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Sandy Mayer

Full name	Alexander Mayer
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Portola Valley, California, U.S.
Born	(1952-04-05) April 5, 1952 Flushing, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1986
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,057,783
Singles
Career record	363–196
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 26, 1982)
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
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)

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

Early life and college career

Mayer was born in Flushing, New York. He entered Stanford University in 1970 and majored in political science. In 1972, Mayer and Roscoe Tanner won the NCAA doubles championship, and the Stanford team finished second in the NCAA tournament, behind Trinity University.

In 1973, Mayer and Stanford won everything in the NCAA tournament: Mayer won singles, Mayer and Jim Delaney won doubles, and the team won the national championship ahead of USC.

Professional career

The right-handed Mayer reached his highest singles ATP-ranking in April 1982, when he became world No. 7. He won 11 ATP singles titles and 24 doubles titles.

A strong grass-court player, Mayer reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon on three occasions (1977, 1978, and 1983), losing to eventual or multi-time champions John McEnroe and Björn Borg. Mayer's greatest professional triumphs came in doubles at the Grand Slam level. In 1975, he partnered with Vitas Gerulaitis to capture the men's doubles title at Wimbledon. Four years later, in 1979, he teamed up with his younger brother, Gene Mayer, to win the clay-court doubles crown at the 1979 French Open by defeating Ross Case and Phil Dent in the final.

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

Family

Mayer resided in Atherton, California, and has four sons and a daughter, all of whom had been previously ranked in the United States Tennis Association Junior Tennis League in the Northern California Section. Mayer's former wife, Libby, is a teacher. They filed for divorce on August 5, 2016.

Career finals

Singles: 22 (11 titles / 11 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1973	Baltimore, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jan 1973	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Charles Owens	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	Feb 1974	Baltimore, U.S.	Carpet	Clark Graebner	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Feb 1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–2	Mar 1974	Paramus, U.S.	Indoor	Jürgen Fassbender	6–1, 6–3
Win	4–2	Mar 1974	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Karl Meiler	7–6, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Feb 1975	Fairfield, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Roger Taylor	5–7, 7–5, 6–7
Loss	4–4	Oct 1975	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	1–6, 0–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Tom Gorman	3–6, 1–6, 1–6
Win	5–5	Feb 1977	Little Rock, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Haroon Rahim	6–2, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Feb 1977	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	Jiří Hřebec	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	6–6	Mar 1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	7–6	Nov 1977	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Raymond Moore	6–2, 6–4
Win	8–6	Feb 1978	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–4
Loss	8–7	Jun 1980	Surbiton, England	Grass	Brian Gottfried	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–8	Apr 1981	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	John McEnroe	7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–9	Nov 1981	Cologne, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Ivan Lendl	3–6, 3–6
Loss	8–10	Nov 1981	Stockholm Open, Sweden	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	4–6, 2–6
Win	9–10	Nov 1981	Bologna, Italy	Carpet (i)	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–3
Loss	9–11	Jul 1982	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Ramesh Krishnan	7–5, 3–6, 3–6, 6–7
Win	10–11	Aug 1982	Cleveland, U.S.	Hard	Robert Van't Hof	7–5, 6–3
Win	11–11	Jul 1983	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–0, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 40 (24 titles / 16 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1971	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	1–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 1973	Baltimore WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Paul Gerken	Jimmy Connors Clark Graebner	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jan 1974	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Ian Crookenden Jeff Simpson	7–6, 6–1
Win	2–2	Feb 1974	Birmingham, U.S.	Hard	Ian Fletcher	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Iván Molina	4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Win	3–2	Feb 1975	Roanoke, U.S.	Indoors	Vitas Gerulaitis	Juan Gisbert Ion Țiriac	7–6, 1–6, 6–3
Win	4–2	Jul 1975	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Vitas Gerulaitis	Colin Dowdeswell Allan Stone	7–5, 8–6, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Nov 1975	Hong Kong	Hard	Bob Carmichael	Tom Okker Ken Rosewall	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Feb 1976	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Vitas Gerulaitis	Eddie Dibbs Harold Solomon	6–4, 7–5
Win	6–3	Mar 1976	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Colin Dibley	Raymond Moore Erik van Dillen	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Win	7–3	Mar 1977	Hampton, U.S.	Hard (i)	Stan Smith	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–3	Sep 1977	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Tom Leonard Mike Machette	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–3	Nov 1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Frew McMillan	Brian Gottfried Raul Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
Win	10–3	Jan 1978	Birmingham WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Frew McMillan Dick Stockton	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Loss	10–4	Jan 1978	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–5	Feb 1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 5–7
Win	11–5	Apr 1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Sherwood Stewart	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	12–5	Apr 1978	San Jose, U.S.	Carpet	Gene Mayer	Hank Pfister Brad Rowe	6–3, 6–4
Win	13–5	Feb 1979	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Gene Mayer	Cliff Drysdale Bruce Manson	6–4, 7–6
Win	14–5	Jun 1979	French Open, Paris	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ross Case Phil Dent	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	14–6	Jul 1979	Forest Hills WCT, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	15–6	Jul 1980	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–7	Jul 1980	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 5–7
Win	16–7	Aug 1980	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming Eliot Teltscher	6–4, 6–2
Loss	16–8	Aug 1980	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Heinz Günthardt	Bruce Manson Brian Teacher	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	16–9	Sep 1980	San Francisco, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Gene Mayer	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 4–6
Win	17–9	Mar 1981	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Gene Mayer	Mike Cahill Tom Gullikson	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win	18–9	Mar 1981	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	18–10	Mar 1981	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Gene Mayer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	6–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss	18–11	Mar 1982	Strasbourg WCT, France	Carpet (i)	Frew McMillan	Wojciech Fibak John Fitzgerald	4–6, 3–6
Win	19–11	Jul 1982	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ferdi Taygan	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–2, 6–3
Loss	19–12	Apr 1983	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	1–6, 2–6
Win	20–12	Aug 1983	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	6–3, 6–4
Win	21–12	Jul 1984	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Andreas Maurer	Fritz Buehning Ferdi Taygan	7–6, 6–4
Win	22–12	Aug 1984	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	Charles Bud Cox Terry Moor	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Loss	22–13	Aug 1984	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Balázs Taróczy	Francisco González Matt Mitchell	6–4, 3–6, 6–7
Loss	22–14	Sep 1984	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Wojciech Fibak	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	23–14	Oct 1984	Cologne, Germany	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Jan Gunnarsson Joakim Nyström	6–1, 6–3
Win	24–14	Oct 1984	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 6–4
Loss	24–15	Jan 1985	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Wojciech Fibak	Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	24–16	Sep 1985	San Francisco, U.S.	Hard (i)	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 World Tennis