Wayne Pascoe Explained

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.

Biography

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]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Pascoe upsets Chris Lewis . The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia . 9 January 1981 . 22 June 2018 . 14 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Fancutt tumbles seed in first-round shock . The Canberra Times. ACT, Australia . 24 June 1981 . 22 June 2018 . 42 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Wayne Pascoe appointed President of Tennis NSW. 2 March 2018. Tennis NSW. 23 June 2018.