Mel Baleson
Mel Baleson is a South African former professional tennis player. A native of Johannesburg, Baleson featured in doubles main draws at Wimbledon and played collegiate tennis for the University of Nevada, Reno. He won the WCAC singles championship as a freshman, then had a sit out his sophomore and junior seasons due to a NCAA rule change, before returning as a senior in 1974. Baleson and his cousin Glenn Grisillo set a Guinness World Record in 1971 for the longest continuous tennis match, at 73 hours and 25 minutes, to raise funds for the University of Nevada. References

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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
South African male tennis players
Nevada Wolf Pack athletes
College men's tennis players in the United States
Tennis players from Johannesburg