Hello, I'm Fred Levin.

As a kid growing up in Lancaster, PA, I played all kinds of sports. I was most fascinated with tennis because my older brother played. I learned the game by reading, watching good players, and hitting against the wall at my elementary school. Once I could drive, I would travel far and wide for competition. My senior year in high school I finished second in the state high school championships and was recruited by the University of Pennsylvania where I played 4 years and also learned squash. I learned to string racquets in my spare time to make a little spending money. My sophomore year I was Eastern Intercollegiate champion.  By my senior year I was elected captain of both the tennis and squash teams. Our squash team was ranked second in the country and in tennis we won the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference. A highlight of my senior year was being asked to play an exhibition with Arthur Ashe as my partner. I continued to play in competition in dental school and played in Europe twice where I won a tournament in Nice, France. From there I went on to win the Middle States Clay Courts 3 times and The New England Championships. Overall, I played in 15 states and 10 countries.  While in dental school I also coached the Penn freshmen tennis and squash teams as well as the Israeli Junior Davis Cup Team, which I did for one summer. After retiring from dentistry, I acquired my own electronic stringing machine and worked on perfecting various stringing techniques. I also continue to play on 4 teams in Southwest Florida.