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Charles Darlington "Buzz" Strode Jr. (born September 5, 1957) is an American former professional tennis player.
He made one Grand Slam mixed doubles final, which was with Leslie Allen at the 1983 French Open. They lost the final to fellow Americans Barbara Jordan and Eliot Teltscher. The Modesto Bee, "Leslie Allen's Week That Was", June 8, 1983, p. 24
Strode competed in the singles draw at three Grand Slam tournaments, but lost in the opening round each time, to Gustavo Tiberti at the 1982 French Open, Rod Frawley at the 1982 Australian Open and Mark Edmondson at the 1983 Australian Open. His best singles performance on the Grand Prix tennis circuit came at the Tokyo Outdoor tournament, where he had a win over Tim Gullikson, en route to the quarter-finals.
Personal life
Charles has a daughter Courtney Strode who is a professional soccer player.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Loss 1983 French Open Clay Leslie Allen Barbara Jordan
Eliot Teltscher2–6, 3–6
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Win 1–0 1982 Hong Kong Hard Morris Strode Kim Warwick
Van Winitsky6–4, 3–6, 6–2 Loss 1–1 1982 Bangkok, Thailand Carpet Morris Strode Mike Bauer
John Benson5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Challenger titles
Doubles: (7)
1. 1982 Chigasaki, Japan Clay Morris Strode Sashi Menon
Walter Redondo6–3, 6–4 2. 1982 Nagareyama, Japan Hard Morris Strode Sashi Menon
Walter Redondo4–6, 6–1, 6–4 3. 1982 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Morris Strode Pablo Arraya
Víctor Pecci6–1, 6–4 4. 1983 Tokyo, Japan Hard Morris Strode David Dowlen
Jeff Turpin6–3, 6–4 5. 1984 Agadir, Morocco Clay Morris Strode Juan Avendaño
Emilio Sánchez6–3, 6–4 6. 1985 Ogun State, Nigeria Hard Chris Dunk Egan Adams
Mark Wooldridge7–5, 2–6, 6–3 7. 1986 Enugu, Nigeria Hard Stanislav Birner Brett Buffington
Ted Erck6–4, 7–6
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