Sandy Mayer

Sandy Mayer

Full name	Alexander "Sandy" Mayer
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Portola Valley, California, USA
Born	(1952-04-05) April 5, 1952 Flushing, Queens, USA
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,057,783
Singles
Career record	359–194 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 26, 1984)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1980)
French Open	3R (1979, 1981)
Wimbledon	SF (1973)
US Open	4R (1972)
Other tournaments
WCT Finals	QF (1981)
Doubles
Career record	292–136 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	24
Highest ranking	No. 3 (January 28, 1985)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1980)
French Open	W (1979)
Wimbledon	W (1975)
US Open	3R (1983, 1984)
Last updated on: June 5, 2012.

Alexander "Sandy" Mayer (born April 5, 1952) is a former tennis player from the United States, who won ten titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles during his professional career. He was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.

Career

Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. Of the winning 1973 Stanford tennis team, he, Roscoe Tanner and Pat Du Pré were all brothers in the Zeta Psi fraternity. The right-hander Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on April 26, 1982, when he became World No. 7.

Sandy's younger brother Gene was also a world tour tennis player and reached a career high of World No. 4 in 1980.

Sandy has four sons and a daughter. All children have been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League (Northern California Section). His wife's name is Libby Mayer and she works as a teacher at a private school.

Mayer as of a few years ago resided in Portola Valley, California.

Singles finals (21)

11 titles - 10 runners-up

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	1973	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Charles Owens	6–4, 7–6
Winner	2.	1974	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	1974	Paramus, U.S.	Indoor	Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Karl Meiler	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Tom Gorman	3–6, 1–6, 1–6
Winner	5.	1977	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet	Haroon Rahim	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Jiří Hřebec	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Winner	6.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Raymond Moore	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	1981	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	9.	1981	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	4–6, 2–6
Winner	9.	1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Ramesh Krishnan	7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Winner	10.	1982	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 6–3
Winner	11.	1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles finals (40)

24 titles - 16 runners-up

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith Erik Van Dillen	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	1973	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	Jimmy Connors Clark Graebner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Ian Crookenden Jeff Simpson	7–6, 6–1
Winner	2.	1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet	Ian Fletcher	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Iván Molina	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	1975	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Juan Gisbert Ion Ţiriac	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
Winner	4.	1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Vitas Gerulaitis	Colin Dowdeswell Allan Stone	7–5, 8–6, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Winner	5.	1976	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6–4, 7–5
Winner	6.	1976	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	Raymond Moore Erik Van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	7.	1977	Hampton, U.S.	Carpet	Stan Smith	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3
Winner	8.	1977	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	6–2, 6–3
Winner	9.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Winner	10.	1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	4.	1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7
Winner	11.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	1978	San José, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Winner	13.	1979	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Winner	14.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	15.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Winner	16.	1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	9.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Winner	17.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Winner	18.	1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet	Frew McMillan	Wojtek Fibak John Fitzgerald	4–6, 3–6
Winner	19.	1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6
Winner	20.	1983	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
Winner	21.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Andreas Maurer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
Winner	22.	1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Runner-up	13.	1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Balázs Taróczy	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	14.	1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	23.	1984	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Winner	24.	1984	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	1985	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Wojtek Fibak	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	16.	1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Brad Gilbert	Paul Annacone Christo van Rensburg	6–3, 3–6, 4–6

External links

• Sandy Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Sandy Mayer at the International Tennis Federation