Patricio Cornejo

Patricio Cornejo

Country	Chile
Residence	Santiago, Chile
Born	(1944-06-06) June 6, 1944 Llolleo, Chile
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	104–184
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 65 (4 September 1974)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	QF (1974)
Wimbledon	2R (1967)
US Open	3R (1972)
Doubles
Career record	227–165
Career titles	8
Team competitions
Davis Cup	F (1976)

Patricio Cornejo (June 6, 1944) is a retired Chilean professional tennis player of the 1970s. He competed at the 1975 Davis Cup with Jaime Fillol and played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Stan Smith/Erik Van Dillen of the (USA) 9–7, 39–37, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone Final. The second set is the world record for the most number of games in a Davis Cup set.

Cornejo retired from tennis in 1983 but still continues to play socially and in charity tournaments.

Doubles titles (8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1969	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Roy Emerson Frew McMillan	W/O
Winner	2.	1970	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Jaime Fillol	Andrés Gimeno Rod Laver	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1.	1971	Bournemouth, England	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson	6–8, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Željko Franulović Ilie Năstase	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	1972	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Jaime Fillol	Jim McManus Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	3.	1972	Brussels, Belgium	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	7–9, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	1972	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–8, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up	5.	1972	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1973	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Iván Molina	Ricardo Cano Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	1974	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen	5–7, 1–6
Runner-up	8.	1974	U.S. Open, New York	Grass	Jaime Fillol	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	1974	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	1975	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	5.	1976	Berlin, Germany	Hard	Julien Munoz	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–1
Winner	6.	1976	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Lito Álvarez Belus Prajoux	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	10.	1977	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Hans Gildemeister	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	5–7, 2–6
Winner	7.	1977	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Dick Crealy Cliff Letcher	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	1977	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Jaime Fillol	Henry Bunis Paul McNamee	5–7, 6–1, 6–1

External links

• Davis Cup Profile
• ATP Profile