mako was in the u.s. top ten in 1937 and 1938 (reaching as high as no. 3), and was ranked world no. 8 by a. wallis myers of the daily telegraph in 1938. that year he reached the u.s. final at forest hills versus his double partner, don budge, who was in pursuit of the first grand slam. unseeded, mako reached his only major singles final on victories over sixth-seed frank kovacs and the third and first foreign seeds, franjo punčec and john bromwich.