Brad Gilbert (born August 9, 1961, in
Oakland, CaliforniaOakland is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and a major West Coast port city, located on San Francisco Bay about eight miles east of the City of San Francisco. Oakland is a major hub city for the Bay Area subregion collectively called the East Bay, and it is the county seat...
) is an American
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
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, a television tennis
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, and former professional tennis player. He is the current coach of Britain's No. 3 tennis player,
Alex BogdanovićAleksa "Alex" Bogdanovic is a British tennis player born in Belgrade, Serbia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends...
, as part of his contract with the
Lawn Tennis AssociationThe Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Its objects are to prevent students from playing tennis and to develop tennis among the elite exclusively. it is renowned for basing 96% of its funding towards the...
.
As a player, Gilbert's career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, which he reached in January 1990. Since retiring from the tour, he has coached several top players including
Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
,
Andy RoddickAndrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....
, and
Andy MurrayAndrew "Andy" Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is ranked World No. 4, the highest-ranked British player since Fred Perry. Murray previously held the No. 2 ranking position prior to the 2009 US Open, which lasted for two weeks, from August 17, 2009 to August 31, 2009...
.
Gilbert played tennis for
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, a
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in
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, from 1980-82.
Brad Gilbert (born August 9, 1961, in
Oakland, CaliforniaOakland is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and a major West Coast port city, located on San Francisco Bay about eight miles east of the City of San Francisco. Oakland is a major hub city for the Bay Area subregion collectively called the East Bay, and it is the county seat...
) is an American
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
coachIn sports, a coach or manager is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.- Staff :...
, a television tennis
commentatorCommentator may refer to:*Pundit , a commentator on a topic such as politics, social sciences or sport*Sportscaster, a sports commentator...
, and former professional tennis player. He is the current coach of Britain's No. 3 tennis player,
Alex BogdanovićAleksa "Alex" Bogdanovic is a British tennis player born in Belgrade, Serbia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends...
, as part of his contract with the
Lawn Tennis AssociationThe Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Its objects are to prevent students from playing tennis and to develop tennis among the elite exclusively. it is renowned for basing 96% of its funding towards the...
.
As a player, Gilbert's career-high singles ranking was World No. 4, which he reached in January 1990. Since retiring from the tour, he has coached several top players including
Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
,
Andy RoddickAndrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. His best surfaces are hard court and grass....
, and
Andy MurrayAndrew "Andy" Murray is a Scottish professional tennis player. He is ranked World No. 4, the highest-ranked British player since Fred Perry. Murray previously held the No. 2 ranking position prior to the 2009 US Open, which lasted for two weeks, from August 17, 2009 to August 31, 2009...
.
Career
Gilbert played tennis for
Foothill CollegeFoothill College is a community college located in Los Altos Hills, California and is part of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. It was founded on January 15, 1957 by Founding Superintendent and President Dr. Calvin C. Flint.-History:...
, a
junior collegeThe term junior college refers to different educational institutions in different countries.-India:In India, most states provide schooling through grade 12. Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka however, have a system of junior colleges where, after taking the 10th grade board exams ,...
in
Los Altos, CaliforniaLos Altos is a city at the southern end of the San Francisco Peninsula, in the San Francisco Bay Area. The city is in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 27,693 according to the 2000 census. It is one of the wealthiest places in the United States.Most of the city's...
, from 1980-82. During this time, he won the California Junior College Singles Championship and the U.S. Amateur Hardcourt Championship. In 1981, Gilbert was a member of the American Junior
Davis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition...
team. In 1982, he transferred to
Pepperdine UniversityPepperdine University is an independent, private, medium-sized university affiliated with the Churches of Christ. Seaver College, the School of Law, the Graduate School of Education and Psychology, the Graziadio School of Business and Management, and the School of Public Policy are located on the...
, playing for
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, where he became an
All-AmericaAn All-American "team" is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific All-America and typically referred to as All-American athletes, or simply...
n and reached the finals of the 1982
NCAAThe National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada...
championship.
Gilbert joined the professional tour in 1982, and won his first top-level singles title later that year in
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. His first doubles title came in 1985 in
Tel AvivTel Aviv-Yafo , usually called Tel Aviv, is the second largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 391,300. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of...
.
Gilbert won a total of 20 top-level singles titles during his career, the biggest being the
CincinnatiThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
event in 1989. He was also runner-up in a further 20 singles events, including Cincinnati in 1990 (where he lost to future International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee
Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
) and the
Paris IndoorThe BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
s in 1987 and 1988.
