| Peter Pearson | |
| Fullname: | Peter Ferdinand Pearson |
| Birth Date: | 12 August 1955 |
| Birth Place: | Sunnyvale, California, U.S. |
| Plays: | Left-handed |
| Singlesrecord: | 6–19 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 153 (July 12, 1978) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (1978) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q3 (1979) |
| Doublesrecord: | 3–19 |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1978) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1979) |
Peter Ferdinand Pearson (born August 12, 1955) is an American former professional tennis player.
A left-handed player from California, Pearson was active on tour in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] He made two quarter-finals on the Grand Prix circuit and took Vitas Gerulaitis to a final set tiebreak in a loss at the 1976 Fischer-Grand Prix.[2] In 1978 he featured in the singles main draw of the French Open, where he fell in the first round to Tonino Zugarelli.[3]
Pearson is serving a life sentence at a state prison in Tuolumne County, California, after committing a series of bank robberies.[4] [5] Previously imprisoned on drug and theft charges, he was sentenced under California's three-strikes law.[1]