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Random Tennis Player Biofile: Chris Chaffee
By Scoop Malinowski
First memory of tennis: My first memory of tennis was probably taking lessons at a tennis camp when I was five in upstate New York at the Jon Spear Tennis Camp.
Tennis inpsirations: Andy Murray is my hero on and off the court.
Favorite players to watch: Andy Murray, for his guile, fighting spirit, and love of the game.
Greatest tennis moment: Getting my picture and seeing Murray play in Montreal. Any of the (21) singles titles I won have been special, but the one that stands out the most is coming back and winning my last college (University of Southern Maine) match for my singles flight from being down. Everyone was watching, it was for the title in my flight, and the title for our team. I came back and won and it was so emtional to have everyone there.
Worst tennis memory: Losing the singles flight in the final my first year in college, took a few weeks to get over, but made me work even harder and I won my flight the next three years.
Favorite courts to play at: I loved playing on the Hilton Head Academy courts.
Shoes: Adidas Barricade.
Racquet: Head Youtek IG Radical Pro.
Funny tennis memory: My college teammate was playing a singles match next to me. He was playing a long point against his opponent and called a ball a few seconds after it bounced – a correct out call. His opponenet said Late call! He replied, Sorry I was busy breathing.
First famous tennis player I ever met: Ivan Lendl when I was a little kid skiing at Hunter Mountain with my dad.
Chris Chaffee is a USPTR certified tennis pro at the Cranmore Family Fitness Center in North Conway, New Hampshire.
Andy Murray · Chris Chaffee · Hilton Head · Ivan Lendl
Scoop Malinowski · March 17, 2012 at 11:05 pm
Nice read, winning your last match like that is going out in style ) And that’s a good funny memory. And what a cool way to meet a tennis legend. You must have keen eyes to spot Lendl under all that ski gear, unless he was wearing one of those shiek caps )