Andrew Pattison

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Andrew Pattison Tennis player
Nation: RhodesiaRhodesia Rhodesia Zimbabwe
ZimbabweZimbabwe 
Birthday: January 30, 1949
1st professional season: 1970
Resignation: 1983
Playing hand: Right
singles
Career record: 273: 255
Career title: 4th
Highest ranking: 24 (September 27 1974)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open R2 (1980)
French Open R3 (1972, 1973)
Wimbledon 3R (1971, 1974, 1975, 1979)
US Open VF (1975)
Double
Career record: 239: 238
Career title: 7th
Highest ranking: 74 (January 3 1983)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open R2 (1980)
French Open VF (1973, 1979)
Wimbledon AF (1971, 1976, 1977)
US Open VF (1979, 1980)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open -
Wimbledon 3R (1972)
US Open 2R (1972)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Andrew Pattison (born January 30, 1949 in Pretoria , South Africa ) is a retired Zimbabwean tennis player .

Life

Pattison was able to win four singles and seven doubles titles in the course of his career. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1974 with position 24 in singles and 1983 with position 74 in doubles. In 1974 he played for the Denver Racquets in the World Team Tennis League.

His best individual result at a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the quarter-finals of the US Open 1975. After victories, including over John Alexander , he clearly failed with 2: 6, 1: 6 and 2: 6 to Jimmy Connors . In the doubles competition, he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open and the US Open twice , and he was three times in the second round of the Wimbledon Championships . In mixed , he was in the third round of Wimbledon in 1972.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (11)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1974 MonacoMonaco Monte Carlo sand Romania 1965Romania Ilie Năstase 5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
2. 1974 South Africa 1961South Africa Johannesburg Hard court AustraliaAustralia John Alexander 6: 3, 7: 5
3. 1977 United StatesUnited States Laguna Niguel Hard court AustraliaAustralia Colin Dibley 2: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
4th 1979 South Africa 1961South Africa Johannesburg Hard court Paraguay 1954Paraguay Víctor Pecci 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2, 6: 3

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1972 United StatesUnited States Tanglewood Hard court South Africa 1961South Africa Bob Hewitt United StatesUnited States Jim McManus Jim Osborne
United StatesUnited States  		6: 4, 6: 4
2. 1974 AustriaAustria Vienna Hard court South Africa 1961South Africa Raymond Moore South Africa 1961South AfricaBob Hewitt Frew McMillan
South Africa 1961South Africa  		6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 4
3. 1978 FranceFrance Paris Hard court United StatesUnited States Bruce Manson Romania 1965Romania Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas
ArgentinaArgentina  		7: 6, 6: 2
4th 1980 United StatesUnited States Newport race United StatesUnited States Butch Walts United StatesUnited States Fritz Buehning Peter Rennert
United StatesUnited States  		7: 6, 6: 4
5. 1980 Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Cologne Hard court South Africa 1961South Africa Bernard Mitton CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia  		6: 4, 6: 1
6th 1981 United StatesUnited States Denver carpet United StatesUnited States Butch Walts United StatesUnited States Mel Purcell Dick Stockton
United StatesUnited States  		6: 3, 6: 4
7th 1981 United StatesUnited States South Orange sand United StatesUnited States Fritz Buehning IsraelIsrael Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider
IsraelIsrael  		6: 1, 6: 4

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personal data
SURNAME Pattison, Andrew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Zimbabwean tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Pretoria , South Africa