Tucsonan earned two Grand Slam doubles titles

Throughout the summer, we will showcase our list - with the first 90 in no particular order. In August, Greg Hansen will choose his top 10, with a column on each.

Jim Grabb

Achievement

A Tucson High School graduate, Jim Grabb captured two Grand Slam doubles events, winning the 1989 French Open with Patrick McEnroe and the 1992 U.S. Open with Richey Reneberg.

Grabb graduated from high school in 1981, then played his college tennis at Stanford. There, Grabb was a three-time doubles All-American and a two-time singles All-American. He helped the Cardinal win a national championship in 1986.

His first career professional singles title came in 1987 when he beat Andre Agassi in the final of a tournament in South Korea.

Despite winning 23 doubles titles and two singles tournaments, Grabb's most memorable match was a loss.

Grabb and Reneberg lost to John McEnroe and Michael Stich in the 1992 Wimbledon final in five sets.

McEnroe and Stich won the final set 19-17 to take the Grand Slam tournament.

"That's the match I'm asked most about," Grabb said. "It was a great match that we couldn't pull out in five incredible sets. It was the best match I was a part of."

Grabb and Reneberg beat McEnroe and Stich 10 weeks later in the U.S. Open semifinals.

Grabb was a member of the 1993 United States Davis Cup team, and in 2006 was inducted into the Northern California section of the United States Tennis Association's Hall of Fame. Earlier this year, Grabb was inducted into the Intercollegiate Hall of Fame.

He now lives in New York City and works with Reneberg for Taconic Capital Advisors.

Hometown; age

Tucson; 47

He said it

"My life now is dramatically different from when I was playing tennis. There are a lot of people who fear putting on a coat and tie, but I was excited to do something different after my tennis career. I trekked a lot of miles on the tennis court, and it was a natural transition for me to move on."

Daniel Berk