Peter Doohan (2 May 1961 – 21 July 2017) was an Australian tennis player who won three consecutive

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singles titles (1984, 1985, 1986), which remains an Open era record for that tournament. He won a further two singles titles at the South Australian Open in 1984 and San Louis Potosi tournament in Mexico in 1988. He also won five doubles titles during his career. The right-hander reached his highest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) singles ranking of world No. 43 in August 1987.

Career

At the 1987 Wimbledon Championships, he unexpectedly defeated two-time defending champion and top-seeded

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in the second round, earning himself the nickname "The Becker Wrecker" at home in Australia. Doohan played collegiately in the United States with the University of Arkansas where he won the NCAA doubles title in 1982. Also a successful singles player, he won three

consecutively from (1984–1986). In 1984, he won the South Australian Open singles title. In 1988, he won the San Louis Potosi singles title on clay in

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, Mexico. He also coached high school tennis at Donoho High School in Anniston, Alabama, for several years in the mid-1990s. Doohan died on 21 July 2017 from motor neurone disease.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 14 (5 titles, 9 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed Doubles

References

External links

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