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1985 Fischer-Grand Prix – Doubles
Wojciech Fibak and Sandy Mayer were the defending champions but did not compete that year. Mike De Palmer and Gary Donnelly won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez. Seeds # Heinz Günthardt / Balázs Taróczy ''(quarterfinals)'' # Anders Järryd / Pavel Složil ''(quarterfinals)'' # Sergio Casal / Emilio Sánchez ''(final)'' # Mike De Palmer / Gary Donnelly Gary Donnelly (born June 3, 1962) is a former professional tennis player from the United States. Donnelly still lives in Phoenix with his five children and wife, where he is a club pro at the Scottsdale Arizona Inn. Donnelly played college ten ... (champions) Draw External links 1985 Fischer-Grand Prix Doubles draw {{DEFAULTSORT:1985 Fischer-Grand Prix - Doubles Doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike De Palmer
Mike De Palmer (October 17, 1961 – August 7, 2021) was a professional tennis player from the United States. De Palmer enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won six tour doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional six times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 20 in 1986. DePalmer had a career high singles ranking of 35, with wins over Jimmy Connors, Vitas Gerulaitis, Mel Purcell, Peter Fleming, Peter Lundgren Peter Lundgren (born 29 January 1965) is a former professional male tennis player and tennis coach from Sweden. He preferred playing indoors, hardcourt and on grass to clay. Playing career Lundgren was one of the second generation of Swedish ..., Paul McNamee, Jakob Hlasek, and Tim Gullikson. He reached the singles final in Ancona, Italy, in 1982, losing to Anders Järryd 6-3, 6-2. De Palmer coached Boris Becker from August 1995 to June 1999, as well as coaching other professional tenni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Palin
Leo Palin (born 20 October 1956) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. During his career on the ATP Tour, Palin won one doubles title, and reached one singles and one other doubles final. He reached career-high rankings of No. 92 in singles (in 1982) and No. 111 in doubles (in 1986). ATP Tour finals Singles (1 loss) Doubles (1 win, 1 loss) See also *List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. Finland currently compete i ... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palin, Leo 1956 births Living people Finnish male tennis players Sportspeople from Helsinki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Hjertquist
Per Hjertquist (born 6 April 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won one singles title and one doubles title. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 68 in 1980 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 106 in 1985. As a junior, he was ranked 2nd after Ivan Lendl Ivan Lendl (; born March 7, 1960) is a Czech–American former professional tennis player. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Lendl was ranked world No. 1 in singles for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. ..., and in 1978, became the US Open boys' singles champion. Career finals Singles (1 title, 2 runners-up) Doubles (1 title) External links * * 1960 births Living people People from Nässjö Municipality Swedish male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Sportspeople from Jönköping County 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Prpić
Goran Prpić (born 4 May 1964) is a Croatian tennis coach and former professional tennis player, who played for SFR Yugoslavia and Croatia. Biography Prpić was born in Zagreb, at the time in SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. He turned professional in 1984. His career was nearly ended by a serious knee injury in February 1986. After a surgery, Prpić spent two years recovering before returning to the Tour. For the rest of his playing career, he wore a custom-made knee brace. During his career, he won one top-level singles title (at Umag in 1990) and one doubles title ( San Remo in 1990). His joint best performance at a Grand Slam tournament was at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. He also reached the quarter-finals of the 1993 French Open. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 16 in 1991. In 1990, Prpić was a member of the team from Yugoslavia which won the World Team Cup. In 1991, he teamed-up with Monica Seles to help Yugoslavia win the Hopm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Ostoja
Marko Ostoja (born 20 October 1960) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who competed for Yugoslavia. Career Ostoja was the Yugoslavian National Champion in 1978, having earlier won the event as a junior, in the 14s, 16 and 18s age groups. He had his best year on tour in 1981 when he won his first career title at Brussels and reached the doubles finals of the Austrian Open. The Croatian also reached the semi-finals in Stowe, Vermont, that year. In 1982 he made the third round of the 1982 French Open, with wins over José Luis Damiani and Gilles Moretton. His best tournament showing came in Florence, where he was a semi-finalist. At Cologne he put some good performances together in both 1983 and 1984, with quarter-final and semi-final appearances respectively. Ostoja reached another Grand Slam third round in the 1985 US Open. He had one of the best wins of his career at the Lipton International Players Championships in Delray Beach that year, defeating world num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Eriksson (tennis)
