Mike Bauer (born June 29, 1959) is a retired American tour professional
tennis
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player. Bauer won three singles and nine top-tier doubles titles during his career.
He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 29 in November 1984.
Career
An All-American in 1981 at
University of California, Berkeley
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, Bauer won the 1982
Bangkok Grand Prix and 1982 and 1983
South Australian Open. He was also a finalist at the 1983
Sydney Outdoor Grand Prix. He reached the semi-finals in five other tournaments during his career.
His best
Grand Slam
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result was reaching the 3rd round of
Wimbledon in 1983 where he lost to eventual finalist
Chris Lewis. He reached the second round of the
U.S. Open twice in four tries.
Bauer reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 25,
and won the 1981
Taipei Grand Prix and
Manila Grand Prix, and 1982 Bangkok Grand Prix, tournaments partnering compatriot
John Benson, the 1983
Stuttgart Outdoor partnering
Anand Amritraj
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and Sydney Outdoor partnering
Pat Cash
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, the 1992
Tel Aviv Grand Prix partnering
João Cunha e Silva
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, the 1993
Casablanca Grand Prix partnering
Piet Norval, and
Santiago Grand Prix with Rikl, and the 1994
Vienna Grand Prix again with Rikl.
He was a finalist at the 1983
Maui Grand Prix partnering
Scott Davis and 1984
Melbourne Grand Prix partnering
Scott McCain,
1993
Zarazoga Grand Prix partnering
David Rikl
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,
Gerry Weber Open
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Between 1993 and 2018 ...
with
Marc-Kevin Goellner
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, Tel Aviv partnering Rikl, and Vienna with
David Prinosil
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Prinosil was born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia, but later moved to Germany. He represented his country at the 1996 ...
.
Bauer was a member of the American
Davis Cup team. Mike graduated from Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He is the former Director of Tennis at
Harbor Bay Club in
Alameda, California
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. He regularly gave private lessons and directed the Summer Tennis Camp program. He now lives in Germany with his family.
Grand Prix circuit career finals
Singles (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
References
External links
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1959 births
Living people
American male tennis players
California Golden Bears men's tennis players
Sportspeople from Oakland, California
Tennis people from California
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