Ivan Dupasquier Explained

Ivan Dupasquier
Birth Date:23 November 1961
Birth Place:Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:14–29
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 122 (4 January 1982)
Usopenresult:1R (1981)
Doublesrecord:7–27
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 251 (3 January 1983)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1982)

Ivan Dupasquier (born 23 November 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland.[1]

Career

Dupasquier made his Davis Cup debut in 1980, when he lost a dead rubber singles match to Italy's Gianni Ocleppo. His next match, which he won, was against Mexican Juan Hernández the following year. In 1982 he won a singles rubber over Mohammed Dlimi of Morocco, to finish with a 2-1 Davis Cup career record.[2]

The Swiss player was granted "special exempt status" by the organisers of the 1981 US Open. This was because he was busy playing a Davis Cup tie during qualifying and meant that he would go straight into the main draw.[3] He lost to Mark Edmondson in the opening round.[4] Also that year he reached the quarter-finals of the Taipei Grand Prix tournament and was a losing finalist in Manila.[4]

He completed in the men's doubles draw of a Grand Slam event on one occasion, which was at the 1982 French Open, where he partnered Christophe Roger-Vasselin.[4] They didn't make it past the first round.[4]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. http://itftennis.com/ProCircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?PlayerID=10002537 ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  2. http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10002537 Davis Cup Profile
  3. New York Times, "Swiss Named To Play Borg", 31 August 1981
  4. http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Du/I/Ivan-Dupasquier.aspx ATP World Tour Profile