May 27, 2010|work=Chattanooga Times Free Press|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref>
===College=== After finishing at Baylor in 1967, Guerry went to Rice University for four years and played in a strong varsity side which were runners-up in the NCAA Championships twice, in 1968 and 1970.<ref name="Frierson"/> He was a losing finalist, to Butch Seewagen, at the 1969 United States Amateur Championships and earned multiple All-American selections, before graduating in 1971. Following that he went to Wharton Business School and worked at the Texas Commerce Bank in Houston as a financial planner when not playing tennis.<ref name="Lorge">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/07/20/guerry-upsets-smith-yuill-bounces-richey/2b580e7e-7c94-4c5c-9274-882f4d6cc526/|title=Guerry Upsets Smith, Yuill Bounces Richey|last=Lorge|first=Barry|date=July 20, 1977|work=The Washington Post|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>
===Professional career=== During the 1970s, Guerry competed professionally on the world tennis circuit. He had a win over a young Guillermo Vilas early in his career in 1970. His only Grand Prix title came at Jackson in 1973, when he partnered South African Frew McMillan to win the Mississippi International Indoor Tennis Championship doubles tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21425583/|title=Jackson, Miss (UPI)|date=March 26, 1973|work=The Delta Democrat-Times|page=13|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> He made the main draws of the singles at the French Open in 1969 and Wimbledon in 1973, in addition to five appearances at the US Open. At the 1973 Wimbledon Championships he made it to the second round, where he lost a five set match to Bernard Mitton. He lost to Jimmy Connors in the third round of the 1977 US Open, which was the furthest he got in a Grand Slam tournament. In 1977 he managed to defeat Stan Smith in Washington.<ref name="Lorge"/> It wasn't the first time he had beaten him in a match, having caused a greater upset while at Rice University in 1971 when he defeated the then number one ranked Smith in Houston.<ref name="Wiedmer">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/sports/local/story/2012/may/18/guerry-gilbert-finally-in-mark-wiedmer/78203/|title=Wiedmer: Guerry, Gilbert finally in|last=Wiedmer|first=Mark|date=May 18, 2012|work=Chattanooga Times Free Press|access-date=20 January 2016}}</ref> He was inducted into the ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.<ref name="Frierson"/><ref name="Wiedmer"/>
===Business=== In 1978 he joined healthcare company Chattem and was CEO for 25 years.<ref name="Pare">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2014/nov/13/chattanooga-based-chattem-gets-new-ceo/273336/|title=Zan Guerry exits Chattem CEO job, now chair of former family business|last=Pare|first=Mike|date=November 13, 2014|work=Chattanooga Times Free Press|access-date=18 January 2016}}</ref> In 2014 he was announced as chairman.<ref name="Pare"/>
==Grand Prix career finals== ===Doubles: 1 (1–0)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"|Result !style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L !style="width:50px"|Date !style="width:150px"|Tournament !style="width:50px"|Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win |1–0 |Mar 1973 |Jackson, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Frew McMillan |{{flagicon|CHI}} Jaime Pinto Bravo<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} Tito Vázquez |6–2, 6–4 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}
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