Pat DuPré

Patrick DuPré (born September 16, 1954) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Patrick Marie DuPré
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceSavannah, Georgia
Born (1954-09-16) September 16, 1954
Liège, Belgium
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1972
Retired1984
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$533,743
Singles
Career record178–196
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 12 (June 9, 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1980, 1981)
French Open3R (1983)
WimbledonSF (1979)
US OpenQF (1979)
Doubles
Career record121–144
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 30 (March 3, 1980)

Personal

While on tour, DuPré resided in La Jolla, California. As of 2012 DuPré and his wife Rhonda live in Savannah, Georgia.

Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, DuPré, Roscoe Tanner, and Sandy Mayer were members of the Zeta Psi fraternity.

Tennis career

Juniors

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, DuPré 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

On the professional tour, DuPré 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 ever to be brought in.

DuPré was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarterfinalist 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

Singles: 10 (1 title, 9 runner-ups)

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
Win 1–4 Nov 1982 Hong Kong, UK Hard United States Morris Strode 6–3, 6–3
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

Doubles 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1977 Cairo, Egypt Clay United Kingdom Chris Lewis Australia John Bartlett
Australia John Marks
5–7, 1–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Nov 1977 Taipei, Taiwan Hard United States Chris Delaney Australia Steve Docherty
United States Tom Gorman
7–6, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Nov 1978 Tokyo Indoor, Japan Carpet (i) United States Tom Gorman Australia Ross Case
Australia Geoff Masters
3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jun 1979 Surbiton, UK Grass United States Marty Riessen United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
3–6, 7–6, 6–8
Win 2–3 Oct 1979 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan Clay Australia Colin Dibley Australia Rod Frawley
Paraguay Francisco González
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Oct 1979 Sydney, Australia Hard India Vijay Amritraj Paraguay Francisco González
Australia Rod Frawley
walkover
Win 3–4 Nov 1979 Hong Kong Hard United States Bob Lutz United States Steve Denton
United States Mark Turpin
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–5 Nov 1979 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) United States Bob Lutz Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia John Marks
1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 4–5 Jun 1981 London/Queen's, UK Grass United States Brian Teacher South Africa Kevin Curren
United States Steve Denton
3–6, 7–6, 11–9

References

  1. "Alabama Sports Hall of Fame". Ashof.org. Retrieved January 17, 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.