Víctor Pecci

Paraguayan tennis player

Víctor Pecci
Singles

Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asunción, Paraguay
Born	(1955年10月15日) 15 October 1955 (age 69) Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1976
Retired	1990
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	994,408ドル
Career record	358–243
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 9 (24 March 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	F (1979)
Wimbledon	3R (1979, 1980)
US Open	3R (1979)
Doubles
Career record	194–170
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 13 (9 April 1979)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	28–17

Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the 1979 French Open final. He beat Guillermo Vilas in the quarterfinals and Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in Rome. Pecci won the French Open boys' singles in 1973.

Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1979	French Open	Clay	Sweden Björn Borg	3–6, 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	Career W-L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	NH	1–2
French Open	1R	Q3	A	1R		4R	F	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	17–11
Wimbledon	Q3	2R	2R	A		1R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	6–7
US Open	A	1R	2R	1R		2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	5–7
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–2		4–3	10–3	5–4	5–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	29–27

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

Career finals

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Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	France Éric Deblicker	7–5, 7–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	1976	Berlin, West Germany	Hard	West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	2–1	1977	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko Franulović	1–6, 1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	1978	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	West Germany Rolf Gehring	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–2	1978	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Argentina José Luis Clerc	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	1978	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Argentina José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 1–6
Win	4–3	1979	Nice, France	Clay	Australia John Alexander	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Loss	4–4	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sweden Björn Borg	3–6, 1–6, 7–6^(8–6), 4–6
Loss	4–5	1979	London Queen's Club, UK	Grass	United States John McEnroe	7–6^(7–2), 1–6, 1–6
Loss	4–6	1979	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Argentina Guillermo Vilas	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(3–7)
Win	5–6	1979	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Spain José Higueras	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	6–6	1979	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–7	1979	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Zimbabwe Rhodesia Andrew Pattison	6–2, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–8	1980	Quito, Ecuador	Clay	Argentina José Luis Clerc	4–6, 6–1, 8–10
Win	7–8	1980	Santiago, Chile	Clay	France Christophe Freyss	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	8–8	1981	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Spain José Higueras	6–4, 6–0
Loss	8–9	1981	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Clay	Argentina Guillermo Vilas	6–2, 3–6, 1–2 ret.
Win	9–9	1981	Bournemouth, UK	Clay	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–10	1981	Rome, Italy	Clay	Argentina José Luis Clerc	3–6, 4–6, 0–6
Win	10–10	1983	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Chile Jaime Fillol	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	10–11	1984	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Spain José Higueras	5–7, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	10–12	1985	Nice, France	Clay	France Henri Leconte	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Argentina Ricardo Cano	United States Brian Gottfried Mexico Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	1976	São Paulo, Brazil	Carpet (i)	Argentina Lito Álvarez	Argentina Ricardo Cano Chile Belus Prajoux	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	2–1	1978	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Spain José Higueras	Poland Wojciech Fibak Mexico Raúl Ramírez	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–2	1978	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Spain Antonio Muñoz	Poland Wojciech Fibak Netherlands Tom Okker	2–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	1978	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Chile Belus Prajoux	Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd	6–7, 7–6, 6–1
Win	4–2	1978	Louisville, United States	Clay	Poland Wojciech Fibak	United States Victor Amaya Australia John James	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Win	5–2	1978	Boston, United States	Clay	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	Switzerland Heinz Günthardt United States Van Winitsky	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	6–2	1978	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	South Africa Bob Hewitt South Africa Frew McMillan	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Loss	6–3	1978	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Chile Hans Gildemeister	Chile Álvaro Fillol Chile Jaime Fillol	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–3	1978	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Chile Hans Gildemeister	Chile Álvaro Fillol Chile Jaime Fillol	6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–4	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	Romania Ilie Năstase Mexico Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–5	1980	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Hungary Balázs Taróczy	Italy Gianni Ocleppo Ecuador Ricardo Ycaza	2–6, 2–6
Win	8–5	1981	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Argentina Ricardo Cano	United Kingdom Buster Mottram Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	9–5	1983	Florence, Italy	Clay	Paraguay Francisco González	France Dominique Bedel France Bernard Fritz	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Win	10–5	1983	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Paraguay Francisco González	Sweden Jan Gunnarsson United States Mike Leach	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
Win	11–5	1983	Venice, Italy	Clay	Paraguay Francisco González	United States Steve Krulevitz Hungary Zoltán Kuhárszky	6–1, 6–2
Loss	11–6	1984	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Argentina Martín Jaite	Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 0–6
Win	12–6	1985	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Chile Hans Gildemeister	Australia David Graham Hungary Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 1–6, 6–4