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Paul John Avis (1958 — 2006) was a South African psychologist and professional tennis player. Born in Transvaal, Avis was a Junior Springbok and national closed singles champion. He competed on the international tennis tour in the 1970s and 1980s, ranking amongst the world's top 200 and South Africa's top 10. During his career he had a third round appearance at the 1975 South African Open and featured in qualifying for the 1976 Wimbledon Championships.

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rdfs:label	Paul Avis (tennis) (en)
rdfs:comment	Paul John Avis (1958 — 2006) was a South African psychologist and professional tennis player. Born in Transvaal, Avis was a Junior Springbok and national closed singles champion. He competed on the international tennis tour in the 1970s and 1980s, ranking amongst the world's top 200 and South Africa's top 10. During his career he had a third round appearance at the 1975 South African Open and featured in qualifying for the 1976 Wimbledon Championships. (en)
name	Paul Avis (en)
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death place	Durbanville, Western Cape (en)
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dcterms:subject	Deaths from lung cancer in South Africa South African psychologists 1958 births 2006 deaths 20th-century psychologists University of the Western Cape faculty South African male tennis players Sportspeople from Gauteng People from Springs, Gauteng
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Benoni, Gauteng University of the Western Cape Deaths from lung cancer in South Africa 1976 Wimbledon Championships 1976 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying Ellis Park Stadium South African psychologists 1958 births 2006 deaths 20th-century psychologists University of the Western Cape faculty Durbanville South African male tennis players Sportspeople from Gauteng People from Springs, Gauteng Johan Kriek Tennis Springs, Gauteng Vista University 1975 South African Open
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birth date	1958-04-14 (xsd:date)
caption	Paul Avis in 1979 (en)
death date	December 2006 (en)
fullname	Paul John Avis (en)
has abstract	Paul John Avis (1958 — 2006) was a South African psychologist and professional tennis player. Born in Transvaal, Avis was a Junior Springbok and national closed singles champion. He competed on the international tennis tour in the 1970s and 1980s, ranking amongst the world's top 200 and South Africa's top 10. During his career he had a third round appearance at the 1975 South African Open and featured in qualifying for the 1976 Wimbledon Championships. Avis was known as 'The King of the Portuguese Hall' when he dominated the vibrant tennis tournaments played at this venue in Turffontein during the 1980s and was at his peak considered one of the best players in the country. In 1979 Avis ruled the local tennis scene, winning almost everty title including that of the Philips Masters, SA Closed, Philips Challenger Series and the Defence Force. At the beginning of 1979, he swept through the elite Masters field stunning top seeded Johan Kriek in the final. At the end of the year Avis ranked second in the country after winning the Eastern Province Sugar Circuit tournament at the age of 22. He was often referred to as ''The Quiet Man'' of South African Tennis because of his reserved manner. However his game was considered nothing less than explosive. Avis played in one of the first televised Tennis matches in South Africa, the South African open at Ellis park. Avis retired from tennis at an early age to focus on his studies, and in 1994 completed a doctorate in Sports Psychology. He then became a lecturer in the Psychology Department at the Daveyton Campus of Vista University, but continued his tennis coaching and had a private practice as Clinical Psychologist in Benoni. He was also involved as Sport Psychologist at the ITF Academy at Ellis Park. At the time of his death, from lung cancer in 2006, he had been a professor of Sport Psychology at the University of the Western Cape. (en)
highestsinglesranking	No. 179 (en)
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