Patrick McEnroe

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**Patrick McEnroe**

Country	United States
Residence	Oyster Bay, New York
Date of birth	July 1, 1966 (1966-07-01) (age 41)
Place of birth	Manhasset, New York
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg/11 st)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	1998
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$3,118,316
Singles
Career record:	140 - 163
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	28 (September 11, 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1991)
French Open	3r (1991)
Wimbledon	2r (1991, 1992, 1995)
US Open	QF (1995)
Doubles
Career record:	310 - 182
Career titles:	16
Highest ranking:	3 (April 12, 1993)

Patrick McEnroe (born July 1, 1966) is an American former professional tennis player and the present Captain of the United States Davis Cup team.

Born in Manhasset, New York, he is the younger brother of tennis legend John McEnroe. Though his playing career was not nearly as successful as that of his older brother, Patrick was a world-class player in his own right. He was particularly successful in doubles play, where he won 17 professional titles including the 1989 French Open men's doubles.

1 Junior player
2 Professional career
3 Davis Cup
4 Personal life
5 Distinctions and honors
6 Grand Slam finals (2)
- 6.1 Doubles champion (1)
- 6.2 Doubles runner-up (1)
7 ATP Tour finals
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links

[edit] Junior player

As a junior player, McEnroe partnered Luke Jensen to win the French Junior doubles and the USTA Boys' 18 National and Clay Court titles in 1984. He also made his first impact on the professional tour that year, teaming up with brother John to win the doubles title at Richmond, Virginia. He won the men's doubles gold medal at the 1987 Pan American Games with Jensen, and helped Stanford University win the NCAA team championship in 1986 and 1988. While at Stanford, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. McEnroe graduated from Stanford in 1988 with a degree in political science, and then joined the professional tennis tour.

[edit] Professional career

In 1989, McEnroe won the French Open men's doubles title and the Masters doubles title partnering Jim Grabb.

His first career singles final came in 1991 at Chicago, where he faced his brother John. John won the match 3–6, 6–2, 6–4. (This was the second time in tour history where two brothers faced each other in a tournament final, after Emilio Sánchez and Javier Sánchez met in the Madrid final in 1987.)

McEnroe's best Grand Slam singles performance came at the 1991 Australian Open, where he reached the semi-finals before being knocked-out by eventual-champion Boris Becker. (Commenting on his fellow semi-finalists, he told the press: "It's just like you all expected – Edberg, Lendl, McEnroe and Becker".) He was also runner-up in the men's doubles at the Australian Open that year, partnering his former Stanford team-mate David Wheaton.

McEnroe won the men's singles at the Sydney Outdoor Championships in 1995, to claim his first (and only) career singles title. He also had some notable Grand Slam singles results that year – beating Boris Becker in the first round of the Australian Open (before eventually losing in the fourth round), and then reaching the quarter-finals of the US Open where he lost to Becker in an epic four-hour and seven-minute four-set marathon.

But perhaps McEnroe's most memorable career moment comes as a catalyst of tennis legend (and older brother John's own rival) Jimmy Connors legendary run during the 1991 U.S. Open. In the 1st Round of the 1991 U.S. Open, while leading Connors two sets and 3–0 in the third set, Connors came back to win in 5 sets, walking off the court at 1:35 in the morning, after 4 hours and 18 minutes of play.

McEnroe retired from the professional tour in 1998.

[edit] Davis Cup

In the Davis Cup, McEnroe represented his country as a doubles player in 1993, 1994 and 1996, compiling a 3–1 record. In 2000, after older-brother John resigned following an unhappy 14-month spell as Captain, he was named the 38th Captain of the United States Davis Cup team.^[1]

With McEnroe as captain, the Davis Cup team won the Cup for the U.S. in December, 2007.

[edit] Personal life

On 19 December 1998, he married singer and actress Melissa Errico. They have one daughter, Victoria Penny.

They are currently expecting their second child as of May 2008.^[2]

[edit] Distinctions and honors

His career-high singles ranking was World No. 28 in 1995.
His career-high doubles ranking was World No. 3 in 1993.
McEnroe served as captain of the U.S. men's tennis team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
He is a part owner of the New York Sportimes of World TeamTennis. His brother John is a player on the team.
McEnroe serves as a TV commentator for CBS Sports and ESPN.
He used to be the sports reporter for Imus in the Morning, before quitting on air due to a lack of airtime. He has since returned to WFAN on a trial basis from May 7–9, co-hosting with Chris Russo May 7 and his brother John May 8 and 9, as an audition for the slot formerly held by Imus in the Morning.
He is an analyst for the "1st and 10" segment on ESPN First Take.
He also guest hosts for the ESPN program Pardon The Interruption (PTI).

[edit] Grand Slam finals (2)

[edit] Doubles champion (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	French Open	Jim Grabb	Mansour Bahrami Eric Winogradsky	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6

[edit] Doubles runner-up (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1991	Australian Open	David Wheaton	Scott Davis David Pate	7–6, 6–7, 3–6, 5–7

[edit] ATP Tour finals

[edit] Singles champion (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 9, 1995	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Richard Fromberg	6–2, 7–6(4)

[edit] Singles runner-up (3)

1991: Chicago (lost to John McEnroe)
1994: Auckland (lost to Magnus Gustafsson), Basel (lost to Wayne Ferreira)

[edit] Doubles champion (16)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (1)
ATP Masters Series (1)
ATP Tour (13)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7)
Clay (2)
Grass (1)
Carpet (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 6, 1984	Richmond, USA	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	7–6, 6–2
2.	5 October 1987	San Francisco, USA	Carpet (i)	Jim Grabb	Glenn Layendecker Todd Witsken	6–2, 0–6, 6–4
3.	12 June 1989	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jim Grabb	Mansour Bahrami Eric Winogradsky	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6
4.	10 December 1989	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet (i)	Jim Grabb	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	7–5, 7–6, 5–7, 6–3
5.	12 November 1990	Wembley, England	Carpet (i)	Jim Grabb	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
6.	September 23, 1991	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jakob Hlasek	Petr Korda John McEnroe	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
7.	April 27, 1992	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Patrick Galbraith	Francisco Clavet Carlos Costa	6–3, 6–2
8.	October 5, 1992	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	6–2, 6–3
9.	October 5, 1992	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	John McEnroe	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–4, 6–2
10.	May 10, 1993	Coral Springs, USA	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Paul Annacone Doug Flach	6–4, 6–3
11.	June 7, 1993	Rosmalen, Netherlands	Grass	Jonathan Stark	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 1–6, 6–4
12.	October 4, 1993	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Richey Reneberg	Alexander Mronz Lars Rehmann	6–3, 7–5
13.	January 10, 1994	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Jared Palmer	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
14.	September 16, 1994	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jared Palmer	Lan Bale John-Laffnie de Jager	6–3, 7–6
15.	13 February 1995	San Jose, USA	Hard (i)	Jim Grabb	Alex O'Brien Sandon Stolle	3–6, 7–5, 6–0
16.	13 February 1995	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Carpet (i)	Mark Philippoussis	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–5, 6–4