A student at Norwalk High School, he won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference singles championship in 1967 and 1968.

He later transferred to Trinity University, in San Antonio, Texas, where he played beside Dick Stockton and Brian Gottfried.

[4] His best performance in a Grand Slam tournament came at the 1973 French Open, where he had wins over Eric Deblicker, Torben Ulrich and Guillermo Vilas, before losing his fourth round match to Roger Taylor, in five sets.

[4] He never won a Grand Prix or WCT title during his career, but reached six finals, two in singles and four in doubles.

[4] He also defeated Ilie Năstase at Salt Lake City in 1973, John Newcombe at Hamburg the same year and Arthur Ashe at a Tokyo WCT tournament in 1974.