Bernard Mitton

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**Bernard Mitton**

Country
Residence	Irvine, California, USA
Date of birth	September 11, 1954 (1954-09-11) (age 53)
Place of birth	Vryburg, South Africa
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lbs.)
Turned pro	1973
Plays	Right-handed;
Career prize money	?
Singles
Career record:	199 - 218
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	54 (December 15, 1975)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (1978, 1982)
French Open	3rd (1977)
Wimbledon	4th (1973 - 1976)
US Open	4th (1980)
Doubles
Career record:	210 - 191
Career titles:	9
Highest ranking:	20 (June 25, 1984)
Infobox last updated on: June 10, 2008.

Bernard Mitton, born November 9, 1954 is a professional male tennis player in both singles and doubles from the Republic of South Africa. He was born in Vryburg, South Africa.

Bernard Mitton reached his highest rank in singles of #51 in the world, on December 15, 1975, and in doubles of #20 on June 25, 1984. His career record in singles in the ATP tour was 199-218, winning two titles. In doubles, he went 210-191, winning 9 titles.

His 2 title wins in singles include: Newport (1978) and San Jose (1979), and he reached the finals in 3 tournaments: San Jose (1978), Adelaide (1979) and Johannesburg (1981).

His 9 title wins in doubles include: Auckland (1979); Stowe, Cologne (1980); Richmond WCT (1981); Johannesburg (1981); Tampa (1981); Columbus (1982); Ferrara (1983); and La Quinta (1984). He appeared as a finalist in 8 further tournaments: Sarasota (1978); North Conway (1978); Rotterdam (1979); Maui (1982) Ancona (1982); Toulouse (1983); Florence (1984), London / Queen's Club (1984).

Mitton has career wins over McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, and Ashe in singles. Although he failed to reach the Quarter Finals in any of the Grand Slams, he reached the 4th round on 3 separate occasions.

In his very first slam in 1973, he reached the 4th round of Wimbledon, defeating: Andres Battad; Zan Guerry; Deon Zoubert; before losing to Jimmy Connors in straight sets, (3-6 3-6 2-6).

In 1976, he reach3e the Fourth Round again at Wimbledon, defeating: Eric Deblicker; Sasha Menon; former champion John Newcombe, (3-6 6-3 9-7 9-7); before falling to Raul Ramirez, (7-9 6-3 1-6 1-6).

In 1980, he reached the 4th Round at the US Open, defeating: José Luis Clerc, (6-3 6-2 4-6 2-6 7-5); Juan-Carlos Ayala; Sammy Giammalva Jr; before finally losing to Jimmy Connors in straight sets, (6-7, 4-6, 4-6).

Mitton retired from the tour in 1984 and joined the Newport Beach Tennis Club as Director of Tennis. From 2000-2003 was at Rancho San Clemente and is currently teaching at The Racket Club of Irvine, California. He has three children, Natalie, Brend and Olivia.

1 Singles titles
- 1.1 Singles finalist (3)
2 Doubles Titles (9)
3 External Links

[edit] Singles titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)
Challengers (0)
Futures (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 10, 1978	Newport, Rhode Island, USA	Grass	John James	6-1 3-6 7-6
2.	March 19, 1979	San Jose, Costa Rica	Hard	Tom Gorman	6-4 6-4 6-3