Blaine Willenborg

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Blaine Willenborg Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: 4th January 1960
Size: 170 cm
Weight: 75 kg
Resignation: 1990
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 249,307
singles
Career record: 33:54
Career title: 0
Highest ranking: 50 (September 10 1984)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open 2R (1985)
Wimbledon 1R (1984)
US Open 2R (1980)
Double
Career record: 142: 105
Career title: 8th
Highest ranking: 13 (April 18 1988)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open VF (1985, 1987)
Wimbledon 1R (1984, 1989)
US Open VF (1988)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open VF (1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
US Open AF (1987)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Blaine Willenborg (born January 4, 1960 in Miami , Florida ) is a retired American tennis player .

Life

As a youngster, Willenborg was first in the national rankings in both singles and doubles. He was nominated for two top All-American selections while studying psychology at UCLA . At the 1979 Universiade in Mexico City , he competed doubles for the USA and won the silver medal. After graduating in 1983, he became a professional tennis player.

In the course of his career he was able to win seven double titles. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1984 with position 50 in singles and in 1988 with position 13 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was reaching the second round at the French Open 1985, where he was defeated by Jimmy Connors , and a second round participation at the US Open 1980. In the doubles competition, he reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1988 and 1985 and 1987 the quarter-finals of the French Open. In mixed he was in the quarter-finals of the US Open in 1987 and in the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1989.

After his tennis career ended, Willenborg worked as a financial advisor to Merrill Lynch and later in a managerial role at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (7)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1983 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Stanislav Birner SwedenSweden Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander
SwedenSweden  		6: 1, 2: 6, 6: 3
2. 1984 ItalyItaly Palermo sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd ItalyItaly Claudio Panatta Henrik Sundström
SwedenSweden  		6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 0
3. 1984 FranceFrance Bordeaux sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Pavel Složil FranceFrance Loïc Courteau Guy Forget
FranceFrance  		6: 1, 6: 4
4th 1986 GreeceGreece Athens sand CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Libor Pimek PeruPeru Carlos di Laura Claudio Panatta
ItalyItaly  		5: 7, 6: 4, 6: 2
5. 1987 GermanyGermany Munich sand United StatesUnited States Jim Pugh SpainSpain Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez
SpainSpain  		7: 6, 4: 6, 6: 4
6th 1987 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis sand AustraliaAustralia Laurie Warder SwedenSweden Joakim Nyström Mats Wilander
SwedenSweden  		6: 0, 6: 3
7th 1989 ItalyItaly Florence sand United StatesUnited States Mike DePalmer ItalyItaly Pietro Pennisi Simone Restelli
ItalyItaly  		4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4

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personal data
SURNAME Willenborg, Blaine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Miami , Florida