David godfather

David godfather
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	April 16, 1962
Size:	183 cm
Weight:	77 kg
1st professional season:	1983
Resignation:	1996
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 2,029,723
singles
Career record:	181: 168
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	18 (June 8 1987)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	322: 245
Career title:	18th
Highest ranking:	1 (January 14 1991)
Weeks as No. 1:	25th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

David Pate (born April 16, 1962 in Los Angeles , California ) is a retired American tennis player . In 1991 he led the tennis world rankings in doubles.

Life

Godfather studied at Texas Christian University and in 1981 won the double title with Carl Richter at the NCAA championships . In 1983 he became a professional tennis player and was able to win his first individual title on the ATP World Tour in Tokyo the following year . In 1987 he won his second and last individual tournament in Los Angeles in the final against Stefan Edberg .

In doubles he was much more successful, between 1984 and 1993 he won 18 doubles titles, he was in a final 18 more times. He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1987 with position 18 in singles and in 1992 with position one in doubles.

In singles, he never got past the third round in Grand Slam tournaments. At the side of Scott Davis he won the Australian Open in 1991 , in the final they defeated Patrick McEnroe and David Wheaton in four sets. In the same year he stood, again with Davis, in the final of the US Open . There they were subject to John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd . At the French Open and Wimbledon , he reached the quarter-finals as the best result.

Godfather was appointed to the US Davis Cup team once in the 3-2 semi-final win against Germany in 1991 . Although he had topped the double world rankings that year, he was no longer considered after his defeat at the side of Scott Davis against Eric Jelen and Michael Stich .

Tournament victories

Legend

Grand Slam (1)

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series (1)

ATP International Series Gold (2)

ATP International Series (16)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1984	Tokyo	Hard court	Terry Moor	6: 3, 7: 5
2.	1987	los Angeles	Hard court	Stefan Edberg	6: 4, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	1985	Stratton Mountain	Hard court	Scott Davis	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3: 6, 7: 6, 7: 6
2.	1985	Tokyo	Hard court	Scott Davis	Sammy Giammalva Greg Holmes	7: 6, 6: 7, 6: 3
3.	1986	Philadelphia	carpet	Scott Davis	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7: 6, 3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
4th	1987	los Angeles	Hard court	Kevin Curren	Brad Gilbert Tim Wilkison	6: 3, 6: 4
5.	1987	Johannesburg	Hard court	Kevin Curren	Eric Korita Brad Pearce	6: 4, 6: 4
6th	1988	Memphis	Hard court	Kevin Curren	Peter Lundgren Mikael Pernfors	6: 2, 6: 2
7th	1988	Johannesburg	Hard court	Kevin Curren	Gary Muller Tim Wilkison	7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	1989	Sydney	Hard court	Scott Warner	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6: 3, 6: 7, 7: 5
9.	1989	Tokyo (i)	carpet	Kevin Curren	Andrés Gómez Slobodan Živojinović	4: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
10.	1990	Orlando	Hard court	Scott Davis	Alfonso Mora Brian Page	6: 3, 7: 5
11.	1990	Kiawah Island	sand	Scott Davis	Jim Grabb Leonardo Lavalle	6: 2, 6: 3
12.	1990	los Angeles	Hard court	Scott Davis	Peter Lundgren Paul Wekesa	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 3
13.	1990	Indianapolis	Hard court	Scott Davis	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7: 6, 7: 6
14th	1990	Paris	carpet	Scott Davis	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 4
15th	1991	Sydney	Hard court	Scott Davis	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
16.	1991	Australian Open	Hard court	Scott Davis	Patrick McEnroe David Wheaton	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
17th	1991	Chicago	carpet	Scott Davis	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	6: 4, 5: 7, 7: 6
18th	1991	Washington, DC	Hard court	Scott Davis	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6: 4, 6: 2

Web links

• ATP profile of David Pate (English)
• ITF profile of David Pate (English)
• Davis Cup stats by David Pate (English)