Gilbert's most successful year on the tour was 1989, during which he won five singles titles, including Cincinnati, where he beat four future Hall of Famers to claim the title:
Pete SamprasPete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
,
Michael ChangMichael Te-Pei Chang is an American former professional tennis player...
,
Boris BeckerBoris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Tennis Magazine put Becker in 18th place on its list of...
and
Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
, as well as
Agustin MorenoAgustin Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by Sweden's Stefan Edberg. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on July 18, 1988, when he became the number...
and
Jason StoltenbergJason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...
.
Gilbert's best performances at
Grand SlamThe four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open...
tournaments were at the 1987
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and 1990
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
, where he reached the quarterfinals. He was also runner-up at the inaugural
Grand Slam CupThe Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually in Munich, Germany, from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation . The ITF invited the best-performing players in the year's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup.The tournament was...
in 1990.
Gilbert was ranked among the top-10 players in the U.S. for 9 of his first 10 years on the professional tour. His career win-loss record in singles play was 519–288. His career prize-money totalled US$5,509,060.
Among his upsets of players ranked in the world's top-3 were his defeat of No. 2
Boris BeckerBoris Franz Becker is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Tennis Magazine put Becker in 18th place on its list of...
3–6, 6–3, 6–4 in Cincinnati in 1989, No. 2 Edberg 7–6(2), 6–7(1), 6–4 in Los Angeles in 1991, No. 3 Sampras 6–3, 6–4 in London in 1992, and No. 3
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6–4, 6–4 at Memphis in 1994, and Edberg 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(5) in Cincinnati in 1989.
Style of play
Unlike many other professional players of his era, Gilbert did not have a powerful serve, a dangerous forehand or backhand, a flashy volley, or a lightning smash. His best asset was his ability to keep the ball in play. He hit the ball most often at a slow but accurate pace. He kept an open stance and did not make many turns when at the baseline. This enabled him to control the game through oversight and tempo, despite his defensive style. He built his game around destroying his opponent's rhythm. He would force the other player into long rallies by hitting the ball high over the net and deep into his opponent's court. If an opponent employed a slow pace, then Gilbert would attack decisively, often at the net. He was one of the sport's top strategist as a player. Although he was easy to get along with outside the court, Gilbert was a fierce competitor with a sometimes annoying style of play, focusing on his opponents weaknesses. Both his style of play and his mental approach brought him wins over the world's top players and kept him near the top ten for over 10 years.
Davis Cup
Gilbert compiled a 10–5 record in
Davis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in sports, the Davis Cup is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition...
play from 1986–93, with a 7–1 record on hard courts and carpet.
Olympics
Gilbert won a
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in the men's singles at the 1988
Olympic GamesThe 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan...
in
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.
Halls of Fame
Gilbert is a member of the USTA Northern California Hall of Fame.
He is also a 1999 inductee into the Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame.
Gilbert was inducted in 2001 into the ITA Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.
Gilbert was a 2001 inductee into the Marblehead Boosters Hall of Fame.
Coaching career
Gilbert retired as a player in 1994. Since then, he has been highly successful as a tennis coach. This success has often been associated with the extraordinary tactical abilities exhibited during his own matches.
Andre Agassi
Gilbert was coach to Andre Agassi for eight years, from 1994 to 2002. During that period, Agassi won six Grand Slam singles titles, making it the joint-most successful coach-player partnership in the Open era (alongside
Tony RocheAnthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, born in Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga...
's period as coach of
Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl later became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s...
). Agassi described Gilbert as "the greatest coach of all time."
Andy Roddick
Gilbert went on to coach Andy Roddick, who won the 2003 US Open under Gilbert's guidance as well as clinching the world's No. 1. They parted ways at the end of 2004.
Andy Murray
On July 26, 2006, Gilbert was announced as taking over the coaching duties of Scottish talent Andy Murray. As well as coaching Murray, Gilbert took part, pursuant to a 3-year deal, in other British
Lawn Tennis AssociationThe Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Its objects are to prevent students from playing tennis and to develop tennis among the elite exclusively. it is renowned for basing 96% of its funding towards the...
programmes, including tennis camps at under-12 and under-14 levels. He also worked with the LTA's network of coaches and its high-performance clubs and academies. On 14 November, 2007, after 16 months working together, Gilbert and Murray parted company. By then, Murray had reached a career high of No. 8.
Alex Bogdanović
In November 2007 it was announced that Gilbert will work for 20 weeks in 2008 for Britain's
Lawn Tennis AssociationThe Lawn Tennis Association is the national governing body of tennis in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Its objects are to prevent students from playing tennis and to develop tennis among the elite exclusively. it is renowned for basing 96% of its funding towards the...
