John Sadri
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John Sadri is a former tennis player from the United States
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Sadri won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP
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-ranking on September 29, 1980, when he became the World No. 14 ranked male player.

Sadri was a runner-up at the 1979 Australian Open losing the final to Argentinian Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...

 in straight sets. He was also on the losing end of one of the most memorable NCAA singles finals, falling to Stanford freshman John McEnroe
John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles , nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title...

 7–6, 7–6, 5–7, 7–6 in 1978. Sadri, who served 24 aces against McEnroe in that final, was an ITA
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 All-American in 1977 and 1978 for North Carolina State University
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. He was Doubles Runner-up two years in a row (1981-82) at the Australian Open, and Quarterfinalist in singles at Wimbledon in 1984. He was inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall Of Fame in 1991.

Sadri said in an interview that one of his best practicing partners was "Condor," his Doberman Pinscher, who actually retrieves tennis balls for him. In the same interview he also mentions that he likes fast cars and in his spare time he might be found exploring nearby caves.

He once jokingly stated “Nobody beats John Sadri 15 times, so he’s lucky I retired. I drew the line.”, noting his career record against John McEnroe was 0-14, including the 1978 NCAA championship match. Sadri was written about in the book Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion, for the time at the Australian Open when he was fined for "using obscene gestures and language and smashing an icebox with his racket."

Sadri was known for his giant serve which was one of the fastest on the tour.

Switching Sports-
John Sadri’s current love is golf, where in June 2008 he shot an opening-round 77 that put him 10 strokes off the lead in the North Carolina Amateur in Raleigh. Now 51, Sadri, who owns a construction company in Charlotte, North Carolina, said he took up golf to get closer to business clients.

In 2010 he opened up the John Sadri Tennis Academy in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Love Story-
Sadri wasn't all about trying to beat an opponent love and love. During the Lipton International one year at Key Biscayne, Fla., he spotted a young lady at restaurant, wrote a note inviting her to watch him play and asked a waitress to deliver the message. Allison came to the match, sent him a note at courtside that included her phone number. Sadri called her and, as he put it, "the rest is history." They married and have two children - son Jordan, a junior at NC State, and daughter Madison, a sophomore at College of Charleston. "She is the best trophy I ever got, Sadri said of his wife.

Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1979 Australian Open
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Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...

 
6–7(4), 3–6, 2–6

Titles (2)

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Opponent in the final
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| 1.
| 1982
| Newport, U.S.
| Grass
|   Andy Andrews
Andy Andrews
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|   Syd Ball
Syd Ball
Syd Ball , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up at the 1974 Australian Open...

 
  Rod Frawley
Rod Frawley
Rod Frawley is a former tennis player from Australia, who won one singles title and five doubles titles during his professional career...


| 3–6, 7–6, 7–5
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| 2.
| 1982
| Stowe
ATP Stowe
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, U.S.
| Hard
|   Andy Andrews
|   Mike Fishbach 
  Eric Fromm
Eric Fromm
Eric Fromm is a former tennis player from the United States. Perhaps Fromm's best result was reaching the fourth round of the French Open in 1983 in singles, where he lost comprehensively to Jimmy Connors....


| 6–3, 6–4

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