Cliff Letcher

Australian tennis player

Cliff Letcher
Doubles
Country (sports)	Australia Austria
Born	(1952年02月09日)9 February 1952 Pyramid Hill, Australia
Died	31 December 2004(2004年12月31日) (aged 52)
Plays	Right-handed
Coach	Don Tregonning
Career record	54–112
Career record	147–153
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	F (1978, 1979)
French Open	2R (1977)
Wimbledon	QF (1979)
US Open	F (1976)

Cliff Letcher (9 February 1952 – 31 December 2004) was a professional tennis player from Australia. He played Davis Cup for Austria.^[1]

Letcher enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and finished runner-up in doubles at three Grand Slam events.

Letcher died on 31 December 2004.^[2]

His children Clint, Chris and Sophie Letcher were also professional tennis players.

Career finals

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Doubles (2 wins, 9 losses)

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Result	W/L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	U.S. Open, New York City	Clay	Australia Paul Kronk	United States Marty Riessen Netherlands Tom Okker	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	1977	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	United States Dick Stockton	Australia Syd Ball Australia Kim Warwick	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Australia Paul Kronk	United States Brian Gottfried Mexico Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–3	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Australia Paul Kronk	United States Sandy Mayer United States Stan Smith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	1977	Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Australia Paul Kronk	West Germany Jürgen Fassbender West Germany Karl Meiler	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	1977	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Australia Chris Kachel	Australia John Alexander Australia Phil Dent	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Australia Dick Crealy	Chile Patricio Cornejo Chile Jaime Fillol	7–6, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–7	1978	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Australia Paul Kronk	Poland Wojciech Fibak Australia Kim Warwick	6–7, 5–7
Loss	1–8	1979	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Australia Paul Kronk	Australia Peter McNamara Australia Paul McNamee	6–7, 2–6
Win	2–8	1980	Perth, Australia	Grass	Australia Syd Ball	Australia Dale Collings Australia Dick Crealy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–9	1982	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Australia Craig Miller	Australia John Alexander Australia John Fitzgerald	4–6, 6–7