Eliot Teltscher

Eliot Teltscher
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 15, 1959
Size:	178 cm
1st professional season:	1979
Resignation:	1988
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 1,653,997
singles
Career record:	399: 216
Career title:	10
Highest ranking:	6 (May 7 1982)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	161: 164
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	38 (August 26 1985)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Eliot Teltscher (born March 15, 1959 in Rancho Palos Verdes , California ) is a retired American tennis player .

Career

Teltscher began playing tennis at the age of nine, and at 17 he was among the top ten in the United States' junior rankings. In 1978 he received a tennis scholarship from UCLA ; However, he broke off his studies in favor of a tennis career.

From 1979 Teltscher was a professional on the ATP Tour , between 1980 and 1982 he was in the top ten of the individual world rankings . He achieved his best placement in May 1982 with 6th place.

With his compatriot Terry Moor he reached the double-finals of the French Open in 1981 , where they were defeated by the Swiss Heinz Günthardt and his partner, the Hungarian Balázs Taróczy , with 2: 6, 6: 7 and 3: 6.

Teltscher celebrated his greatest success two years later, also at the French Open . With Barbara Jordan , he defeated the American duo Leslie Allen and Charles Strode in the mixed final with 6: 2 and 6: 3. Overall, Teltscher was able to win ten singles and four doubles titles in his career. In 1982, 1983 and 1985 he played for the US Davis Cup team . In 1988 he ended his career.

Web links

• ATP profile Eliot Teltscher (English)
• ITF profile of Eliot Teltscher (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Eliot Teltscher (English)