Sandy Mayer
Full name | Alexander Mayer |
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Country (sports) | |
Residence | Portola Valley, California |
Born | Flushing, New York | April 5, 1952
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1986 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,057,783 |
Singles | |
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
[edit]Singles (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1973 | Baltimore, U.S. | Hard (i) | 4–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 1. | 1973 | Birmingham, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 7–6 | |
Win | 2. | 1974 | Baltimore, U.S. | Carpet | 6–2, 6–1 | |
Loss | 2. | 1974 | Birmingham, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 5–7, 3–6 | |
Win | 3. | 1974 | Paramus, U.S. | Indoor | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Win | 4. | 1974 | Jackson, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 7–6, 7–5 | |
Loss | 3. | 1975 | Maui, U.S. | Hard | 1–6, 0–6 | |
Loss | 4. | 1975 | Hong Kong | Hard | 3–6, 1–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 5. | 1977 | Little Rock, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 5. | 1977 | San Jose, U.S. | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, 5–7 | |
Win | 6. | 1977 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 7. | 1977 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Win | 8. | 1978 | St. Louis WCT, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 7–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 6. | 1980 | Surbiton, England | Grass | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 7. | 1981 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | 7–6, 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 8. | 1981 | Cologne, West Germany | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 9. | 1981 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 9. | 1981 | Bologna, Italy | Carpet (i) | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Loss | 10. | 1982 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | 7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7 | |
Win | 10. | 1982 | Cleveland, U.S. | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | |
Win | 11. | 1983 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | 6–0, 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles (24 titles, 16 runner-ups)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1971 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 2. | 1973 | Baltimore WCT, U.S. | Hard (i) | 6–3, 2–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 1. | 1974 | Roanoke, U.S. | Indoors | 7–6, 6–1 | ||
Win | 2. | 1974 | Birmingham, U.S. | Hard | 4–6, 7–6, 6–1 | ||
Win | 3. | 1975 | Roanoke, U.S. | Indoors | 7–6, 1–6, 6–3 | ||
Win | 4. | 1975 | Wimbledon, London | Grass | 7–5, 8–6, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 3. | 1975 | Hong Kong | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 5. | 1976 | Fort Worth WCT, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Win | 6. | 1976 | Palm Springs, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 | ||
Win | 7. | 1977 | Hampton, U.S. | Hard (i) | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Win | 8. | 1977 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Win | 9. | 1977 | Wembley, England | Hard | 6–3, 7–6 | ||
Win | 10. | 1978 | Birmingham WCT, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 6–1, 7–6 | ||
Loss | 4. | 1978 | Philadelphia WCT, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 5. | 1978 | Richmond WCT, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 3–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 11. | 1978 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 | ||
Win | 12. | 1978 | San Jose, U.S. | Carpet | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 13. | 1979 | Rancho Mirage, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 7–6 | ||
Win | 14. | 1979 | French Open, Paris | Clay | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 6. | 1979 | Forest Hills WCT, U.S. | Clay | 7–6, 6–7, 3–6 | ||
Win | 15. | 1980 | Boston, U.S. | Clay | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 7. | 1980 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Clay | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 16. | 1980 | Columbus, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 8. | 1980 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 9. | 1980 | San Francisco, U.S. | Carpet | 1–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 17. | 1981 | Memphis, U.S. | Hard (i) | 7–6, 6–7, 7–6 | ||
Win | 18. | 1981 | Brussels, Belgium | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 10. | 1981 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Carpet (i) | 6–7, 6–1, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 11. | 1982 | Strasbourg WCT, France | Carpet (i) | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 19. | 1982 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 12. | 1983 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 20. | 1983 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 21. | 1984 | Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany | Clay | 7–6, 6–4 | ||
Win | 22. | 1984 | Columbus, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 6–7, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 13. | 1984 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 6–7 | ||
Loss | 14. | 1984 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 23. | 1984 | Cologne, West Germany | Carpet (i) | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Win | 24. | 1984 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet (i) | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 15. | 1985 | Philadelphia, U.S. | Carpet (i) | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 16. | 1985 | San Francisco, U.S. | Hard (i) | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ Alexander Mayer, Jr. v. Elizabeth Mayer, 16-FAM-00477 (Superior Court of California, County of San Mateo Filed August 5, 2016).
External links
[edit]- 1952 births
- American male tennis players
- French Open champions
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Queens, New York
- Tennis players from New York City
- People from Portola Valley, California
- Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California
- American people of German descent
- Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles