Pat DuPré explained

Patrick Marie Du Pré
Residence:Savannah, Georgia
Birth Date:16 September 1954
Birth Place:Liège, Belgium
Turnedpro:1972
Retired:1984
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$533,743
Singlesrecord:178–196
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 14 (June 9, 1980)
Australianopenresult:4R (1980, 1981)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1983)
Wimbledonresult:SF (1979)
Usopenresult:QF (1979)
Doublesrecord:121–144
Doublestitles:4
Highestdoublesranking:No. 30 (March 3, 1980)

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

Personal

While on tour, Du Pré resided in La Jolla, California. Du Pré and his wife Rhonda live in Savannah, Georgia.

Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, Du Pré, 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, Du Pré 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, Du Pré 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 to be brought in.

Du Pré was a semifinalist at Wimbledon in 1979 and a quarter-finalist 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)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 1978Mexico City, MexicoCarpet (i) Raúl Ramírez4–6, 1–6
Loss0–2May 1978Tulsa, USHard Eddie Dibbs7–6, 2–6, 5–7
Loss0–3Oct 1978Tokyo, JapanClay Adriano Panatta3–6, 3–6
Loss0–4Nov 1978Hong Kong, UKHard Eliot Teltscher4–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win1–4Nov 1982Hong Kong, UKHard Morris Strode6–3, 6–3
Loss1–5Aug 1979Lafayette, USCarpet (i) Marty Riessen4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss1–6Oct 1979Tokyo, JapanClay Terry Moor 6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Loss1–7Nov 1979Hong Kong, UKHard Jimmy Connors5–7, 3–6, 1–6
Loss1–8Nov 1979Taipei, TaiwanCarpet (i) Bob Lutz3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss1–9Nov 1981Taipei, TaiwanCarpet (i) Robert Van't Hof5–7, 2–6

Doubles 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 1977Cairo, EgyptClay Chris Lewis John Bartlett
John Marks
5–7, 1–6, 3–6
Win1–1Nov 1977Taipei, TaiwanHard Steve Docherty
Tom Gorman
7–6, 7–6
Loss1–2Nov 1978Tokyo Indoor, JapanCarpet (i) Tom Gorman Ross Case
Geoff Masters
3–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Jun 1979Surbiton, UKGrass Marty Riessen Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson
3–6, 7–6, 6–8
Win2–3Oct 1979Tokyo Outdoor, JapanClay Colin Dibley Rod Frawley
Francisco González
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss2–4Oct 1979Sydney, AustraliaHard Francisco González
Rod Frawley
walkover
Win3–4Nov 1979Hong KongHard Bob Lutz Steve Denton
Mark Turpin
6–3, 6–4
Loss3–5Nov 1979Taipei, TaiwanCarpet (i) Bob Lutz Mark Edmondson
John Marks
1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win4–5Jun 1981London/Queen's, UKGrass Brian Teacher Kevin Curren
Steve Denton
3–6, 7–6, 11–9

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama Sports Hall of Fame . Ashof.org . January 17, 2013.