, concentrating mostly on coaching Britain's No. 2,
Alex BogdanovićAleksa "Alex" Bogdanovic is a British tennis player born in Belgrade, Serbia. Alex was brought to England by his parents Dušan and Amelija when he was seven and took up tennis as a means of making new friends...
, and others in his age group. Bogdanović said he was "unbelievably excited" at the chance of spending time with Gilbert. Roger Draper, the LTA's chief executive, said: "We have set Brad a new challenge of getting Alex into the top 100 and also 'upskilling' our coaches and inspiring the next generation to follow in Andy's footsteps."
Tennis commentator and writer
Gilbert now serves occasionally as an analyst for
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.
He is also the author of the very popular book
Winning Ugly, which gives tips on how an average player can defeat a more skilled opponent. His second book, co-authored by
James KaplanJames Kaplan is an American novelist and journalist. He was born in New York City and grew up in rural Pennsylvania and suburban New Jersey. He attended New York University and graduated from Wesleyan University with a degree in studio art. After graduation, he studied painting at the New York...
and entitled
I've Got Your Back, was published in 2005.
Personal information
Gilbert resides with his wife and three children in
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.
Singles wins (20)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
1982 |
Taipei The ATP Taipei was a men's tennis tournament played in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held from 1977–1984 and once more in 1992. The event was played on indoor carpet.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, TaiwanTaiwan , also known as Formosa , is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China...
|
Carpet |
USA Craig Wittus Craig Wittus , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 42 in 1983.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :...
|
6–1, 6–4 |
| 2. |
1984 |
Columbus The Columbus Open is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1984. It was held in Columbus, Ohio in the United States and played on outdoor hard courts from 1971 to 1976, then played on outdoor clay courts from 1977 to 1979, and then played again on outdoor hard courts...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Hank Pfister Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career....
|
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 3. |
1984 |
Taipei The ATP Taipei was a men's tennis tournament played in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held from 1977–1984 and once more in 1992. The event was played on indoor carpet.-Singles:-Doubles:...
, TaiwanTaiwan , also known as Formosa , is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China...
|
Carpet |
AUS Wally Masur Wally Masur is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia.Masur began playing tennis at the age of 8. In 1980, he won the boy's doubles title at the Australian Open. In 1981, aged 18, he won the Australian Junior Championships...
|
6–3, 6–3 |
| 4. |
1985 |
Livingston The Livingston Open is a defunct, Grand Prix tennis affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1984 to 1989, held in Livingston, New Jersey and played on outdoor hard courts at Newark Academy....
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Brian Teacher Brian David Teacher is a 6' 3" right handed former professional American male tennis player. He reached World # 7 in 1981.-Tennis career:...
|
7–6, 6–4 |
| 5. |
1985 |
Cleveland Known by various names, this was a men's tennis tournament played in Cleveland, Ohio. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1978 through 1982 and in 1984 and 1985. It was played on outdoor hard courts...
, U.S. |
Hard |
AUS Brad Drewett Brad Drewett is a retired tennis player from Australia. Drewett won the Australian Open Junior Boys title in 1975 and 1977. During his professional career, he won 2 singles and 7 doubles titles and reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open singles in 1976. He also achieved a high doubles...
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| 6. |
1985 |
Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
|
Hard |
ISR Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:Mansdorf grew up in Ramat HaSharon, a small city...
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| 7. |
1986 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Carpet |
SWE Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
|
7–5, 7–6 |
| 8. |
1986 |
Livingston The Livingston Open is a defunct, Grand Prix tennis affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1984 to 1989, held in Livingston, New Jersey and played on outdoor hard courts at Newark Academy....
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Mike Leach Michael E. Leach is a former collegiate and ATP Tour professional tennis player who won the NCAA singles championship in 1982 while attending the University of Michigan.-Early years:...
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| 9. |
1986 |
Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
|
Hard |
USA Aaron Krickstein Aaron Krickstein is a former American professional tennis player, who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour....
|
7–5, 6–2 |
| 10. |
1986 |
Vienna The Bank Austria-TennisTrophy is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour...
, Austria |
Hard (i) |
CZE Karel NováčekKarel Nováček is a retired Czech former top ten tennis player. Born in Prostějov, Czechoslovakia . Nováček now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, United States....
|
3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 |
| 11. |
1987 |
Scottsdale The Tennis Channel Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 2-6, 6-3...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Eliot Teltscher Eliot Teltscher is a retired professional American tennis player.-Early years:Teltscher's mother was born in Israel; his father emigrated there during the Holocaust, and joined the British army...
