Rick Fagel | |
Birth Date: | 29 November 1953 |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $64,787 |
Singlesrecord: | 46–97 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 76 (Jan 16, 1978) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1978) |
Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1978, 79, 81, 82) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1977) |
Doublesrecord: | 29–75 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 256 (Jan 3, 1983) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1979) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1979) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (1975, 77, 78, 80, 81) |
Mixed: | yes |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | QF (1981) |
Usopenmixedresult: | 2R (1978) |
Rick Fagel (born November 29, 1953) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]
Fagel played collegiate tennis at Columbia University and won the Ivy League Championship in 1972, beating Vitas Gerulaitis in the final.[2]
He appeared in 14 Grand Slam during his career.[2] His best performance came at the 1977 US Open, where he reached the third round, with wins over Russell Simpson and Antonio Munoz.[2] He was a mixed doubles quarter-finalist at the 1981 French Open, with German Eva Pfaff as his partner. En route they defeating a pairing consisting of Billie Jean King and Ilie Năstase.[2] Fagel defeated John McEnroe at the Cincinnati Grand Prix tournament in 1977.[3] He was eliminated at the semi-final stage, by Mark Cox.[2] The following year he made the quarter-finals of the Florence Open.[2] In 1980 he and partner David Carter were doubles runners-up at the Sarasota Grand Prix.[2]