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Jeff Bourns (Jeffrey Richard Bourns) was born on 18 August, 1981 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, is an American tennis player. Discover Jeff Bourns's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 42 years old?
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Jeffrey Richard Bourns |
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42 years old |
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18 August, 1981 |
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18 August |
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Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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United States
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He is a member of famous player with the age 42 years old group.
Jeff Bourns Height, Weight & Measurements
At 42 years old, Jeff Bourns height is 5ft 11in .
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Jeff Bourns Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jeff Bourns worth at the age of 42 years old? Jeff Bourns’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from United States. We have estimated Jeff Bourns's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Jeff Bourns (born August 18, 1981) is an American amputee tennis player who helped pioneer the growth and development of Adaptive Standing Tennis.
Bourns was the first person to represent the United States competing in International adaptive standing tennis tournaments.
Bourns was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia in Wood County on August 18, 1981.
He is the oldest of three boys.
He was born with a congenital birth defect to his right leg, known as Tibial Hemimelia.
As a result, his leg was amputated below the knee when he was two years old.
He spent the early years of his life in Belpre, Ohio in Washington County along the Little Hocking River.
His family relocated to Houston, Texas in 1987 and his leg was amputated once again, above the knee.
A year later it was discovered he had Tethered spinal cord syndrome.
He developed bacterial spinal meningitis while recovering from the operation.
Bourns attended Clear Brook High School in Friendswood, Texas, graduating in 2000.
He played the euphonium in the marching band and competed on his high school tennis team, playing against other able-bodied students.
He grew up in an era where Adaptive Sports were not wide spread and well known.
Following high school he signed a contract as an athlete with Hanger Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Bourns is a graduate of San Jacinto College.
While attending college he was a member of Phi Beta Lambda.
He worked in the hospitality industry as a waiter and associate manager at Truluck's restaurant and has a level one wine sommelier certification.
Bourns is the father of one child with Lauren Nicole Frolick.
Parker Richard Bourns was born December 16, 2004, in Pasadena, Texas.
Jeff Bourns is married to Shelly Bourns and currently resides in Houston.
Bourns rediscovered his passion for tennis after recovering from a spinal cord injury in 2010.
He started a non profit organization for amputees, the Houston Amputee Society.
Bourns helped organize Houston's first amputee skateboarding and WCMX clinic in March 2013 at Lee and Joe Jamil skatepark assisted by professional skateboarder Sean Malto.
Bourns found a wheelchair tennis program available at Houston's Metropolitan Multi-Service Center.
Instead of playing in a wheelchair he played standing or ambulatory on his prosthesis as he did growing up.
While a student in the class he searched for adaptive tennis programs for amputees who played standing.
He could not find any, anywhere.
In 2014 Bourns started an amputee tennis program at Houston's Metropolitan Multi-Service Center.
He partnered with the United States Tennis Association of Texas (USTA) and city of Houston.
In 2014 Bourns was selected to serve on USTA Texas' adaptive and wheelchair committee charged with helping pioneer and grow the sport of tennis for amputees.
He is the first person to represent the United States competing in International adaptive standing tennis tournaments.
He learned of an International adaptive standing tennis tournament to take place December 11–13, 2015 in Santiago, Chile.
Bourns finished in the quarterfinals of the Masters Final TAP and began competing on the TAP World Tour in 2015.
The TAP World Tour is a competitive circuit for tennis players with physical disabilities who play tennis standing rather than in wheelchairs.
In 2016 he helped organize the First International Adaptive Standing Tennis Tournament to take place in the United States, the USA TAP Open, with Houston, Texas playing host.
The USA TAP OPEN helped to popularize and pioneer a new category of tennis for individuals in the United States and abroad.
At the Brazil Open held in Uberlandia, Brazil July 30–31, 2016 he was eliminated in the second round.
Bourns was instrumental to bringing the first International Adaptive Standing Tennis Tournament to the United States, the USA TAP Open, where he was an organizer and player with Houston, Texas playing host.
Bourns retired ranked No. 4 in the world and top ranked American in his (TAP) classification in 2019.