Eric Friedler

Eric Friedler (born September 8, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Friedler grew up in Chicago and attended Evanston Township High School. From 1972 to 1976 he was at the University of Michigan, where he played on the varsity tennis team. He was an All-American collegiate player in 1975 and a two-time Big Ten Doubles Champion. Following graduation he competed professionally on tour, until 1980.

During his career he competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments, in either singles or doubles. Most of his doubles appearances were with Jerry Karzen, including his only main draw entry at Wimbledon in 1977. He was runner-up in the doubles at a Grand Prix tournament in Lafayette in 1979, with Victor Amaya. In singles his best result was a semi-final in Atlanta in 1979, when managed wins over Ferdi Taygan, Rick Meyer and David Schneider. In 1980 he had an upset win in Cincinnati over Peter Fleming, who was the defending champion.

After leaving professional tennis he completed a law degree at the University of Chicago Law School.

In 1993, at the age of 38, he was a member of the American team which competed in the Maccabiah Games.

He now runs a construction company in Chicago.

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1979	Lafayette, U. S.	Carpet	Victor Amaya	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: (2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1978	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Peter Feigl	Mike Fishbach Tom Okker	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
2.	1979	Montgomery, U. S.	Hard	Erik van Dillen	Tom Leonard Jerry Van Linge	4–6, 6–3, 7–6