Sandy Mayer

American tennis player

Sandy Mayer
Singles
Full name	Alexander Mayer
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Portola Valley, California
Born	(1952年04月05日) April 5, 1952 (age 72) Flushing, New York
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	1,057,783ドル
Career record	363–196
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 26, 1982)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	3R (1979, 1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1973)
US Open	4R (1972)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	292–136
Career titles	24
Highest ranking	No. 3 (January 28, 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1980)
French Open	W (1979)
Wimbledon	W (1975)
US Open	3R (1983, 1984)

Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.

Career

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Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. He entered Stanford University in 1970. In 1972, Mayer and Roscoe Tanner won the NCAA doubles championship, and the Stanford team finished second in the NCAA tournament, behind Trinity University.

In 1973, Mayer and Stanford won everything in the NCAA tournament: Mayer won singles, Mayer and Jim Delaney won doubles, and the team won the national championship ahead of USC.

The right-handed Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in April 1982, when he became world No. 7. His younger brother Gene was also a world tour tennis player and reached a career high of world No. 4 in 1980.^{[citation needed ]}

Family

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Mayer has four sons and a daughter, all of whom had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League (Northern California Section). Mayer's former wife, Libby, is a teacher. They filed for divorce on Aug. 5, 2016.^[1]

Career finals

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Singles (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Jimmy Connors	4–6, 5–7
Win	1.	1973	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	United States Charles Owens	6–4, 7–6
Win	2.	1974	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	United States Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet (i)	United States Jimmy Connors	5–7, 3–6
Win	3.	1974	Paramus, U.S.	Indoor	West Germany Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–3
Win	4.	1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet (i)	West Germany Karl Meiler	7–6, 7–5
Loss	3.	1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	United States Jimmy Connors	1–6, 0–6
Loss	4.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	United States Tom Gorman	3–6, 1–6, 1–6
Win	5.	1977	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Pakistan Haroon Rahim	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	7.	1977	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	South Africa Raymond Moore	6–2, 6–4
Win	8.	1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	United States Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–4
Loss	6.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	United States Brian Gottfried	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	United States John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	8.	1981	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9.	1981	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	United States Gene Mayer	4–6, 2–6
Win	9.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Romania Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
Loss	10.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	India Ramesh Krishnan	7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	10.	1982	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	United States Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 6–3
Win	11.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd	6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles (24 titles, 16 runner-ups)

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Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	United States Roscoe Tanner	United States Stan Smith United States Erik van Dillen	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2.	1973	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Paul Gerken	United States Jimmy Connors United States Clark Graebner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	New Zealand Ian Crookenden New Zealand Jeff Simpson	7–6, 6–1
Win	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Australia Ian Fletcher	Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Colombia Iván Molina	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Win	3.	1975	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	Spain Juan Gisbert Romania Ion Țiriac	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
Win	4.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	Rhodesia Colin Dowdeswell Australia Allan Stone	7–5, 8–6, 6–4
Loss	3.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Australia Bob Carmichael	Netherlands Tom Okker Australia Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	1976	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	United States Eddie Dibbs United States Harold Solomon	6–4, 7–5
Win	6.	1976	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Australia Colin Dibley	South Africa Raymond Moore United States Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Stan Smith	Australia Paul Kronk Australia Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3
Win	8.	1977	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	South Africa Frew McMillan	United States Tom Leonard United States Mike Machette	6–2, 6–3
Win	9.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	South Africa Frew McMillan	United States Brian Gottfried Mexico Raul Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Win	10.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	South Africa Frew McMillan United States Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	4.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	United States Vitas Gerulaitis	South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7
Win	11.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	United States Sherwood Stewart	United States Gene Mayer India Sashi Menon	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	12.	1978	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet	United States Gene Mayer	United States Hank Pfister United States Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Win	13.	1979	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	United States Gene Mayer	South Africa Cliff Drysdale United States Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Win	14.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	United States Gene Mayer	Australia Ross Case Australia Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	United States Gene Mayer	United States Peter Fleming United States John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	15.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	United States Gene Mayer	Chile Hans Gildemeister Ecuador Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	7.	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	United States Gene Mayer	Chile Hans Gildemeister Ecuador Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Win	16.	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	United States Brian Gottfried	United States Peter Fleming United States Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	8.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Switzerland Heinz Günthardt	United States Bruce Manson United States Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	9.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	United States Gene Mayer	United States Peter Fleming United States John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Win	17.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Gene Mayer	United States Mike Cahill United States Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win	18.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	South Africa Frew McMillan	South Africa Kevin Curren United States Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	10.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	United States Gene Mayer	United States Fritz Buehning United States Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	11.	1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet (i)	South Africa Frew McMillan	Poland Wojtek Fibak Australia John Fitzgerald	4–6, 3–6
Win	19.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	United States Ferdi Taygan	Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Switzerland Markus Günthardt	6–2, 6–3
Loss	12.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	United States Ferdi Taygan	United States Peter Fleming United States John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6
Win	20.	1983	Montreal, Canada	Hard	United States Ferdi Taygan	United States Tim Gullikson United States Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
Win	21.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	West Germany Andreas Maurer	United States Fritz Buehning United States Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
Win	22.	1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	United States Stan Smith	United States Charles Bud Cox United States Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Loss	13.	1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	Paraguay Francisco González United States Matt Mitchell	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	14.	1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Poland Wojtek Fibak	United States Ken Flach United States Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	23.	1984	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Poland Wojtek Fibak	Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Sweden Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Win	24.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Poland Wojtek Fibak	Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Hungary Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15.	1985	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Poland Wojtek Fibak	Sweden Joakim Nyström Sweden Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	16.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	United States Brad Gilbert	United States Paul Annacone South Africa Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 4–6