Sandy Mayer
Full name | Alexander "Sandy" Mayer |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Residence | Portola Valley, California, USA |
Born | (1952-04-05) April 5, 1952 Flushing, Queens, USA |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1972 |
Retired | 1986 |
Plays | Right-handed (1-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,057,783 |
Singles | |
Career record | 359–194 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 11 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (April 26, 1984) |
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 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup) |
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) |
Last updated on: June 5, 2012. |
Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won ten titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles during his professional career. He was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.
Contents
1 Career
2 Singles finals (21)
3 Doubles finals (40)
4 External links
Career
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 (TX). 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-hander Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 26, 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.
Mayer has four sons and a daughter. All children had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League (Northern California Section). His wife Libby works as a teacher at a private school.
Mayer as of a few years ago resided in Portola Valley, California.
Singles finals (21)
11 titles - 10 runners-up
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Championship |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
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Runner-up |
1. |
1973 |
Baltimore, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
1. |
1973 |
Birmingham, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 7–6 |
Winner |
2. |
1974 |
Baltimore, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–2, 6–1 |
Runner-up |
2. |
1974 |
Birmingham, U.S. |
Carpet |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Winner |
3. |
1974 |
Paramus, U.S. |
Indoor |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner |
4. |
1974 |
Jackson, U.S. |
Carpet |
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7–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up |
3. |
1975 |
Maui, U.S. |
Hard |
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1–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up |
4. |
1975 |
Hong Kong |
Hard |
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3–6, 1–6, 1–6 |
Winner |
5. |
1977 |
Little Rock, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
5. |
1977 |
San Jose, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
6. |
1977 |
Hampton, U.S. |
Carpet |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
Winner |
7. |
1977 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Winner |
8. |
1978 |
St. Louis WCT, U.S. |
Carpet |
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7–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
6. |
1980 |
Surbiton, England |
Grass |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
7. |
1981 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
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7–6, 3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
8. |
1981 |
Cologne, Germany |
Hard (i) |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
9. |
1981 |
Stockholm, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
9. |
1981 |
Bologna, Italy |
Carpet |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
10. |
1982 |
Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany |
Clay |
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7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7 |
Winner |
10. |
1982 |
Cleveland, U.S. |
Hard |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Winner |
11. |
1983 |
Gstaad, Switzerland |
Clay |
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6–0, 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles finals (40)
24 titles - 16 runners-up
Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
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Runner-up |
1. |
1971 |
Cincinnati, U.S. |
Clay |
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1–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
2. |
1973 |
Baltimore WCT, U.S. |
Hard (i) |
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6–3, 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
1. |
1974 |
Roanoke, U.S. |
Indoors |
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7–6, 6–1 |
Winner |
2. |
1974 |
Birmingham, U.S. |
Carpet |
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4–6, 7–6, 6–1 |
Winner |
3. |
1975 |
Roanoke, U.S. |
Indoors |
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7–6, 1–6, 6–3 |
Winner |
4. |
1975 |
Wimbledon, London |
Grass |
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7–5, 8–6, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
3. |
1975 |
Hong Kong |
Hard |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Winner |
5. |
1976 |
Fort Worth WCT, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Winner |
6. |
1976 |
Palm Springs, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 6–7, 7–6 |
Winner |
7. |
1977 |
Hampton, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Winner |
8. |
1977 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Winner |
9. |
1977 |
Wembley, England |
Hard |
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6–3, 7–6 |
Winner |
10. |
1978 |
Birmingham WCT, U.S. |
Carpet |
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3–6, 6–1, 7–6 |
Runner-up |
4. |
1978 |
Philadelphia WCT, U.S. |
Carpet |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
5. |
1978 |
Richmond WCT, U.S. |
Carpet |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
11. |
1978 |
Guadalajara, Mexico |
Clay |
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4–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
Winner |
12. |
1978 |
San Jose, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner |
13. |
1979 |
Rancho Mirage, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 7–6 |
Winner |
14. |
1979 |
French Open, Paris |
Clay |
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6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
6. |
1979 |
Forest Hills WCT, U.S. |
Clay |
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7–6, 6–7, 3–6 |
Winner |
15. |
1980 |
Boston, U.S. |
Clay |
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1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
7. |
1980 |
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Clay |
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4–6, 5–7 |
Winner |
16. |
1980 |
Columbus, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up |
8. |
1980 |
Toronto, Canada |
Hard |
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3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
9. |
1980 |
San Francisco, U.S. |
Carpet |
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1–6, 4–6 |
Winner |
17. |
1981 |
Memphis, U.S. |
Carpet |
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7–6, 6–7, 7–6 |
Winner |
18. |
1981 |
Brussels, Belgium |
Carpet |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
10. |
1981 |
Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hard (i) |
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6–7, 6–1, 4–6 |
Runner-up |
11. |
1982 |
Strasbourg WCT, France |
Carpet |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
19. |
1982 |
Gstaad, Switzerland |
Clay |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
12. |
1983 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
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1–6, 2–6 |
Winner |
20. |
1983 |
Montreal, Canada |
Hard |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Winner |
21. |
1984 |
Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany |
Clay |
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7–6, 6–4 |
Winner |
22. |
1984 |
Columbus, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 6–7, 7–5 |
Runner-up |
13. |
1984 |
Cincinnati, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–7 |
Runner-up |
14. |
1984 |
Los Angeles, U.S. |
Hard |
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6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner |
23. |
1984 |
Cologne, Germany |
Hard (i) |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Winner |
24. |
1984 |
Vienna, Austria |
Hard (i) |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
15. |
1985 |
Philadelphia, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up |
16. |
1985 |
San Francisco, U.S. |
Carpet |
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6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
External links
Sandy Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Sandy Mayer at the International Tennis Federation
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