Pat DuPré
| Country (sports) | United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Savannah, Georgia |
| Born | (1954年09月16日) September 16, 1954 (age 70) Liège, Belgium |
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 1972 |
| Retired | 1984 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | 533,743ドル |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 178–196 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 14 (June 9, 1980) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1980, 1981) |
| French Open | 3R (1983) |
| Wimbledon | SF (1979) |
| US Open | QF (1979) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 121–144 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 30 (March 3, 1980) |
Patrick Du Pré (born September 16, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Personal
[edit ]While on tour, Du Pré resided in La Jolla, California. As of 2010[update] Du Pré and his wife Rhonda live in Savannah, Georgia.
Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, Du Pré, Roscoe Tanner, and Sandy Mayer were members of the Zeta Psi fraternity.
Tennis career
[edit ]Juniors
[edit ]While at Mountain Brook High School, he was a three-time Alabama state singles champion. In 1971, he was ranked second in the United States in the boys' 18 singles.
In 1972, Du Pré won the national junior singles championship and was top ranked in both singles and doubles nationally. He attended Stanford University and was an All-American for four years. In 1973 and 1974, Stanford won two National Collegiate Athletics Association national championships.
Pro tour
[edit ]On the professional tour, Du Pré won one ATP Tour singles title (the Hong Kong Open in 1982) and four doubles titles. He was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1995[1] and was the first tennis player to be brought in.
Du Pré was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarter-finalist at the US Open. From 1979 through 1981, he was ranked in the top 20 in the world, reaching as high as No. 12 in June 1980.
Career finals
[edit ]Singles: 10 (1 title, 9 runner-ups)
[edit ]| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 1978 | Mexico City, Mexico | Carpet (i) | Mexico Raúl Ramírez | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 1978 | Tulsa, US | Hard | United States Eddie Dibbs | 7–6, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 1978 | Tokyo, Japan | Clay | Italy Adriano Panatta | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Nov 1978 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | United States Eliot Teltscher | 4–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Aug 1979 | Lafayette, US | Carpet (i) | United States Marty Riessen | 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Oct 1979 | Tokyo, Japan | Clay | United States Terry Moor | 6–3, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–7 | Nov 1979 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | United States Jimmy Connors | 5–7, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–8 | Nov 1979 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | United States Bob Lutz | 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–9 | Nov 1981 | Taipei, Taiwan | Carpet (i) | United States Robert Van't Hof | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Nov 1982 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | United States Morris Strode | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Alabama Sports Hall of Fame". Ashof.org. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
External links
[edit ]- 1954 births
- Living people
- American male tennis players
- American people of Walloon descent
- Belgian emigrants to the United States
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, Alabama
- Sportspeople from La Jolla, San Diego
- Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
- Tennis players from Alabama
- People from Vestavia Hills, Alabama
- People from Mountain Brook, Alabama
- Sportspeople from Jefferson County, Alabama
- 20th-century American sportsmen