Ian Fletcher (tennis)
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Ian Fletcher is a former professional tennis
Tennis
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 player from Australia.

Fletcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.

Doubles titles (3)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 1973 Djakarta
Jakarta
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, Indonesia
Indonesia
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  Mike Estep
Mike Estep
Mike Estep is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During his career Estep won 2 singles titles and 7 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 59 in 1973 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...

  John Newcombe
John Newcombe
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  Allan Stone
Allan Stone
----Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...

7–5, 6–4
2. 1974 Birmingham
ATP Birmingham
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, U.S.
Carpet   Sandy Mayer
Sandy Mayer
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  Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 
  Iván Molina
Iván Molina
Iván Molina is a former professional Colombian tennis player.Molina and Martina Navratilova teamed to win the 1974 French Open mixed doubles title, beating Rosie Reyes Darmon and Marcelo Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final. Together with Florenţa Mihai, he reached the French Open mixed doubles final in...

4–6, 7–6, 6–1
3. 1975 Hampton
Hampton Grand Prix
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, U.S.
Carpet   Ian Crookenden   Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...

 
  Jan Pisecky
6–2, 6–7, 6–4

Runner-ups (2)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in Final Score in Final
1. 1974 Omaha
Omaha Open
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, U.S.
  Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick
Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...

  Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...

 
  Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...

2–6, 4–6
2. 1974 Tempe
Tempe, Arizona
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, U.S.
Hard   Kim Warwick   Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender
Jürgen Fassbender is a retired professional tennis player for West Germany.Fassbender won one singles and sixteen doubles titles on the ATP Tour. His best Grand Slam result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships.-Singles :...

 
  Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler
Karl Meiler is a former tennis player from West Germany.Meiler won four singles and seventeen doubles titles during his professional career...

6–4, 4–6, 5–7

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