Víctor Pecci Sr. (born October 15, 1955) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from Paraguay.
He was ranked as high as world No. 9 in singles in 1980 and world No. 31 in doubles in 1984. Pecci is famous for reaching the
1979 French Open final. He beat
Guillermo Vilas
Guillermo Vilas (; born 17 August 1952) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Vilas was the No. 1 of the Grand Prix seasons in 1974, 1975 and 1977, and won four Grand Slam tournaments, one year-end Masters, nine Grand Prix Super Se ...
6–0, 6–2, 7–5 in the quarterfinals and
Jimmy Connors 7–5, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 in the semifinals, but lost to three-time champion
Björn Borg in the final. He also reached the semifinals in 1981 and was runner-up in
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. Pecci won the
French Open boys' singles in 1973.
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
Career finals
Singles: 22 (10 titles, 12 runner-ups)
Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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1955 births
Living people
French Open junior champions
Paraguayan male tennis players
Paraguayan people of Italian descent
Sportspeople from Asunción
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles