| Joel Bailey | |
| Fullname: | Joel Bailey |
| Birth Date: | 25 April 1951 |
| Birth Place: | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Singlesrecord: | 7–34 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 197 (December 31, 1978) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1978, 1981) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1979) |
| Doublesrecord: | 28–55 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 90 (September 24, 1979) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1981) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1978) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1978) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1977, 1979, 1981) |
Joel Bailey (born April 25, 1951) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Bailey was born in Florida but based in Memphis, Tennessee. An All-American varsity tennis player at Samford University, Bailey began competing internationally in the late 1970s.
He won a Grand Prix doubles title in Lagos, Nigeria with Bruce Kleege in 1979.[1]
In singles, he had his first big match win at Sarasota in 1980 when he saved triple match points to upset Steve Krulevitz, from a set and 2–5 down.[2] He had only entered the tournament as a wild card, which was awarded as he was the son of Mack Bailey, who owned the company that sponsored the tournament.[3] At the Tulsa that year he made the quarter-finals, his best performance in a Grand Prix tournament. He competed in the main draw of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships and had a two set lead over Kevin Curren in their first round encounter, but lost in five.[4]
From the 1980s he lived in Japan and appeared in many tournaments in that country, as well as earning a living teaching tennis.[5] He twice won the doubles title at the ATP Challenger event in Nagoya.
| No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1979 | Nagoya, Japan | Hard |  Rod Frawley | Chris Kachel Marcello Lara | 7–6, 7–5 | |
| 2. | 1979 | Lincoln, U.S. | Hard |  Bruce Kleege | Steve Denton Peter Rennert | 0–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 3. | 1983 | Nagoya, Japan | Hard | Jeff Turpin | Charles Strode Morris Strode | 6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |