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Nels Van Patten

Full name	Richard Nels Van Patten
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1955-01-15) January 15, 1955 (age 70) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Doubles
Career record	2–5
Highest ranking	No. 713 (February 24, 1986)

Richard Nels Van Patten (born January 15, 1955), known as Nels Van Patten, is an American actor and former professional tennis player. He is married to Nancy Valen.

Born in Brooklyn, Van Patten is the eldest son of actor Dick Van Patten and the former Patricia Poole. He is named after the character "Nels Hansen" that his father played on the TV series Mama. His youngest brother, Vincent, was also a tennis player and the pair won a Challenger doubles title together in Athens in 1981.

ATP Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	Sep 1981	Athens Challenger Athens, Greece	Clay	Vincent Van Patten	Nanad Ilekovlc George Kalovelonis	7–6, 7–6

References

1. "Van Patten brothers were raised on show biz, tennis". The Commercial Appeal. February 4, 1994.
2. Amdur, Neil (August 21, 1983). "For Tennis Pro, Return Match". The New York Times.
3. "Van Patten Fretted as Pupil Nearly Nailed Down a Title". Los Angeles Times. August 10, 1996.

External links

• Nels Van Patten at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nels Van Patten at the International Tennis Federation
• Nels Van Patten at IMDb

• 1955 births
• People from Brooklyn
• Living people
• American male tennis players
• American male film actors
• Van Patten family