Scott Davis (born August 27, 1962) is an American former professional

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player. He reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 11 (in October 1985) and doubles ranking of world No. 2 (in January 1991).

Tennis career

A right-handed

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er, Davis played 14 years on the tour. He won three singles titles – the 1983

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, 1985 Tokyo Outdoor, and 1990

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Grand Prix events – and 22 doubles titles. His biggest doubles tournament win was the

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, partnering

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. Other big doubles wins included the 1990

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, and

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, and 1993

Grand Prix events, all partnering Pate. Davis was also doubles finalist at the 1991 US Open with Pate. In 1985, he had won the Los Angeles Open with

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as an unseeded team. Prior to turning professional, Davis played

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, leading the Cardinal to the 1983

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team championship for coach

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. Davis attended Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades California. The Team was named National Champions in 1979 and 1980. He played for Coach Bud Ware (1978-79)and Coach Bud Kling (1979-80). He was also ranked #1 in the World for Junior Singles. Davis is married to America's sweetheart and pilates instructor extraordinaire Shellie. Since retiring from the tour in 1998, Davis has been active on the over-35 senior tour and as a private tennis coach.

Career finals

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Doubles: 41 (22 titles, 19 runner-ups)

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Scott American male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) champions Sportspeople from Irvine, California Tennis players from Santa Monica, California Stanford Cardinal men's tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions 1962 births Living people Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles