The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2022
- Class:
- 1984
One of Texas’ all-time winningest Tennis players and a three-year letterman, Jonny Levine earned ITA singles All-America honors in 1983 and 1984, while helping Texas reach the Round of 16 at the NCAA Championships in both of those seasons. Levine was a singles semifinalist at the 1984 NCAA Championships, finishing the year at No. 2 in the NCAA rankings, and a singles quarterfinalist at the 1983 Championships, along with being the 1984 Southwest Conference singles champion. He is featured among UT’s all-time tennis greats in a number of categories, ranking No. 2 all-time at UT with 43 singles victories in a season, and No. 2 with 68 combined singles and doubles wins in a season. The Phoenix, Ariz. native ranks No. 5 all-time at Texas in singles winning percentage (.769) and career combined winning percentage (singles and doubles, .769). Levine’s career doubles winning percentage of .776 ranks eighth on the Texas all-time list. He ranks No. 22 on UT’s all-time singles wins list with 83. Levine also excelled in his sport outside of the collegiate ranks. He won a gold medal at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in doubles with Brad Gilbert. Levine also won a gold medal for the United States in men’s doubles with Eric Korita at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. While still at UT in 1983, he reached the third round of the U.S. Open before losing to Ivan Lendl. He began a professional career in 1984 and went on to reach the doubles quarterfinals at the French Open and the U.S. Open in 1988, both times with Korita. He also competed at Wimbledon and the Australian Open during his professional career. He reached a career best of No. 41 in the ATP world doubles rankings in 1988 and No. 120 in the ATP world singles rankings in 1986.