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| 12. |
1988 |
Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
|
Hard |
USA Aaron Krickstein Aaron Krickstein is a former American professional tennis player, who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour....
|
4–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
| 13. |
1989 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
USA Johan Kriek Johan Kriek is a South African / American professional male tennis player and founder of the Global Water Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering clean water to the world's neediest communities. He also had an academy that was called Kriek Eagelton, partnered with his friend...
|
6–2, 6–2, RET |
| 14. |
1989 |
Stratton Mountain, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Jim Pugh Jim Pugh is a former professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won three Grand Slam men's doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Pugh reached the World No...
|
7–5, 6–0 |
| 15. |
1989 |
Livingston The Livingston Open is a defunct, Grand Prix tennis affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1984 to 1989, held in Livingston, New Jersey and played on outdoor hard courts at Newark Academy....
, U.S. |
Hard |
AUS Jason Stoltenberg Jason Stoltenberg is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far West of New South Wales. In 1987, he won the boys' singles title at the Australian Open and was ranked the World No...
|
6–4, 6–4 |
| 16. |
1989 |
CincinnatiThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
, U.S. |
Hard |
SWE Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
|
6–4, 2–6, 7–6 |
| 17. |
1989 |
San Francisco The SAP Open is a men's tennis tournament held annually in San Jose, California. It is the second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States. It is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
SWE Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No...
|
7–5, 6–2 |
| 18. |
1990 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Carpet |
SWE Jonas Svensson Jonas Svensson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.During his career, Svensson was a French Open semi-finalist twice both times as unseeded player....
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| 19. |
1990 |
Orlando The Verizon Tennis Challenge is a former ATP Tour tennis tournament, held in Orlando, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia .-Singles:...
, U.S. |
Hard |
RSA Christo Van Rensburg Christo van Rensburg is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Van Rensburg turned professional in 1983...
|
6–2, 6–1 |
| 20. |
1990 |
BrisbaneBrisbane is the state capital of the Australian state of Queensland and is the largest city in that state. With an estimated population of approximately 2 million, it is also the third most populous city in Australia....
, Australia |
Hard |
USA Aaron Krickstein Aaron Krickstein is a former American professional tennis player, who competed on the ATP Tour from 1983 to 1996. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he currently competes on the Outback Champions Series Over-30 tour....
|
6–3, 6–1 |
Runner-ups (20)
| No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
1984 |
San Francisco The SAP Open is a men's tennis tournament held annually in San Jose, California. It is the second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States. It is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
USA John McEnroeJohn Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles—three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open—nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
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6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. |
1985 |
Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany |
Clay |
CZE Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl later became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s...
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6–4, 6–0 |
| 3. |
1985 |
Johannesburg The SA Tennis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in February at Montecasino, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Created in 1976, the...
, South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
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Hard |
USA Matt Anger Matt Anger is a former tennis player from the United States, who won one singles and two doubles titles during his career....
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6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 4. |
1987 |
Washington D.C. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. The tournament was played on a clay court until 1986, after which it switched to hard...
, U.S. |
Hard |
CZE Ivan LendlIvan Lendl is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Lendl later became a United States citizen. He was one of the game's most dominant players in the 1980s and remained a top competitor into the early 1990s...
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6–1, 6–0 |
| 5. |
1987 |
Tel Aviv The Tel Aviv Open is a defunct, ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament. It was played from 1979-1996. It was held at the Israel Tennis Center at Ramat HaSharon, near Tel Aviv, Israel and was played on outdoor hard courts. The tournament was played as a ATP Challenger Series event in 1998 and 1999...
, IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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Hard |
ISR Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:Mansdorf grew up in Ramat HaSharon, a small city...
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3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 6. |
1987 |
Paris Indoor The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
, France |
Carpet |
USA Tim Mayotte Timothy "Tim" Mayotte is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is a United States Tennis Association National Coach based in Boca Raton, FL.-Career:...
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2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 7. |
1987 |
Johannesburg The SA Tennis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the Association of Tennis Professionals World Tour. It is held annually in February at Montecasino, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Created in 1976, the...
, South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...
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Hard (i) |
AUS Pat CashPatrick Hart "Pat" Cash is a retired Australian professional tennis player who won the men's singles title at Wimbledon in 1987.-Early career:...
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7–6, 4–6, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 8. |
1988 |
Paris Indoor The BNP Paribas Masters is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Paris, France. It is played indoors at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. The event is part of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 on the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Many people consider the...
