Wayne Pascoe | |
Fullname: | Wayne Pascoe |
Birth Date: | 19 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Adelaide, Australia |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 9–17 |
Australianopenresult: | 1R (1981) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1981) |
Doublesrecord: | 11–26 |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1980) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 3R (1981, 1982) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (1982) |
Wayne Pascoe (born 19 April 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Australia.
A right-handed player from Adelaide, Pascoe began competing on tour in the late 1970s.
As a singles player on the Grand Prix circuit he had a win over Bill Scanlon at the Melbourne Indoor in 1980 and had his best run at the 1981 South Australian Open, where he made the quarter-finals in front of a home crowd.[1]
During his career he featured in the main draws of the Australian Open, Wimbledon Championships and US Open. He reached the second round of the 1981 Wimbledon Championships as a qualifier, with a first round win over Pascal Portes.[2] His best performances at Wimbledon came in doubles, twice making the round of 16, with John Fitzgerald in 1981 and David Mustard in 1982.
Pascoe, a property adviser by profession, has served on the board of Tennis NSW since 2011 and was appointed president in 2018.[3]