In 1964 he played an exhibition match against Arthur Ashe in Greensboro N.C. to help promote diversity & inclusion within the growing game of tennis.

Morris defeated Ashe in front of a large crowd on Greensboro's Memorial Stadium Tennis Courts in two sets.

In 1977 and 1978, Morris won the U.S. Senior Clay Court Championship in the singles and doubles division[3] and was ranked in the top ten in the world.

[2] He was also head coach of the University of North Carolina men's tennis team from 1980 to 1993.

[4] Morris started his international tennis career at the 1953 U.S. National Championships (now US Open), where he lost in the first round to Australian Mervyn Rose in five sets.