Broderick Dyke

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Broderick Dyke Tennis player
Nation: AustraliaAustralia Australia
Birthday: December 31, 1960
Size: 183 cm
Weight: 76 kg
1st professional season: 1982
Resignation: Time unknown
Playing hand: Left
Prize money: $ 827,530
singles
Career record: 78: 122
Highest ranking: 35 (March 24 1986)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 244: 235
Career title: 8th
Highest ranking: 23 (March 26 1984)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Broderick Dyke (born December 31, 1960 in Gumeracha , South Australia ) is a retired Australian tennis player .

Life

Dyke was in 1977 in the finals of the singles and doubles competition of the junior tournament of the Australian Open . He attended Wichita State University in Kansas . In 1982 he became a professional tennis player and was in the finals of the ATP tournaments in Adelaide and Melbourne with Wayne Hampson in the same year . The following year he was in Auckland for the first time in a quarter-finals singles. He was also in a double-final two more times. In 1984 he won three double titles on the ATP World Tour alongside his compatriot Wally Masur . The following year he was again successful with Wally Masur, but in the three final encounters they reached together, they each left as losers. 1986 succeeded both in Auckland another joint title win. This should also be his most successful single year. He reached the final of two consecutive tournaments. In Metz he was defeated by local hero Thierry Tulasne , in Brussels he lost the final to Mats Wilander , after he had previously triumphed over Boris Becker and Miloslav Mečíř . In 1987 he won the title at the Challenger Tournament in Jakarta and the double title in Tokyo alongside Tom Nijssen . In August 1988 he had a shoulder operation and had to take a break for several months. In the course of his career, Dyke won eight double titles, another 14 times he was in a final. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1986 with position 35 in singles and 1984 with position 23 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was participation in the third round at the 1985 Australian Open. In the doubles competition, he reached the semi-finals of the French Open in the same year , and made three quarter-finals at the Australian Open.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP International Series (7)

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1984 AustraliaAustralia Melbourne carpet AustraliaAustralia Wally Masur AustraliaAustralia John McCurdy Peter Johnston
AustraliaAustralia
6: 2, 6: 3
2. 1984 AustraliaAustralia Adelaide race AustraliaAustralia Wally Masur AustraliaAustralia Peter Doohan Brian Levine
South Africa 1961South Africa
4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 1
3. 1984 AustraliaAustralia Melbourne race AustraliaAustralia Wally Masur United StatesUnited States Mike Bauer Scott McCain
United StatesUnited States
7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6
4th 1986 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland Hard court AustraliaAustralia Wally Masur United StatesUnited States Karl Richter Rick Rudeen
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 6: 4
5. 1987 JapanJapan Tokyo carpet NetherlandsNetherlands Tom Nijssen United StatesUnited States Sammy Giammalva Jim Grabb
United StatesUnited States
6: 3, 6: 2
6th 1988 FranceFrance Lyon carpet AustraliaAustralia Brad Drewett DenmarkDenmark Michael Mortensen Blaine Willenborg
United StatesUnited States
3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
7th 1989 United StatesUnited States Schenectady Hard court United StatesUnited States Scott Davis United StatesUnited States Brad Pearce Byron Talbot
South Africa 1961South Africa
2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
8th. 1990 AustraliaAustralia Sydney Hard court SwedenSweden Peter Lundgren SwedenSweden Stefan Edberg Ivan Lendl
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
6: 2, 6: 4

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