, France |
Carpet |
ISR Amos Mansdorf Amos Mansdorf is a former professional tennis player.His best singles world ranking of 18 was the highest ever for any male, Israeli tennis player, reached in November 1987. His best doubles world ranking was 67, reached in May 1986.-Early life:Mansdorf grew up in Ramat HaSharon, a small city...
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6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 9. |
1989 |
Dallas WCT The WCT Finals was a tennis tournament that served as the season-ending championship for the World Championship Tennis circuit. The event was held annually in Dallas, Texas, and played on indoor carpet courts. The 1971 quarterfinals and semifinals were played in Houston, and final played at Moody...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
USA John McEnroeJohn Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is an American former World No. 1 professional tennis player. McEnroe won seven Grand Slam singles titles—three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open—nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...
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6–3, 6–3, 7–6 |
| 10. |
1989 |
Washington D.C. The Legg Mason Tennis Classic is an annual late-summer men's tennis tournament played in Washington, D.C. as part of the ATP Tour. It was first held in 1969. It was later known as the Sovran Bank Classic. The tournament was played on a clay court until 1986, after which it switched to hard...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Tim Mayotte Timothy "Tim" Mayotte is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is a United States Tennis Association National Coach based in Boca Raton, FL.-Career:...
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3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 11. |
1989 |
Orlando The Verizon Tennis Challenge is a former ATP Tour tennis tournament, held in Orlando, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia .-Singles:...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
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6–2, 6–1 |
| 12. |
1990 |
CincinnatiThe Cincinnati Masters is an annual outdoor hardcourts tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is today the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city....
, U.S. |
Hard |
SWE Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
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6–1, 6–1 |
| 13. |
1990 |
Grand Slam Cup The Grand Slam Cup was a tennis tournament held annually in Munich, Germany, from 1990 through 1999. The event was organized by the International Tennis Federation . The ITF invited the best-performing players in the year's Grand Slam events to compete in the Grand Slam Cup.The tournament was...
, MunichMunich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. It is located on the River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg...
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Carpet |
USA Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
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6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 14. |
1991 |
San Francisco The SAP Open is a men's tennis tournament held annually in San Jose, California. It is the second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States. It is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour...
, U.S. |
Carpet |
AUS Darren Cahill Darren Cahill is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Australia. He is the son of legendary South Australian football player and coach, John Cahill....
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6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 15. |
1991 |
Los Angelesthumb|left|Main Entrance to the Countrywide Classic at UCLA's L.A. Tennis Center.The LA Tennis Open, presented by Farmers Insurance, is an ATP World Tour 250 series tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held in Los Angeles, California, United States...
, U.S. |
Hard |
USA Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
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6–2, 6–7, 6–3 |
| 16. |
1991 |
Sydney Indoor This professional men's tennis tournament was played in Sydney, Australia. The event was played under various names as part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1973 through 1989 and as part of the ATP Tour from 1990 through 1994...
, Australia |
Hard (i) |
SWE Stefan EdbergStefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles.-Career:Edberg first came to the tennis world's attention as a junior player...
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6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 17. |
1992 |
Scottsdale The Tennis Channel Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP International Series which was held for the first time in Las Vegas, Nevada from February 27 to March 5, 2006. In the men's singles final, James Blake defeated Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 2-6, 6-3...
, U.S. |
Hard |
ITA Stefano Pescosolido Stefano Pescosolido is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1989.Pescosolido was born in Sora. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the first round by Brazil's Fernando Meligeni...
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6–0, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 18. |
1993 |
San Francisco The SAP Open is a men's tennis tournament held annually in San Jose, California. It is the second-oldest tennis tournament in the United States. It is an ATP World Tour 250 series event on the Association of Tennis Professionals tour...
, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
USA Andre AgassiAndre Kirk Agassi is a former World No. 1 professional American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. He is generally considered by critics and fellow players to be among the greatest tennis players of all time, and has been called the...
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6–2, 6–7, 6–2 |
| 19. |
1993 |
Tokyo Outdoor The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions...
, Japan |
Hard |
USA Pete Sampras Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former World No. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles, and had a 203–38 win-loss record over 52 Grand Slam singles tournament appearances....
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6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 20. |
1994 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
USA Todd Martin Todd Christopher Martin is a former professional tennis player from the United States.-Career:Martin played tennis for two years at Northwestern University before turning professional in 1990. His parents lived in Lansing, Michigan, where Martin went to nearby East Lansing High School...
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6–4, 7–5 |
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