Gene Mayer

Gene Mayer (born April 11, 1956 in Flushing, New York) is a former tennis player from the United States who won fourteen singles titles during his career.

Mayer played tennis at Wayne Valley High School, in Wayne, New Jersey, where he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team.^[1]

The right-hander Mayer reached his highest ranking on the ATP Tour on October 6, 1980, when he reached the rank of number 4 in the world.

Mayer has been a resident of Woodmere, New York.^[2] In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

Gene's older brother Sandy was also a tour player. He achieved the rank of World No. 7 in 1982.

[edit] Singles titles (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Sashi Menon	Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
2.	1978	Miami, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	7–6, 6–3
3.	1978	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
4.	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Hank Pfister	Manuel Orantes José Higueras	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
5.	1978	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–3
6.	1978	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Hank Pfister	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis	6–3, 6–1
7.	1979	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
8.	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	John Alexander Geoff Masters	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
9.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
10.	1979	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	John McEnroe	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–6
11.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Slozil	6–3, 6–4
12.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–5
13.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4
14.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
15.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 7–6
2.	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Newcombe Tony Roche	6–3, 7–5
3.	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
4.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sashi Menon	Sandy Mayer Sherwood Stewart	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
5.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 7–5
6.	1980	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–5
7.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–1, 6–4
8.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 1–6, 6–4

^ Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century, The Star-Ledger. Accessed December 10, 2007.
^ Cavanaugh, Jack. "A TENNIS TOURNAMENT SERVES SOME ACES", The New York Times, August 23, 1987. Accessed December 22, 2007. "Most of what rooting interest developed focused on the closest thing to a homegrown product in the competition, Gene Mayer of Woodmere."
^ "NC Sports Commission Invites Athlete and Coach Nominations From Community", Three Village Times, January 28, 2005. Accessed December 22, 2007. "The NCSC is privileged to announce that four-time Track and Field Gold Medallist Al Oerter and former world ranked tennis professional Gene Mayer are scheduled, among others, to accept their induction into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame on April 11."

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