Stefan Eriksson (born 17 October 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Eriksson competed in four Grand Slam tournaments during his career but was unable to register a win. In the 1987 Wimbledon Championships he lost to future champion Stefan Edberg 0–6, 0–6, 0–6. It was the first ever Wimbledon match in the open era to be decided in just 18 games and first shutout at the tournament since 1947.''Gainesville Sun''"Edberg 'pitches' 1st shutout in 40 years" 24 June 1987, Robert Millward His best result on tour came at the Cologne tournament in 1986, when he finished runner-up. He upset world number nine Anders Järryd in the semi-finals. The Swede had two further wins over top 30 players that year, beating Slobodan Živojinović in Basel and Milan Šrejber in Vienna. On the doubles circuit, Eriksson reached the quarterfinals at the Indianapolis Clay Court Championships in both 1985 and 1986, partnering Mikael Pernfors. He went further at Toulou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Båthman
Ronnie Båthman (born 24 April 1959) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won three doubles titles and finished as a runner-up four times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 38 in 1992. Career finals Doubles (3 wins, 4 losses) External links * * Swedish male tennis players Living people 1959 births 20th-century Swedish people {{Sweden-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Günthardt
Markus Günthardt (born 10 September 1957) is a Swiss former tennis player. Günthardt won three doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander reached his highest ATP doubles ranking on 17 September 1984, when he became the number 44 in the world. Günthardt participated in 14 Davis Cup ties for Switzerland from 1980–86, posting a 9-5 record in doubles. Günthardt's younger brother Heinz was a successful doubles player, winning two Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... doubles titles in his career. Doubles titles (3) External links * * * Living people 1957 births Swiss male tennis players Tennis players from Zürich 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-tennis-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanislav Birner
Stanislav Birner (born 11 October 1956) is a former professional tennis player from Czechoslovakia. He is married to Jana Birnerová and has two daughters, Eva Birnerová Eva Birnerová (born 14 August 1984) is a Czech former tennis player. In her career, she won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eight singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 29 January 2007, she reached her be ... and Hanna Birnerová. Eva Birnerová played tennis until 2014 on professional level and reached No. 59 (singles) and 52 (doubles) in the world rankings. He lives in the Czech Republic. Birner enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 43 in 1987. Grand Slam finals Mixed doubles: 1 runner-up Career finals Doubles (2 titles, 5 runner-ups) External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Birner, Stanislav 1956 births Living people Czech male tennis pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarek Srnensky
Jarek Srnensky (born 16 January 1963) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Srnensky is Czechoslovakian by birth, but grew up in the Swiss town of Chur. While competing on the professional tour he twice featured in the French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ... main draw as a doubles player, in 1985 and 1986, both times partnering João Soares. Challenger titles Doubles: (1) References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Srnensky, Jarek 1963 births Living people Swiss male tennis players Czechoslovak emigrants to Switzerland Sportspeople from Vsetín ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarik Benhabiles
Tarik Benhabiles (born 5 February 1965 in Algiers, Algeria) is a former Algerian-French tennis player. He achieved his highest ATP-ranking on 8 June 1987, when the right-hander was listed as the number 22 player in the world. Benhabiles's professional career began in 1981, the year he won the junior championship at the French Open, and it ended in 1992. He never won an ATP title, but he reached two finals. He lost to Vitas Gerulaitis at Treviso in 1984, and he lost to Ronald Agénor Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor (born November 13, 1964) is a former professional tennis player who represented Haiti during his playing career. He is the only Haitian to have ever earned a Top 25 world ranking in singles, reaching a highest singles ... at Genova in 1990. Benhabiles won the closed French national tournament in 1986. Benhabiles was a member of the French Davis Cup national team, but he played only one match, a 1987 doubles match against South Korea. He ended his professional tennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marián Vajda
Marián Vajda (; born 24 March 1965) is a Slovak professional tennis coach and former player. He is the former head coach of Novak Djokovic, coaching Djokovic almost his entire professional career, winning 85 titles together (out of the 92 won by Djokovic). Vajda is the most successful coach in the history of tennis in terms of Grand Slam titles winning 20 Grand Slam trophies with Novak Djokovic. Career Vajda was born in Považská Bystrica. He was a member of the Olympic Team of Czechoslovakia, and in 1992 he competed in the Olympic Games of Barcelona, being eliminated in the first round by Gilad Bloom. He reached the third round of the 1991 French Open, won two singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 34 in September 1987. Vajda is a former captain of the Slovakia Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams. Vajda was the coach of Karol Kučera from 2001 to 2005. Vajda has been the coach of Novak Djokovic from 2006 until 2017, then again from 2018 to 2022. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |