Gene Mayer

Gene Mayer

Gene Mayer at the 1979 ABN Tennis Tournament
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Mill Neck, NY
Born	(1956-04-11) April 11, 1956 Flushing, NY
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Turned pro	1973
Retired	1986 (brief comeback in 2001)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$1,382,422
Singles
Career record	317–158
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 4 (October 6, 1980)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	4R (1979)
Wimbledon	QF (1980, 1982)
US Open	QF (1982, 1984)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1980)
WCT Finals	QF (1979)
Doubles
Career record	167–91
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 5 (July 9, 1979)

Gene Mayer (born April 11, 1956) is a former tennis player from the United States who won 14 singles titles during his career.

Mayer was born in Flushing, Queens, New York. He grew up in Wayne, New Jersey,^[1] and played tennis at Wayne Valley High School, where he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team.^[2] He was a double hander on both forehand and backhand.

The right-hander Mayer reached his highest ranking on the ATP Tour on October 6, 1980, when he reached the rank of World No. 4.

Mayer has been a resident of Woodmere, New York.^[3] In 2005, he was inducted into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame.^[4]

Gene's older brother Sandy was also a tour player. He achieved the rank of World No. 7 in 1982. They met each other in the Stockholm Open final 1981 and won 5 doubles tournaments together, including 1979 French Open.

Career finals

Singles: 26 (14–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1976	Hamilton, Bermuda	Clay	Cliff Richey	6–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	John Newcombe	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	José Higueras	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Winner	2.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	3.	1980	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	Victor Amaya	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	1980	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet	Heinz Günthardt	2–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3, 6–0
Winner	5.	1980	Los Angeles	Hard	Brian Teacher	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	1980	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Victor Amaya	6–2, 6–1
Winner	7.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Eliot Teltscher	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	1980	Wembley, United Kingdom	Carpet	John McEnroe	4–6, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	8.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	6–2, 6–4
Winner	9.	1981	Denver, U.S.	Carpet	John Sadri	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Winner	10.	1981	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Dave Siegler	6–1, 6–4
Winner	11.	1981	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	1982	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	2–5, retired
Winner	12.	1982	Munich, Germany	Clay	Peter Elter	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	9.	1982	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	John McEnroe	4–6, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	1983	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 0–6
Winner	13.	1983	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–6
Winner	14.	1983	Los Angeles	Hard	Johan Kriek	7–6, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	1984	Munich, Germany	Clay	Libor Pimek	4–6, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Henri Leconte	6–7, 0–6, 6–1, 1–6

Doubles: 24 (15–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	1976	La Costa, U.S.	Hard	Peter Fleming	Marty Riessen Roscoe Tanner	6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	2.	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Newcombe Tony Roche	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	1977	Columbus, U.S.	Clay	Peter Fleming	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Sashi Menon	Marcello Lara Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Winner	2.	1978	Miami, Florida, U.S.	Carpet	Tom Gullikson	Bob Carmichael Brian Teacher	7–6, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sashi Menon	Sandy Mayer Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	1978	San Jose, California, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Winner	4.	1978	French Open, Paris	Clay	Hank Pfister	Manuel Orantes José Higueras	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	5.	1978	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–3
Winner	6.	1978	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	Hank Pfister	Jeff Borowiak Chris Lewis	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	1979	Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.	Hard	Sandy Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Winner	8.	1979	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	John Alexander Geoff Masters	6–1, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	9.	1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner	10.	1979	Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.	Clay	John McEnroe	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	6–4, 7–6
Winner	11.	1979	Cologne, Germany	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Heinz Günthardt Pavel Složil	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	1980	Metz, France	Carpet	Colin Dibley	Chris Delaney Kim Warwick	7–6, 7–5
Runner-up	6.	1980	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Wojtek Fibak	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	2–6, 5–7
Winner	13.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4
Winner	14.	1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Sandy Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Winner	15.	1981	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Sandy Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up	9.	1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Sandy Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6

References

External links

• Gene Mayer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gene Mayer at the International Tennis Federation
• Gene Mayer at the Davis Cup